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  1. Jimbojones

    Anyone with a close-tolerance lathe want to experiment with a alignment bars I bought?

    taper is high on the collar side; some lapping should reconcile that.
  2. Jimbojones

    Anyone with a close-tolerance lathe want to experiment with a alignment bars I bought?

    Hats-off to Dabbler for info session last night. Found that the alignment bar needs some attention on the taper-side and my tailstock could use a cleanup pass so will hunt around for a MT3 taper reamer. Everything else - thumbs up!
  3. Jimbojones

    Anyone have a Shars 3-jaw tru-set/adjustable lathe chuck?

    That is the correct chuck. Heading to US so freight/weight is (almost) a non-issue. I saw a guy selling his Shars in lieu of a Bison so that raised a flag..but I couldnt substantiate that a concern should exist.
  4. Jimbojones

    Anyone have a Shars 3-jaw tru-set/adjustable lathe chuck?

    Been looking at one of these for a while and especially when bought through eBay, is notably cheaper than toolmex, bison, etc. Any real world feedback on the Shars-branded product? fwiw - looking at 6 inch
  5. Jimbojones

    Anyone with a close-tolerance lathe want to experiment with a alignment bars I bought?

    Anyone with a ground/HQ grade MT5>3 sleeve and a bit of time tomorrow night want to check out the bar?
  6. Jimbojones

    Anyone with a close-tolerance lathe want to experiment with a alignment bars I bought?

    I have a surface plate and the straight section of the bar appears to be quite straight; however, havent thought of a good way to check the tapered end nor both section combined other than the DTI/center mount option on a known aligned mount...hence my original request. some awesome input and...
  7. Jimbojones

    Anyone with a close-tolerance lathe want to experiment with a alignment bars I bought?

    Idea is to insert the tapered side in to tailstock and see how it aligns with chuck jaws. Could also clamp the jaws on the straight section and view alighment other way w/taper loose. It is drilled on both ends so you can also mount it center-to-center...with or without the chuck involved.
  8. Jimbojones

    Anyone with a close-tolerance lathe want to experiment with a alignment bars I bought?

    I bought some tools from overseas (direct) and wanted to test them out for accuracy.; especially MT2 & 3 alignment bars. Seller claimed they are accurate to 1micron...I'm uncertain of his claim so I want to test them on a lathe that someone here has that is known to have close tolerances and...
  9. Jimbojones

    Hand tool suppliers

    Quality tools is going out of business...says he didnt know how much longer the doors will be open and they are very picked over. There are some incredible deals on AMAZON.COM but takes plenty of hunting to find them and all types of issues associated e.g. will only ship to US or insane...
  10. Jimbojones

    MSC Direct Special Savings Promo Code

    Does anyone here get MSC promo codes and have they gotten the most recent one in the last few days? It claimed to be 'special...just for you', you have to pick 1 of 2 toolboxes to reveal 'your prize' and then it spits out what your discount is... I got a 40% off code; considering most of their...
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