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  • Susquatch
    Susquatch reacted to BaronJ's post in the thread Tapered counterbores with Love Love.
    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.
  • trlvn
    trlvn reacted to gerritv's post in the thread Tapered counterbores with Like Like.
    I would have made the d-bit cutter. :-) No teeth as such, and used as a reamer, by hand in the chuck/spindle. Harold is seldom wrong.
  • trlvn
    trlvn 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...
  • trlvn
    trlvn 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...
  • trlvn
    trlvn 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...
  • trlvn
    trlvn reacted to PeterT's post in the thread Shop T-nuts with Like Like.
    Not a very exciting project. I just happened to notice (several years after the fact :/ ) the M10 T-nuts I'm using for my Bison vise...
  • S
    Sqought reacted to Elektrishun's post in the thread Respect with Like Like.
    Now that's something I can relate to. As well, when I seen old equipment in facilities that was installed in the 60's still running...
  • S
    Sqought 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...
  • Susquatch
    Susquatch reacted to mbond's post in the thread Non contact laser rpm monitors with Wow Wow.
    I think it is a lot easier to believe if you see these machines in person and get a sense of just how enormous they are. The pictures...
  • Susquatch
    Susquatch reacted to gerritv's post in the thread Tapered counterbores with Love Love.
    I would have made the d-bit cutter. :-) No teeth as such, and used as a reamer, by hand in the chuck/spindle. Harold is seldom wrong.
  • Susquatch
    Susquatch 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...
  • Garzweiler
    Garzweiler replied to the thread Fractional HP motor reversing.
    I would love to get a copy myself. Google drive ought to handle this sort of file pretty easily.
  • Susquatch
    Susquatch reacted to PeterT's post in the thread Tapered counterbores with Love Love.
    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...
  • DPittman
    DPittman reacted to PeterT's post in the thread Shop T-nuts with Like Like.
    Not a very exciting project. I just happened to notice (several years after the fact :/ ) the M10 T-nuts I'm using for my Bison vise...
  • combustable herbage
    combustable herbage reacted to PeterT's post in the thread Shop T-nuts with Like Like.
    Not a very exciting project. I just happened to notice (several years after the fact :/ ) the M10 T-nuts I'm using for my Bison vise...
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