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    CWret reacted to Susquatch's post in the thread Shop T-nuts with Like Like.
    This is the real meat of the issue Peter. Your previous questions were all about how. Now you are asking about why. Buckle up. This...
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    Maker Mike 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...
  • DPittman
    DPittman reacted to Elektrishun's post in the thread Respect with Like Like.
    Maybe the lesson of this whole thread is about being thankful for the life your living right now. How people choose to express that is...
  • whydontu
    whydontu replied to the thread Machine Atlas 618 Chuck purchasing options?.
    Little Machine Shop has backing plates and chucks at pretty reasonable prices. I used them on my Atlas way back when and was happy with...
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    PeterT replied to the thread Machine Atlas 618 Chuck purchasing options?.
    I'm not familiar with the Atlas spindle layout, but could a pre-machined blank like this work if you machined the front face for the...
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    whydontu reacted to Elektrishun's post in the thread Respect with Like Like.
    Maybe the lesson of this whole thread is about being thankful for the life your living right now. How people choose to express that is...
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    Elektrishun replied to the thread Respect.
    Maybe the lesson of this whole thread is about being thankful for the life your living right now. How people choose to express that is...
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    YYCHM reacted to Chicken lights's post in the thread Respect with Like Like.
    I disagree. I think modern society has allowed people to live a life of relative comfort to pay people for manual labour they themselves...
  • mmcmdl
    mmcmdl replied to the thread Respect.
    That's what we did . We took the engineers dream and turned it into reality .
  • mmcmdl
    mmcmdl reacted to Chicken lights's post in the thread Respect with Like Like.
    I disagree. I think modern society has allowed people to live a life of relative comfort to pay people for manual labour they themselves...
  • Chicken lights
    Chicken lights replied to the thread Respect.
    I disagree. I think modern society has allowed people to live a life of relative comfort to pay people for manual labour they themselves...
  • skippyelwell
    skippyelwell reacted to mattthegamer463's post in the thread Bel-tronics power supply with Like Like.
    Must be for a small universal motor device which can run on 120AC or variable DC. You probably feed it 120V AC on the white and black...
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    AntaresSky replied to the thread Machine Atlas 618 Chuck purchasing options?.
    Backplate I’m assuming? Boring and threading a back plate without a Chuck on the Lathe would be interesting though! Once threaded no...
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    PeterT replied to the thread Tool Vertical Spindexer.
    I've seen that potential infringement (avoidance) issue discussed elsewhere. Seems to me someone even pulled the patent drawings & dates...
  • YYCHM
    YYCHM reacted to Chicken lights's post in the thread Tool Let's Get This Started - Tool Test Tuesday with Like Like.
    It's weird how different countries work. Was there a historical reason for Britain having BSA threads? I know during the war when...
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