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  1. johnnielsen

    Sourcing Hand Reamers

    For straight shank, I would grind a square on the end or if smaller, use a drill chuck. With a taper shank, put a tapping handle on the tang.
  2. johnnielsen

    Sourcing Hand Reamers

    I have used both chucking reamers and taper shank reamers as hand reamers. Reverse spiral are excellent to use as hand reamers.
  3. johnnielsen

    Sourcing Hand Reamers

    Check out https://cuttingtoolpickers.com/pages/reamers They are a Canadian company.
  4. johnnielsen

    My first single point thread.

    I will pm you.
  5. johnnielsen

    My first single point thread.

    If you have lots of threading to do, you can make yourself a spring loaded slide to mount on the cross slide which is aligned with the longitudinal carriage travel. You mount your threading tool on it and set a stop either in front of the slide or by the tailstock end of the lathe. The slide...
  6. johnnielsen

    Sharpening carbide end mills?

    Correct.
  7. johnnielsen

    Hemingway Products

    Does everybody know about Martin Models in Oregon? They have similar products. https://www.martinmodel.com/
  8. johnnielsen

    American hobbyist machine tool parts

    https://farmboysales.com/
  9. johnnielsen

    What's a CNC lathe screw machine?

    We had a Wickman 6 spindle chucker but never used it, It was pretty cool to see 5 pieces flying around in 6 inch chucks on a huge carousel. The machine weighed 12,000 pounds.
  10. johnnielsen

    What's a CNC lathe screw machine?

    It was a single spindle machine with five cam driven tool slides, including tail stock, front and back tool posts on the cross slide, a part off slide and material stop plus another cam controlling the collet chuck. For the most part, I didn't have to prep the material as the ends of the...
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