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  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to mbond's post in the thread Respect with Like Like.
    i'm sure that anyone who runs a farm and uses a tractor (of whichever colour) has an easier job of it than when it was done with oxen...
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    BaronJ reacted to Chicken lights's post in the thread Respect with Like Like.
    Our veterans gave everything to ensure we could have choices and freedoms Those that treat that lightly are fools
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    BaronJ reacted to PeterT's post in the thread Tool Vertical Spindexer with Like Like.
    Here is my sanity check to see that the jaw indeed floats (~0.005") when clamping a 123 dummy block resting on parallels. Front & rear...
  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to PeterT's post in the thread Tool Vertical Spindexer with Like Like.
    I cleaned everything with degreaser, stoned the surfaces with some nice flatstones & re-greased the surfaces. Then my memory banks...
  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to PeterT's post in the thread Tool Vertical Spindexer with Like Like.
    Here is what I found. Your instincts were correct. The button looking things are a hard-ish durometer rubber button element (which acts...
  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to Susquatch's post in the thread Tool Vertical Spindexer with Like Like.
    Good on you for digging in Rudy! It's been bugging me too. On mine, I only needed to determine the optimum number of turns on the...
  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to RobinHood's post in the thread Tool Vertical Spindexer with Like Like.
    I think this Bison vise works exactly like a Gerardi (and its clones). Those button looking things must act like springs ( if I...
  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to PeterT's post in the thread Shop T-nuts with Like Like.
    I forgot to mention another aspect of the Bison clamps. If you look at the yellow Bessey clamp in #27, it has what I'd call proper...
  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to PeterT's post in the thread Shop T-nuts with Like Like.
    Thats a real danger but a seperate issue. Usually commercial T-nut threads are partially threaded or they chisel an indent on the bottom...
  • Susquatch
    Susquatch reacted to djberta's post in the thread Auto-Retract Threading Tool with Like Like.
    AS winky says "Ah that's Genius". I really love the mechanism, very nice watching it in action.
  • Susquatch
    Susquatch reacted to MrWhoopee's post in the thread Auto-Retract Threading Tool with Like Like.
    Winky has just done a video evaluation of the current state of the design. The response has been overwhelming. I would like to say how...
  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to skippyelwell's post in the thread Bel-tronics power supply with Like Like.
    I sent him a note, thanks.
  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to terry_g's post in the thread Bel-tronics power supply with Like Like.
    It's a model 4150 E Might be able to get this Ebay seller to send you a pic of the manual...
  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to Susquatch's post in the thread Shop T-nuts with Like Like.
    Looks great to me Jeff. My only comment would be to keep the torque on the screws down around 20% of their rating. In other words, if...
  • BaronJ
    BaronJ reacted to slow-poke's post in the thread Shop T-nuts with Like Like.
    At the Ottawa swap meet I picked up a 5” Tormach milling vise. I made the following clamps from 1” angle. Not sure if they are good or...
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