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  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to PeterT's post in the thread Tapered counterbores with Like Like.
    Now I have to ask, what does the taper fastener/hole combination actually do?
  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to mbond's post in the thread Tapered counterbores with Like Like.
    When I first saw your pictures I assumed you did that on purpose and were looking for a way to machine the edges of the screw to a shape...
  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to PeterT's post in the thread Tapered counterbores with Like Like.
    Forgot to mention, if you are doing it on a mill anyway, might help to raise the table vs lowering the quill in drill press mode. The...
  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to Susquatch's post in the thread Tapered counterbores with Like Like.
    Yes, they actually have to go through the paper. The paper isn't there to stop the cutting. Instead it just dampens the harmonic...
  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to PeterT's post in the thread Tapered counterbores with Like Like.
    Yup that faceted hole is classic excessive RPM. Happens on chamferring cutters too. The slower RPM the better. Sometimes it has a sweet...
  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to trlvn's post in the thread Tapered counterbores with Like Like.
    Interesting! I'd never heard of this wax paper trick. Not sure how it could work as the cutting edges will presumably go right through...
  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to trlvn's post in the thread Tapered counterbores with Like Like.
    OK, I'll give that a go on the weekend. Thanks, Craig
  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to Susquatch's post in the thread Tapered counterbores with Like Like.
    ^ this @trlvn - three blades will almost always want to chatter. Ya gotta go slow and force the blades to cut instead of bounce...
  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to thestelster's post in the thread Tapered counterbores with Like Like.
    Go real slow like under 100rpm, slowest speed you got. Use the depth stop so it dwells at the proper depth.
  • BaronJ
    BaronJ replied to the thread Tapered counterbores.
    Hi Craig, You should be cutting that taper by hand ! Rotate the chuck with a key and take baby bites. A bit like tapping a thread.
  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to trlvn's post in the thread Tapered counterbores with Wow Wow.
    I'm working on a small Harold Hall project and I'm modifying socket head cap screws (#8-32) to have a tapered head that locks in a...
  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to PeterT's post in the thread Tool Vertical Spindexer with Like Like.
    Here is my vertical chuck Spindexer. A lot of my work seems to be fiddly small so I wanted something to mount my 3" chucks & rapid to...
  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to Elektrishun's post in the thread Fractional HP motor reversing with Like Like.
    @Garzweiler If the motor is simply wired to run one direction, reversing switch removed, and the centrifugal switch is still acting up...
  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to Elektrishun's post in the thread Fractional HP motor reversing with Like Like.
    @Garzweiler When I was asking about this motor's history earlier where I was heading was this: - the way it was originally wired it...
  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to Garzweiler's post in the thread Fractional HP motor reversing with Like Like.
    I haven't heard a click, but I've also run the motor with continuity testing attached to the switch terminals and as I may have...
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