2023

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  1: Clinton Street Bay window apartment
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  2: Glasses with pocket clip
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  3: +/- 10um run out
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  4: Trimming the MT3
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  5: Inks up OK
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  6: Very fiddly setup to set the compound.
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  7: Turning taper, but nasty finish - I think I really need to be able to adjust the height.
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  8: don't like the finish, but it did blue up OK
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  9: Need better tap holders and this tap is not so sharp.
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  10: Water heater desinged by sadists - no clearance - had to spend 50min disassembling to change out the anode.
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  11: Tim's new shop progress
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  12: Fixed this only to realize I can't find the crystal
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  13: Fixed this only to realize I can't find the crystal
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  14: Blue on the entire taper - not easy. I can't trust the flats on the lathe.
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  15: Alsmot finished - just need to cut a flat on it.
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  16: Nice snug fit in the tool holder - figured out the finish problem at the end of my efforts.
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  17: Taper grabs the wheel arbor.
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  18: Starrett 91 Single sided pin - very hard to remove
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  19: Replaced with some copper wire. Needed to dissasemble to regrind the seat that holds the tap.
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  21: 2023-01-13_13-01-55.jpg
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  22: 2023-01-13_13-26-22.jpg
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  23: AC4 diamond powder (Venev diamonds) - grain size from 2500 to 40 microns.-- 80-100um or 140-170grit
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  24: This did not work well - ended up chipping the disk
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  25: This worked much better
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  26: Material shelf needs to be reoganized.
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  27: Truing up a grinding cup using the tapered arbor I made.
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  28: Fixing my micrometer that I dropped . Reminder - never drop instruments!
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  29: They don't use sink hangers anymore. They apply silicone caulk/glue and then twist the wires to clamp it into place.
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  30: Before restoration - A Herman Schmidt/Murkens style Suface-plate-indicator-stand.
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  31: 2023-01-18_00-52-40.jpeg
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  32: Lapping block to brighten it up. Groved iron plate with polycarbonate sheet - 20um diamond paste.
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  33: Had to weld this Stainless back together..
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  34: A good ground clamp
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  35: Trying aluminum foil on groved plate. Does not wear long - too thin.
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  36: Only 23um [.0009"\
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  37: lapped down to 2.5um
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  38: Finished printing the ER40 collet holders.
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  39: Added RF connector to FM transmitter
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  40: Connected to RF power amp
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  41: Tool path.
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  42: 2023-01-25_20-50-01.jpg
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  43: Screwed up - cut a bit deep into the aluminum, probably just as well - don't want to cut the 1095 spring-steel with the corner.
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  44: 2023-01-25_20-55-59.jpg
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  45: got close enough to the screw head to make me nervous.
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  46: Clearance is clearance..
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  47: Much better
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  48: Waiting for the 80TPI screw.
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  49: Some of what came out of the BRAND-NEW Precision-Mathews lathe transmission.
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  50: Once again
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  51: Moving to big bench
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  52: OK - found my good parrellel ( flat on all sides unlike my other ones) It Rocks!!! I think I finaaly figgured out my problem.
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  53: Bottom of the oil sump - wide band of flat - -.002" measured on the surface plate. (not the main problem)
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  54: Top of the spindle - dashed lines show the edge of the wide flat on the oil pan. High places on the left - someone ground them down - but not enough.
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  55: Setting bore gauge
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  56: Pretty close for an amature
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  57: Another project - the handles are too big.
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  58: Z encoder - made plastic blocks to keep expoxy out of the screw holes.
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  59: spindle read head - making blocks to keep epoxy out of the screw-holes
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  60: Junyi - cheng/ shuo\ and Aloon
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  61: Junyi - cheng/ shuo\ and Aloon
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  62: Junyi - cheng/ shuo\ and Aloon
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  63: Bad DRO - the Axis should be Z and X No way to fix.
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  64: Glued disk to faceplate - thinning to target to set the play in the mill's transmission's main shaft stack-up
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  65: Read head with teflon wires installed.
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  66: Printed some tool holders that I mounted on the side of a tool-cabinet. The ones that came with the red ones had slots instead of holes - eveytime I walked by, one would fall on the floor..
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  67: Read head - Epoxy coated
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  68: Had to make a special tool to install the Teflon seal
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  69: Seal installed - The slot to the right is where the sensor head wires will go out.
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  70: Seal installed.
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  71: 3D printed tray that fits in the tool cabinet.
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  72: This was problematic. the bar helped me scoot it into place. But I had to drill the holes on the oil pan one size bigger. I added hardened washers - without the washers it would move out of place as I tightened it. My take is the oil pan should have been matching cast iron and pinned.
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  73: Can't find trays that are low enough for these drawers.
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  74: Testing new spindle encoder.
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  75: Headless mills look strange
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  76: Making bushing to mount 80TPI screw in indicator stand.
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  77: reaming for exact fit. ( I got the 5/16" reamer from a $20 ebay tool lot - best deal I ever got - lots of treasures).
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  78: Top plate - finished bushing and 80TPI adjustment screw assembly.
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  79: Bushing and insert installed.
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  80: Lots of trouble removing the original dowel pin. Bored it out oversized (10.27mm) - plugged it - skim cut.
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  81: Put a jog-wheel divit in the knob
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  82: Fiber install
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  83: Turned a thread - Timing is hard..
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  84: For the real deal I'm not going to thread it after all - tapping for the grub screw
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  85: Making a hex head for tightening the larger stand.
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  86: Needs a bit of file work.
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  87: Need to make a new joint now.
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  88: Looking at this old broach set - I can use it to make the indicator joint.
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  89: All disassembled and cleaned.
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  90: Transfering the shape
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  91: Close enough
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  92: Adhesive backed Neoprime makes it look good.
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  93: Before
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  94: After
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  95: Checking micrometer anvil with sodium lamp
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  96: All cleaned - ready to paint - but can't find the paint
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  97: PAV thread micrometer Base anvil has a very good clamp mechanisim. Not sure why the fancy locking screw on the end?
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  98: PAV thread mic The base anvil locking screw. Similar to a bridgeport quill lock snug.
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  99: Starrett sytle twin-slit-snug joint You can see a tapered bit where the snugs mate here - which tightens first - the slits of the piviot?
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  100: Starrett sytle twin-slit-snug joint
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  101: Starrett bits OK - on the top - the cone bit has a V-block like bit to hold the horizontal indicator rod. On the bottom - a main post keyway-snug The bit to hold the horizontal rod is not a cone - I think uses a sleave?
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  102: Cone-sleave snug
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  103: Bridgeport quill lock - double snug.
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  104: Snugs
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  105: Upper left - one and two over - Starrett style sleeve snug
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  106: Swiss style articulated arm.
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  107: Art's stands and arms -
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  108: Swiss style articulated arm. triple tongue joints. ⌀9.5mm
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  109: Swiss style articulated arm.
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  110: Interesting swivel dovetail.Brown & Sharpe Universal dovetail holder P/N 599-7054
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  111: All cleaned, lubed and restored.
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  112: BILZ tap holder - size '1'
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  113: Not sure why I have no memory of buying this????
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  114: Starrett 57S Universal Snug
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  115: One more to clean and lube. 5 - 7 - 0 need ink
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  116: This got part of the numbers re-inked. Inside is a mess to reassemble..
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  117: Faster than doing CAD
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  118: Tim in front of Christiaan Huyghens house just now.. Remember reading about it in the biography.
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  119: nightmare hot water faucet..
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  120: sliding part of the snugs
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  121: Fixing undersink water heater. If they had used high-temp materials it wouldn't have failed. Replaced the black gasket with food-grade RTV.
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  122: Snug parts finished - will remove the end lip after the grove is machined.
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  123: lawn mower quit
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  124: 2023-04-02_15-27-36_1.jpg
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  125: Part number off carburetor ..
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  126: Using shim Art gave me - Aluminum didn't have a side that didn't rock.
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  127: Sacrificial plate flat and with 2 - 1/2-13 holes to hold eccentric clamps. Almost ready to mill joint bodies out of some 4140..
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  128: Boring head had broken slot washer.
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  129: Made a new one.
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  130: Precision ground Ruby stones - wringing -
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  131: broken plastic choke lever
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  132: Boring snug holes to size.
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  133: Art's indicator stand with 1" hollow colum.
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  134: Art's indicator stand with 1" hollow colum.
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  135: Art's indicator stand with 1" hollow colum.
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  136: Art's indicator stand with 1" hollow colum.
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  137: Art's indicator stand with 1" hollow colum.
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  138: Art's indicator stand with 1" hollow colum.
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  139: Art's indicator stand with 1" hollow colum.
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  140: Art's indicator stand with 1" hollow colum.
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  141: Not a good setup.. Learned a lesson here.
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  142: Tried to bore to size.
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  143: Boring failed as the hole got larger
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  144: Ended up using just a drill bit.
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  145: Snubs turned out well.
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  146: Printing MT3 din-rail holder for the lathe.
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  147: Dereeling set up for the wire-cut/strip machine. I use a torid inductor as a damping weight - then the wire goes over a spool the is supported by elastic cords. The motion of the wire is jerky - would jam or tangle - this works.
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  148: 3d Printed a holder for my Double-taper Y collets.
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  149: Finally doing the profiling on the indicator stand joint
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  150: 2023-04-14_21-52-23.jpg
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  151: 2023-04-14_22-29-38.jpg
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  152: Just need to flip it over and shave off the bottom..
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  153: Snugs are finished. Nice positive action.
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  154: Next - need to make knobs.
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  155: Super close up of a ding on the milling machine table. You can see the shinny bit the PGS left.
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  156: Making the sleeve for the joint.
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  157: Not much room for turning the cone.
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  158: The cone end finished
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  159: Sleves finished turning. Will drill the cross holes later.
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  160: A 3D print went very bad..
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  161: Starting tap
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  162: 2023-04-23_17-30-49.jpg
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  163: Sleevs and barrels
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  164: Sleevs and barrels
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  165: 2023-04-23_22-49-28.jpg
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  166: Joint finshed.. I like shallow knurling.. Need a bigger 60° countersink..
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  167: Level that Danny fished out of the trash for me!
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  168: Measuring to find the center height.
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  169: Original tool post to make CAD model
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  170: Measuring perpendicular - seems to fiddly
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  171: CAD work for tool post.
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  172: Mikes recordplayer - air bearing - liquid damping.
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  173: Mikes recordplayer - air bearing - liquid damping.
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  174: Mikes recordplayer - air bearing - liquid damping.
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  175: 2023-05-05_12-47-31.jpg
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  176: Tool post work - managed to break all three tips.. Turns out I have to 'rewind' the lathe for metric threads.. The good news is Amazon has them - will be here tomorrow..
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  177: Chinese levels - cheap and very good
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  178: 2023-05-07_21-02-46.jpg
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  179: 2023-05-07_21-57-17.jpg
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  180: Should have gotten a CNC lathe..
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  181: fits like a piston
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  182: Cutting wrench flats
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  183: 2023-05-08_16-03-46.jpg
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  184: Got out the good gauge blocks today.
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  185: I think the anvils on this are too small?
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  186: Shiny stainless M5-0.8
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  187: All cleaned and Treated with boeshield.
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  188: Art's Gauge plug
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  189: Art's Gauge plug
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  190: Art's Gauge plug
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  191: Art's Gauge plug
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  192: Profiling the T-nut
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  193: Cutting
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  194: 2023-05-13_21-08-45.jpg
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  195: Kurt vice on the surface plate - about 10um low on one side.
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  196: Cutting a flat
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  197: Final cut on the indicator joint using the 60° cutter Art gave me..<smile>
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  198: Tapping without a tap holder
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  199: 2023-05-18_20-41-31.jpg
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  200: This moves too much?
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  201: I put the insert number on this mill head with the engraver Art gave me..
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  202: It has a big chip out of it that wasn't in the picture when I bought it.. I will weld some nickle into it and use the so-grinder to match it up..
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  203: TIG work
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  204: Matching the T-nut up with the compound.
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  205: Getting close
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  206: Slow feed rate for nice finish..
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  207: the Top wasn't perfectly flat - took off 10um to make it better..
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  208: Finnaly a tool holder that adjusts for height.
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  209: Dissasembly for installing cross-slide lock
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  210: Dissasembly for installing cross-slide lock
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  211: Documenting incase I want to try to install a ball-screw
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  212: Cast iron drills so easy.
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  213: Grub pushes on brass to lock slide.
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  214: This corner of a gib was high - you can see the polish from the PGS - these high spots can then be filed with a very fine file. The discoloration is from where they ground it to fit the adjustment screw - I think it caused the high spot?
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  215: Cleaned and oiled.. but..
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  216: It wasn't as advertised - not a 4" vise. Got a 50% refund today.
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  217: Tapping cross slide.
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  218: Finally reassembled.. - Will turn some brass for the cross slide stops tomorrow.
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  219: Mill control box
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  220: Wells - CPU is in the black box on the right with the monitor hanging on. This has scales on x-y-z operating closed loop and a spindle encoder.
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  221: Z-axis scale folded into original box.
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  222: 2023-05-26_14-47-24.jpg
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  223: 2023-05-26_14-47-40.jpg
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  224: Cutting setup for lens crystals
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  225: New lenses turned out well
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  226: This one I can't repair - has a mangled gear
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  227: This one I can't repair - has a mangled gear
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  228: I was able to fix 3 out of 5
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  229: Processed By eBay with ImageMagick, z1.1.0. ||B2
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  230: Made plastic bumpers - the lathe came with just a bare roll-pin.
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  231: Moved the vacuum tubes to the novelties shelf - most got knocked and broken
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  232: Found these - Don't remember where they came from. Tightening the grubscrew spreads the plates.
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  233: Made an end-stop with a M8 bolt with a ball-bearing pressed into the end.
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  234: Milling magnet holes
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  235: Nice flush fit
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  236: Hangs horizontally!
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  237: 2023-06-05_17-47-53.jpg
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  238: redoing the heatsink compound for the new web server
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  239: 2023-06-10_16-05-28.png
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  240: Drive that failed
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  241: Sent wrong indicator
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  242: Trinkets arrived from China
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  243: Boring head
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  244: Valenite E-Z set
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  245: Valenite E-Z set Need to identify what insert this holds. It seems to be pointing down? I think this is the wrong holder in it?
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  246: Server config nightmare
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  247: Tony's birthday party.
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  248: Tony's birthday party - at his place outside of Topeka.
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  249: Tony's birthday party. Veiw from the pool - beyond the pond is a second pond.
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  250: Tony's birthday party.
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  251: 2023-07-06_14-25-18.jpg
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  252: Art has another repair project for me!
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  253: 2023-07-06_14-25-18_2.jpg
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  254: 2023-07-06_14-25-18_3.jpg
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  255: updating glade on the CNC
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  256: This is really good news - the new OS has even better latency than before.
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  257: Latency with three copies of glxgears running
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  258: Linux CNC engraving metric scale.
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  259: indi-square - needs some TLC..
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  260: indi-square - needs some TLC..
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  261: indi-square - needs some TLC..
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  262: indi-square - needs some TLC..
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  263: indi-square - needs some TLC..
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  264: indi-square - needs some TLC..
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  265: Harddrive dissassembly to see the bearing
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  266: harddrive bearing You can see the tiny machine welding
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  267: harddrive bearing Sawed into two halves - there is a rubber washer in the middle
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  268: harddrive bearing There are tiny holes in the very small 3.5mm shaft - these holes intersect a hole that goes through the shaft.
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  269: harddrive bearing I think it is an air bearing - 7,200 RPM for more than 10 years..
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  270: Touch-Probe construction -
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  271: Touch-probe - waiting for a couple of last parts.
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  272: 2023-07-15_17-27-43.jpg
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  273: 2023-07-15_18-09-23.jpg
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  274: Made a snug pully on this end
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  275: Welded polyurathane belt..
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  276: 2023-07-16_22-18-10.jpg
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  277: Mike's ex lathe..
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  278: Mike's ex lathe..
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  279: Mike's ex lathe..
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  280: Turned the warped rollers so they are round -
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  281: made a slot in it so I can change the sandpaper with out disassembling everything.
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  282: Still no joy - the stainless steel dowel pins needed a brazed blob to solder - but the rods make poor contacts. Silver plate or get some brass rods?
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  283: Now with brass dowel pins - works fine!
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  284: M5 thread mill - Note the tips are rounded. One needs to know the diameter IF the tips came out to a point.
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  285: Fixed this with a Chinese M1.6 tip - had to turn a shoulder to extend the thread length.
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  286: Got this nice metric Mitutoyo thread mike - had to steel Anvils from an English PAV micrometer that I want to sell..
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  287: 2023-08-01_16-01-21.jpg
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  288: 2023-08-01_17-53-22.jpeg
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  289: 2023-08-01_17-53-22_1.jpeg
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  290: 2023-08-02_01-51-09.jpeg
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  291: 2023-08-02_01-51-21.jpeg
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  292: 2023-08-02_22-04-40.jpeg
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  293: 2023-08-02_22-04-40_1.jpeg
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  294: Not sure why this was pinned - very hard to disassemble
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  295: needed to make a flate spot
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  296: Drilled for a dowel pin
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  297: Now there is something to measure to and a flat for angles. Eventually this might become a useful machine.
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  298: Trinkets from China
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  299: Mounted a tray for lathe tool holders.
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  300: Freecad/path - Threadmill interface
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  301: 2023-08-10_22-40-56.jpg
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  302: 2023-08-10_22-41-06.jpg
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  303: 2023-08-10_22-41-08.jpg
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  304: 2023-08-10_22-42-17.jpg
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  305: Lapping machine is working now. Just need to cut off the excess shafts and weld on some 90° legs so I can roll it horizontal. The aluminum plates attach with 3m spray adhesive.
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  306: Made a black disc out of plexiglass to create marks for monting the magnets.
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  307: Lapping attachment. Magnets go in holes.
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  308: Whistle Notch
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  309: weldon flat on a shank
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  310: Bugle American - need some sort of date?
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  311: Walk to mound at Clinton Lake.
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  312: From left to right : Coffee, Vanilla, Cinnamon, Ming aralia
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  313: 2023-10-08_18-35-56.jpg
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  314: 2023-10-08_18-38-23.jpg
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  315: From a trail on the south shore where no one goes.
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  316: Sea gulls.
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  317: Wind surfers
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  318: Blue trail..
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  319: Nice hiking trail
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  320: Making the loop
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  321: Panorama
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  322: Not enough clearance for the fly cutter..
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  323: Using a 80mm long 8mm endmill instead
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  324: Turning down a bushing
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  325: This BBQ won't rock any more!
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  326: This BBQ won't rock any more!
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  327: Made an adapter (on the right) for Norma.
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  328: Adapter installed.
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  329: Thread is correct - need to turn the seat.
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  330: Drill grinder attachmet.
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  331: Drill grinder attachmet. Indicated in to cut grove..
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  332: Drill grinder attachmet. Grove milled.
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  333: Re did the lapping plate magnet project with bigger magnets.
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  334: Cutting the index plate
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  335: 2023-11-26_20-39-53.jpg
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  336: Tabs worked - narly burs..
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  337: Deburred and adjustable index point for the drill sharpener.
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  338: 2023-11-26_21-06-23.jpg
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  339: Tool holder to boring head - needs a trim for the shoulder.
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  340: Tool holder to boring head - needs a trim for the shoulder.
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  341: Actually well done - the dovetail has a flexture - it is tightened with 3 cone head grub-screws that press on small ball bearings.
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  342: There is some backlash in the adjustment - but I think that is par for the course. Stuff out of China is still cheap - but quality seems to be going up.
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  343: I put some threads on the oil can spout ( focus never holds still)..
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  344: The aluminum tip is no longer smooth and round - thus does not seal the oil-ball oilers..
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  345: Side project - this tilt table was made for 12mm - just a bit too small for 1/2" clamp hardware.
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  346: The same for the top - widening the slots for 1/2" hardware - (12mm will still work)..
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  347: Found a T-slot cutter in some HSS cutters I picked up years ago on E-bay..
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  348: Lots of cast Iron swarf..
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  349: Another side job - putting in some threaded holes so this can sharpen chisels on the Dekel style D-bit grinder..
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  350: Re did the lapping plate magnet project with bigger magnets.
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  351: Re did the lapping plate magnet project with bigger magnets.
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  352: Tiny Plasma cutter fits with room to spare on the bottom of the welding cart.
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  353: Measuring to spindle height ..
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  354: Unwrapping my decades old magnetic chuck - magnet seems very weak?
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  355: I suppose I should disassemble?
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  356: Starting work on the solid tool post.
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  357: Inside of magnetic vice is full of grit - some coroded magnets - some swarf..
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  358: 2023-12-27_16-55-35.jpg
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  359: Magnets are bad - plating corroded off - they need to slide on the bottom of the magnetic table.
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  360: In side rusted and rough - will touch up with an end mill.
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  361: The middle shifts so the magnets oppose each other.
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  362: Got the mag-base to use to hold things for lapping. I need to build a alluminum jig to hold it(non magnetic) so it can slide in - Y - will slide in X via the slot in the table.
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  363: 2023-12-28_21-52-31.jpg
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  364: Anime has an office for me

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