• Scam Alert. Members are reminded to NOT send money to buy anything. Don't buy things remote and have it shipped - go get it yourself, pay in person, and take your equipment with you. Scammers have burned people on this forum. Urgency, secrecy, excuses, selling for friend, newish members, FUD, are RED FLAGS. A video conference call is not adequate assurance. Face to face interactions are required. Please report suspicions to the forum admins. Stay Safe - anyone can get scammed.
  • Several Regions have held meetups already, but others are being planned or are evaluating the interest. The Calgary Area Meetup is set for Saturday July 12th at 10am. The signup thread is here! Arbutus has also explored interest in a Fraser Valley meetup but it seems members either missed his thread or had other plans. Let him know if you are interested in a meetup later in the year by posting here! Slowpoke is trying to pull together an Ottawa area meetup later this summer. No date has been selected yet, so let him know if you are interested here! We are not aware of any other meetups being planned this year. If you are interested in doing something in your area, let everyone know and make it happen! Meetups are a great way to make new machining friends and get hands on help in your area. Don’t be shy, sign up and come, or plan your own meetup!

Search results

  1. B

    Where to get ISO 15 or even ISO 10 oil?

    I have a gallon of ISO 10 spindle oil I got from KBC years ago. Exactly the same packaging as in Rudy's pictures above.
  2. B

    WANTED: Argon tank

    Try KMS. An 80 cf tank is $279 and $56 to fill it.
  3. B

    ER-32 Collet Blocks

    No, you hold them in a vise on a mill. The square block allows you to hold a round part and quickly be able to index in 90 degree increments and the hex in 60 degree increments. Some uses would be adding wrench flats to a shaft, milling hex heads to round parts, drilling holes at 90 or 60...
  4. B

    ER-32 Collet Blocks

    This has been on my list of things to do for a long time. I saw a video of Stefan Gotteswinter where he showed what he had made. I like the design where the collet is closed using a rear nut that includes the collet taper. It is much more compact than the design that uses a front nut. This...
  5. B

    Metal Supermarkets - New Policy?

    I bought some 4140 about a month ago. I wanted about 2'. They had a 4' piece in the back that they sold me for a couple of dollars more than the price they quoted for 2'. So, almost half off in this case.
  6. B

    Anyone have experience preventing de-carb during HT?

    I don't claim to know a lot about heat treating but your assessment above is pretty much my understanding as well. I found the attached book to be really helpful. It contains tables of steel compositions, heat treat cycles, quenching times/temps, annealing times/temps, etc. Torin, If you find...
  7. B

    Anyone have experience preventing de-carb during HT?

    I have only brushed it on but apparently you can also dip or spray. So, I think the thickness would depend on how it is applied. When brushing it on, the thickness would be ~1/32" or so (but that is a wild guess). As for drying, it doesn't take long - under an hour for sure. Of course that would...
  8. B

    Anyone have experience preventing de-carb during HT?

    I use ATP-641 Anti-Scale Coating from Brownells when heat treating O1 parts. It is a ceramic that you brush on prior to heating. When you quench in oil it just falls off and leaves a clean un-oxidized surface. I have an electric HT oven so there is no way to adjust the atmosphere inside to...
  9. B

    Looking for a tap

    I'm in N.W. Calgary so it would be simpler than getting it from John.
  10. B

    Looking for a tap

    I have a 7/8-14 tap you could borrow.
Back
Top