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    Tool Caliper with broken screw

    If there is no pin, could it be soldered in place?
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    New puzzle (mosquito)

    For a one of, My redneck approached would be to take a washer and drill a hole with the appropriate diameter to catch the entire lip. Silver solder that washer to the end of a 3/8" tube 6" long. Bandsaw cut the washer/tube along its length 4" . Pry it open over the pin head, squeeze the tube...
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    Mitutoyo like finish

    Like Gerritv, I sand blast or glass bead the part depending on the finish I want to achieve. I like glass beads if I want the part to look cast and antique, the glass bead gives it a light porous pitted look, especially if the glass new. The sand blast is more like a frost finish, almost...
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    Silly little question

    I find the my conical tapered tip works quite well when I am pumping the oil, but has soon the tip is removed I get a pressure build up spill, coming out of the ball and the tip. I have also tried to leave the tip inserted for a longer period of time, hoping the pressure would bleed out but it...
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    Silly little question

    Modified a small PA grease gun and screwed on a 16'' flexible line with a conical tip. The flexible line was a bonus to reach hard to get oilers. I can hold and push down hard on the tip which most of the time will seal. If I was to make a new one I would modify a larger grease gun for a larger...
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    Royal Live Centre Bearing Replacement

    I google, the TJB F 6201-RZ and it looks to be readily available. Interesting they didn't use a thrust bearing and instead used this deep groove bearing type. I will keep that type of bearing in mind if ever the application arise.
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    Kurt vise reversed jaws?

    "Does anyone recognize this brand and suggestions for replacement jaw source?" I have what looks to be the same vise and it's an older Busy Bee purchase. Mine has the holes to mount the reverse jaws. Thanks for starting this post, I may of never found out this option. Do you have the base to...
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    How to figure out the 3 wire measurement for a BSW thread

    Yay, I found a whitworth calculator which give me a spec for its different thread classes 1 Close, 2 Medium and 3 Free. I plugged in my numbers into the calculator and got the following. Pitch dia for close is 20.363mm ( 0.816") medium is 20.3365mm (0.8006")...
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    How to figure out the 3 wire measurement for a BSW thread

    I wasn't able to find an easy peasy plug in numbers calculator on the web. Probably because this whitworth thread was developed in 1841 and it is no longer used in the industry. It always amazes me what they were able to accomplish with so little back in the early 1900. So instead of trying to...
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    How to figure out the 3 wire measurement for a BSW thread

    Proxule, I will definitely bookmark that page. Thank you. I was just now looking to see what class would be the screw I made. BSW ( close, medium and free or garbage ) But the calculation are beyond my math skills, ( radical notation went right over my head ) I wish there was a similar site...
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