• 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. MrWhoopee

    Corner Rounding Endmills are Expensive

    I was running about 600 rpm and full depth in one pass (square corner to full radius).
  2. MrWhoopee

    Corner Rounding Endmills are Expensive

    and they're HSS. Round-over carbide router bits with 1/2" shanks are cheap. https://www.ebay.com/itm/394874424815 and effective.
  3. MrWhoopee

    Tap Sockets/Drivers

    That's one of a few places where the inch standard won out. Some import cars have/had wheels with 4x114.3 bolt pattern. Translated it turns out to be 4.5 BC. My favorite cars are the 4th generation Honda Civics. The rotor in the distributor is retained by an M3.5x.8 screw. While standing in...
  4. MrWhoopee

    Tap Sockets/Drivers

    It has been brought to my attention that somehow, against all odds, tap shank diameters and square drive sizes are standardized between metric and inch. How the hell did that happen? https://www.tapmatic.com/tapping_questions_standard_tap_dimensions_ansi_shanks.ydev Anyway, I've ordered one of...
  5. MrWhoopee

    Tap Sockets/Drivers

    I like it! I'll have to make some of those too.
  6. MrWhoopee

    Tap Sockets/Drivers

    The particular size I've needed most lately is 10-32. On a hunch, I went out to the shop and checked some tap shanks. It turns out, that much like the thread, a 10-32 is nearly identical to an M5. Ordered the metric set. Will probably order a set of the LIsle sockets too. You can never have too...
  7. MrWhoopee

    Tap Sockets/Drivers

    https://www.amazon.com/Mesee-Machine-Adapter-Spanner-Accessory/dp/B0BY1W3LHN/ref=sr_1_31
  8. MrWhoopee

    Tap Sockets/Drivers

    No, those are nut drivers. The ones I want have square holes sized to fit the shanks of taps.
  9. MrWhoopee

    Tap Sockets/Drivers

    Tired of trying to get a chuck to hold a tap and cranking the knee up and down for a spindle tapper. Looking for these in inch/imperial/SAE/U.S. Customary. I know of the alternatives, I want THESE.
  10. MrWhoopee

    Carbide shims/anvils

    My experience with laydown threading inserts is yes, the shims/anvils/seats are standardized.
Back
Top