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    Tool Good Quality Files and where to purchase them?

    "Bastard" is just an indicator that the file's cut is between a Coarse and a Medium cut, rather than a specific number of teeth per inch. File size matters too, as a Bastard cut on a 6" file is going to be much finer than the Bastard cut on a 12" or 14" file. To my knowledge, there is not an...
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    HERO TIME - My Dream Lathe has Landed!

    Y'know... I'm a little disappointed in the 1 April stupidity. I'd really rather not have to endure the stuff. Just sayin'. And in character, if Susq had the power feed (electrical) to power up a lathe that size, he'd have had better than that one, YEARS ago! Most of those size machines...
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    Tool Good Quality Files and where to purchase them?

    Double cut files tend to cut a little freer, but do not leave as smooth a finish. I would say, a Double Cut to move material, while you want a single cut for a finer finished result. The chips off a double cut tend to be smaller and fall clear of the teeth a bit easier. If your file gets pinned...
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    Tool Good Quality Files and where to purchase them?

    If the user has the skills, and works with care, one can quite easily file to thousandths accuracy. Draw filing is as accurate as the user is... It applies directly, as a means of deburring parts too! A gentle pass with a single cut file will knock the sharp edges off, in a very controllable...
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    Tool Good Quality Files and where to purchase them?

    Problem, as I have experienced, is that the batch to batch consistency from even name brand files, is somewhere between disappointing, to dismal. Nicholson files that were made in the US, out of actual high carbon steel, used to be pretty good in general. Then they started selling the same...
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    Tips/Techniques Making the Square Drive hole in a custom socket.

    Hells no, I was trying to make it clear that I wasn't taking offense, really! LOL! Lots of cheap and cheerful ways to get to the desired end result, a fella has to keep an open mind, and, sometimes, quit the hand wringing and just muckle on to the job and get 'er done!
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    Machine Mill nod correction

    I have a Milltronics CNC mill, and when I pulled the head off it for my last move, I found a shim under the lower edge of the face that the head mounts to. A strip of .005" shim stock. This is not a new idea. Glad it worked for you! FWIW, I'd rather have a side tilt than a nod, but either can...
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    Tool Good Quality Files and where to purchase them?

    Y'know, I figured this out in Grade 8 Shop Classes. Did a LOT of draw file work in Metal Shop classes! Good files come from wherever you can find them, and Brand Name, does not, always, make a file good... I have had some very expensive Swiss made files (like, $20+needle files) that were...
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    Tips/Techniques Making the Square Drive hole in a custom socket.

    Yeah. Correct! Drilled hole to clear (barely) the pilot of the broach. But, I don't think I was so far off as to be giving bad info. :) No foul, no pack drill! :P It does take some pressure to push a broach through. Done a fair few 1/2 inch holes with a 3 ton arbor press. Usually that involved...
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    Tips/Techniques Making the Square Drive hole in a custom socket.

    When I lived in Montreal, they were threatening people who put garbage on the curb in Grocery bags, with fines. Said they would search through the contents to link it to the 'offender'. A wag in one of the papers suggested that it only took a wee bit of computer literacy, to print addresses of...
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