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  1. Rauce

    Grind lathe bed in ontario

    Headstock mounts to the same set of ways as the tailstock on this machine so they are grinding them along the whole length, no gap on this machine so it’s a continuous surface. Part of the back gear assembly mounts inside the bed underneath the headstock. It had .025” or so of shim from the...
  2. Rauce

    Grind lathe bed in ontario

    Working the Vs. The set up at the far end of the table is a sine dresser on a riser for dressing the wheel at 45deg.
  3. Rauce

    Grind lathe bed in ontario

    My understanding from just chatting with the guy for minute about the approach is this: They set the machine up on the grinder and align it. He gauged the wear on the V’s the same way I did when I got it, by putting a precision V block on it and indicating off the block. When I did it i measure...
  4. Rauce

    Grind lathe bed in ontario

    Well I’m here now in Ohio. Left bright and early this morning at 2am. They should have it done by noon. I’m going to take a little nap now and get a few pictures while it’s still on the machine in a couple hours. Equipment wise it’s going on a big conventional type (horizontal spindle) surface...
  5. Rauce

    Metal working - dry / lubricants / coatings / cooling mist

    It’s nothing new but Stefan Gotteswinter has a few videos where he mentions it’s his preferred cutting fluid for aluminum. It’s only for aluminum, doesn’t do anything for ferrous materials. Datron CNC machines have a coolant system designed for it. Also common for diamond turning aluminum.
  6. Rauce

    Grind lathe bed in ontario

    I just took a look at the how it works with “repair work”. No duty but HST on the value of the work performed. An invoice from the shop should be sufficient I think but I will look into it further.
  7. Rauce

    Grind lathe bed in ontario

    I never found anything in Windsor in my searches but there’s two in the Detroit area. Neither responded to my attempts to contact them. My conclusion from all my efforts is that you really need to find a place that’s familiar with this particular job and has the right kind of machine. It can...
  8. Rauce

    Grind lathe bed in ontario

    I’m familiar with them and was thinking about it, depends on whether my wife tags along or not haha. To be clear that’s $800 USD so about $1100 CAD.
  9. Rauce

    Grind lathe bed in ontario

    I’m resurrecting this thread with an update on my lathe bed grinding saga. The place in Mississauga that I thought was going to do it has had it for 10 months now and it still isn’t done. I have no doubt they could do a fantastic job but they have a huge grinding machine and do very big $...
  10. Rauce

    Tips/Techniques Feedback on Brazing techniques and results

    Usually there’s a bit of a rad on the dropout edge at least with most stamped dropouts and machined dropouts like paragon ones that are thoroughly deburred. If there’s a bit of a gap there I wouldn’t bother trying to get it perfect.
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