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    Reamer Dreamer

    If straight shank and you have some way to grab it, yes. All of mine are Morse taper so no exactly tap handle friendly.
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    Reamer Dreamer

    This thread is a derivative of my indexable boring head thread from a week or so back. I had been trying to bore a hole with indexed bar, but had to use my old vertical dovetail mill - that is simply not rigid enough to effectively maintain sufficient accuracy. I deferred the project to...
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    Boring Head to AVOID

    I had to make some round holes in some 0.090" 5052 (to mount guitar pickups) and they were 2 very odd sizes, so figured I needed an indexable boring head to do so. When I searched almost all of the hits were some obviously Chinese junk for just over $100 Cdn from Amazon. I know they actually...
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    Vertical Band Saw

    I do now, thanks to you. Mine is a 1216U so probably the generation before these. Will try DoAll to see what I can find there. I got the saw off of my truck yesterday (was 2 man job as 10' tall sitting in truck and last stop on my roll up door to my storage shelter outside of shop is around...
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    Vertical Band Saw

    I bought this as a last minute from remembering it sitting in auction yard where I didn't/couldn't open it up and have a look-see. It has been in the -30 to -40 range until this past weekend, so it just sat on the truck with me waiting for a break in the weather. I was horrified when I had a...
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    Vertical Band Saw

    I think I will keep the mechanical VSD (note, did not mean electronic misnomer) as what I have seen in the -30 visit yesterday it seems pretty low use. The 550 comment is noteworthy as of course it will run just fine on 575-600. When you see a lower nameplate voltage it means you have higher...
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    Vertical Band Saw

    I have a pair of Marvel 8 saws that are in storage until I can build a larger shop. I keep a 7 x 10 horizontal that has served well for the last 40 years but for vertical work I have a chinese 4 x 6 that I leave mostly in vertical with tiny table that allows it to work horizontal as well. I...
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    Cheng Ki Coolant Reservoir

    I tried those many years ago, but started to think about how much of that oily chemical mist I could be inhaling and passed on it.
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    Cheng Ki Coolant Reservoir

    Thanks for the input. Exactly what I was looking for. I will stay with the remote tank/pumps/drains and I have to admit I seldom use coolant on lathe and when I do I long ago dumped my gravity flood system for a hand pump. The drawback on the new mill of using column would also be volume...
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    Cheng Ki Coolant Reservoir

    I bought a Cheng Ki Bridgeport clone that is about 50 years old. It came with a separate coolant tank and pump, but the base casting was clearly intended to collect runoff under the knew and store it inside column. There are no electrical fitting holes to bring power inside so assume the...
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