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    Alexander Deckel SO Clone

    Do any of you guys have a favorite paint remover for metal? Pretty sure the paint is oil based. I don't plan to repaint it afterward (I hate painting), but it would be nice to get the paint off of where it shouldn't be - dials, sliding surfaces, threads, etc. Who does that shit anyway! Sheesh!
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    Alexander Deckel SO Clone

    Today I start freeing up the tool holder assembly. It is painted together and frozen up too. But that should be easier to free up than the S-Casting was. First I'll find and remove all the locks, then I'll remove the paint on the slides, apply some liquid wrench, and then prolly put it in my...
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    Really ?

    Could be. @slow-poke is in Ottawa so I assume the library is there. But my wife takes books out at the library all the time without actually going there. She borrows a digital version on-line. It's kinda cool. She uses a book sized kindle to read them.
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    Really ?

    Hey @Gordie, sorry for poking slow fun at you. You quoted @slow-poke but then you didn't comment. We are all wondering what it is you wanted to say or ask...... We (and especially me) can be quite childish at times. Maybe doesn't make sense to everyone, but I consider maturing to be a false...
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    Really ?

    ???
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    Really ?

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  7. Susquatch

    4140 crankshaft modifications - propeller hub build

    @phaxtris - You really suck you know!
  8. Susquatch

    Worn nuts for mill leadscrew

    I think you misunderstand. I'm talking about the optical illusion that is present in your photo. When I first looked at it, I saw a button not a threaded hole. It's like one of those illusions where they ask you if you see a duck or a rabbit first. Some see the duck, some see the rabbit. A few...
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    Worn nuts for mill leadscrew

    Thank you for putting up with my dumb question. I see you answered the same one earlier in the thread. Sometimes you gotta tell the old guy to just read the damn thread..... Sorry about that..... But much appreciated. Did you notice how the threaded hole also looks like a button cap?
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    Alexander Deckel SO Clone

    I think I will make sure of that before I reassemble it. In hind sight, the 6 screw steel clamp was massively overkill. But as I said earlier, pre-emptive foresight overkill is much better than underkill in hindsight. An aluminum clamp with just two screws would have worked. The steel clamp...
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