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  1. 140mower

    How to clean up a crusty ruler

    Impeach it....... :rolleyes: Oh.... Sorry should have read the body of the post and not just the title :p
  2. 140mower

    Tips/Techniques Making the Square Drive hole in a custom socket.

    ...... except that the shaper drills very poor holes. :rolleyes: ;)
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    Tips/Techniques Making the Square Drive hole in a custom socket.

    Before threading the main body. The two main pieces. I would replace the boring bar part with the square took bit that I described earlier for making the square hole. And mounted in the clapper in place of the lantern tool post, the regular tool post is sitting on the table below the new...
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    Tips/Techniques Making the Square Drive hole in a custom socket.

    Can you grind a round end on one end of a 3/8" piece of hss on your surface grinder? If so put a slight dish on a squared off end at the other end and give each side enough relief to clear the work piece through its range of motion. Put that in a holder similar to the one I made and nibble away...
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    Tips/Techniques Making the Square Drive hole in a custom socket.

    I take out the lantern style tool post and put this in in its place, the big nut keeps it from spinning..... It's more rigid than the normal shaper boring bar holder and takes up less space......
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    Tips/Techniques Making the Square Drive hole in a custom socket.

    And this is what I use to use the hss directly in the tool post. The groove on the inside of the tee is where I dribble cutting oil down the face of the cutter, it kinda acts like a little reservoir.....
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    Tips/Techniques Making the Square Drive hole in a custom socket.

    This is what I came up with for internal work. Might as well teach them early that they are going to be making a lot of tools to make tools if they want to follow our footsteps. Edit..... Dan's square tool bit could replace the boring bar....
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    Making metal cones for antique Scottish sporrans

    I think we would all think on this a little better if he were to drag us along for a few rounds of golf in the highlands....... :rolleyes: @Trevor Abslolon ....Welcome to the forum from Lillooet BC by the way....
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    Ammco 6" Metal shaper

    There are no mistakes, only signature moves......:cool: Looks like you have a pretty well rounded out shop. Toys to play with wood, metal, and fire.....how cool is that.
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    Weiss VM32 CNC Conversion

    Me too, and if I am successful the dogs don't get it first.... :oops:
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