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    Is this normal on a mill?

    The spindle is only warm and easily hold it all day long. Warm as babies milk is probably the perfect analogy. Sadly I don't have a fancy temperature gun or I would use that to be more accurate in my description of warm. It's definitely not hot. I just wasn't expecting it to be warm at all in...
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    New to me ZX45 milling machine

    Mill base is done now it is rock solid, level and most importantly it sits at a comfortable working height. Now I have moved onto installing the DRO. And that veryu quickly turned into a side project of making a wrench for the collet chuck. My accusize collet chuck came with flats to hold the...
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    Milling Machine base

    Well it's Finished and I couldn't be happier. Sadly I may need to re-level it in the future but for now it is good enough. I realized after that my level needs to be recalibrated it is out about a division. I will get some thick angle iron to put under the jacking screws to help spread...
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    Bring out your shapers

    Is it being stored outside or did you just pull it out for the beauty shots? I have come across 1/2-12 threads on a few machines that dated from the late 1800's.
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    Cheap miller welders

    Yup got a giant orange Acklands n-250 ac/dc/p/hf. It's just an orange Miller Dialarc. Picked it up in 2012 for $400 and it still welds great. I was tickled to get a 300 amp ac/dc tig machine for that cheap. I absolutely love it. Only down side was it was a pain moving a 400lb welder when I got it.
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    Is this normal on a mill?

    I was running my Modern ZX45 Mill today and put it through the paces really for the first time since getting it a year and a half ago. I have used it before but only for a few minutes at any given time. Tonight I ran it for 2 hours straight and a few decent cuts. The heaviest being about .250"...
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    Buying socket head cap screws online

    Do you need to be a business and have an account to Buy from fastenal? when I was on their website it seemed like you do but maybe it's different in store? We have one in town but I have never gone in before.
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    Sourcing Metal | General Discussion

    I will be in Calgary in march with my truck if you happen to feel the need to downsize your stock.
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    Buying socket head cap screws online

    That quite the catalogue I wonder how my wife would feel if I were to print it to have a copy in the shop haha. Would be handy to have a catalogue like that in the shop for reference of what types of clips and fasteners are available for projects. I enjoy flipping through paper catalogues of...
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    Sourcing Metal | General Discussion

    Well I bit the bullet today and bought some .375x3 aluminum flat bar from metal super market. No where else would return my emails when I inquired about purchasing from them since I am not a business. I even tried one place that I had an account about 15 years ago and got nothing from them...
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