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    Signing for the first time - Toronto

    Hello and welcome from Peterborough!
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    Boring Head recommendations

    I think what Dabbler meant by backlash would be the amount of play when reversing direction with the adjustment dial. I have a KBC boring head https://www.kbctools.ca/itemdetail/1-800-922B which is decent for the money. I always loosen and tighten the gib screws as I have with every boring...
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    Weird Forged Block

    So what depth does it have? Can you fit a couple of grub screws in it and dimple the new shaft. The brass coloured material may be Ampco bronze although I can't comprehend it's purpose. Carbide will cut it if it is Ampco.
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    Thought I picked up a steal

    For five dollars, you have nothing to loose! Put the spindle ( the long part inside the frame, not the threaded end ) in a vise with emery cloth on the jaws and tighten. Then work the frame to break it loose. It may sound a little extreme but I have done it and it does work. Once you have it...
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    Hello from Ontario

    Hello from Peterborough! My in-laws are from Capreol. Mostly a railroad town but quite a few work in the mines.
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    What is it? (auction odds and ends)

    The clamps look like beam clamps. The bearing with the hex center maybe from a drill press quill.
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    Draw bar rattle

    Out of curiosity, did you measure the drawbar diameter? Usually when threads are roll formed the raw material is under nominal size as the metal is displaced during the thread rolling process. If my memory (which isn't what it once was) is correct, we were using .359" material to roll form 3/8"...
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    Contemplating a trip to Alberta (Calgary) to pick up a project.........

    Don't forget the donut shop in Longlac or the spaceship in Moonbeam! lol
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    Press fit tolerances

    Depends on the application. For example the interference fit on a 1/2" dowel is only .0002"
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    Southbend 9C Lathe For Sale

    SOLD The lathe is now sold to a fellow member from Ontario. I can't see how to delete this ad post, so moderators please remove.
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