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  1. cuslog

    Tool Tools you acquired that are useless

    I bought a cheap ($28 IIRC) electronic edge finder from Amazon. Totally useless. needs a 20mm collet, takes some strange batteries I'd never heard of. About 6" of stick-out of the collet and over .006" runout that far out. Should have known better. Oh... and the ball on the end is 10mm so offset...
  2. cuslog

    Tool Keyed or keyless tailstock chuck?

    Keyless are great for light to medium use -- not so great for heavy duty use -- the harder you work 'em the tighter they'll twist (tighten) themselves to the point of self destruction if you keep feeding them in.
  3. cuslog

    Tool right angle drive for Bridgeport clone ?

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  4. cuslog

    Tool right angle drive for Bridgeport clone ?

    Been looking for one of these, I see there has been some new production ones available @ $1,300 ~ $1500 USD (a bit rich for me). I tried a search on Aliexpress but only one came up for a BT series quill. Anyone else had any success finding these on Aliexpress or other sources ? Or maybe someone...
  5. cuslog

    How easy or difficult to remove spindle pulley?

    I've never worked on one of those but I'd sure be getting a closer look at that circular nut looking thing in the middle. Is there 4 notches and maybe 2 holes for some kind of pin wrench ?
  6. cuslog

    Wheel stud fatigue failure from insufficient torque

    Yes ! I drag raced for many years, did my own engine assembly, bought a rod bolt stretch gauge and learned to use it. IIRC, the stretch spec for the rod bolts I used (ARP) was about .006" ( there was an acceptable range). I tried for ~ .0055", rather eye-opening to watch the dial on the DTI...
  7. cuslog

    Garbage Steel

    Sure, I've picked up a few scrap pieces -- bit it did "cost me" once -- it was some kind of pre-hard, put it in the bandsaw to cut it -- killed a blade. More than once; being the "thrifty fellow" I am, I've bought hot rolled rather than pay the extra cost of cold rolled for a piece I was going...
  8. cuslog

    Is Taper Attachment worth it?

    Never thought of the power feed / threading option with the taper attachment - that would be useful if you really needed it -- though, I do power feed when tapering long shafts (offset method). Regarding attach / detach of the cross slide from the lead screw, my current lathe has 2 X .250" pins...
  9. cuslog

    Is Taper Attachment worth it?

    I have owned 2 different lathes now for 20+ years - both have / had taper attachments - never used either - and I have cut lots of tapers. Short ones, I cut with the compound, longer ones , offset the tail stock. Taper attachment I currently own looks like it would do ~10" taper. Bit of a chip...
  10. cuslog

    If you were to buy a rotary table again- would you change it’s size?

    My 8" H/V is about as heavy as I care to lift by hand -- and the 8" doesn't give you a lot of real estate to clamp stuff down on.
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