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  1. whydontu

    Making metal cones for antique Scottish sporrans

    Stumbled across this on Marketplace - might be an avenue to explore. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/686708657064154/?
  2. whydontu

    Machine Lantaine lathe.

    Should be pretty close to the specs of the Grizzly G9249 https://www.grizzly.com/products/grizzly-12-x-37-belt-drive-gap-bed-lathe/g9249 Original manual is at bottom of this web page: https://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?t=88144
  3. whydontu

    Making metal cones for antique Scottish sporrans

    Welcome from Vancouver! I'm foretelling a 5-axis CNC engraving machine in your future...
  4. whydontu

    Weiss VM32 CNC Conversion

    Hobby metal workers - folks who will spend 3 hours of time and $25 worth of material and cutters to make a $6.15 fitting.
  5. whydontu

    Need Fastener Engineer Skill Set

    @CWret , I’m simplifying a bit. At least three passes through the bolt sequence, because the rubber seat compresses as the fasteners are tightened. First pass just snugs up the fasteners, then another pass to about half torque, next pass to rated torque, and then another pass to catch any nuts...
  6. whydontu

    Hello from Down Under

    Welcome from Vancouver, Canada, home for many Aussie ski instructors!
  7. whydontu

    Need Fastener Engineer Skill Set

    No torque wrench, just years of experience. The butterfly valve seats wraps around the face of the valve, the valve body has a rib on the O.D. that contacts the mating flange when the seat is fully compressed. Adding a zillion foot-pounds of torque has no effect on the sealing of valve to...
  8. whydontu

    Need Fastener Engineer Skill Set

    I doubt they'd be too surprised. An early Roman plug valve vs. one I could take off the shelf tomorrow. The Roman engineer would completely understand how today's valve works, and the only new aspect would be threaded ends, and even then the Roman engineer would only be interested in how you cut...
  9. whydontu

    Shake my head sometimes

    Current address for 15 years, still get the occasional mail for the previous owner. The Bay has mispelled SWMBO's name for the same amount of time, and nothing we try can get it corrected. Picture a teeter-totter. Put the word <Corporate> on one end. Put the word <Intelligence> on the other...
  10. whydontu

    Need Fastener Engineer Skill Set

    Here's a sketch of what I'm doing. I need to be able to remove Pipe 1 without removing Valve 1 or Valve 2. Easy enough if I use hex head bolts, but Pipe 1 can have different flange thicknesses, and a bolt that is suitable for a 1-1/4" thick PVC flange is way too long for a 3/4" thick stainless...
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