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Recent content by adammil1
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Creating a decision tree for internal customer so they can decide what work to send me and what work to outsource.
At our place, engineers typically don't make this decision. All parts route through the manufacturing department, who does the make by decisions based on how busy the shop is, whether the work fits in there domain etc etc.... I'm thinking that having a central buying group for the whole company...- adammil1
- Post #39
- Forum: Shop Management and Owner Issues
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Is a tip to another shop's workers appropriate for end of major job?
We sold some machinery to BAE systems that went to Pakistan. BAE got so tired of different vendors promising onsite installation only to find out on the day of install that the worker had quit. Thus their contracts stipulated a $15k bonus for one week's worth of work, and it specifically written...- adammil1
- Post #46
- Forum: Shop Management and Owner Issues
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Ot...ship hits bridge
There was a YouTube video a few years back showing them salvaging a massive car carrying vessel that capsized I think in the English channel. They had a special cutting chain that they stretched from one boat to the other if memory serves me correctly they kind of turned it into a gigantic... -
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WTB: Porter-Cable G4 4"x54" grinder parts
Looking at those parts they don't look too hard to make. That is a great machine I would recommend you make the parts before getting rid of the machine. With that being said if you don't mind a story, that machine triggers one of the fondest memories I have of a great day with my father. It was...- adammil1
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- Forum: Tooling, Parts and Accessories For Sale or Wanted
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1/2-20 thread used where?
My chart says that 1/2-20 is a standard -5 Oring boss. Now with that being said -5,-3 are the real oddball sizes but you should be able to easily get fittings for that size if needed and then adapt to something more common. -
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An explore of an abandoned underground train workshop, in China!
I don't think China understands the concept of licensing. We sold a machine to a shop in China. Our salesman shows up and finds six of them at the shop in China. He asks the Chinese guy where they bought the rest of them. Said Chinese guy looks at him with a very proud look on his face and says...- adammil1
- Post #16
- Forum: Antique Machinery and History
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An explore of an abandoned underground train workshop, in China!
See the thread over here, http://www.rypn.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=47963&sid=8bf7ff051287aa007a1c949f826853bd One of the individuals who posted had the opportunity of working in that shop and some of its last days and operation. It must have been one hell of a smokey place when the...- adammil1
- Post #10
- Forum: Antique Machinery and History
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Looking for recommendations for flexible "fabric" way covers.
What's a blue chip's temp as it peels off a lathe? Whatever I get I would like it to survive a hot blue chip. I see even the good stuff from McMaster is only good for 200degF https://www.mcmaster.com/product/1320K113. -
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OT- need stud (wall) finder advice!
If cost is not an issue this one seems pretty cool. I don't do enough work right now to justify it though -
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Looking for recommendations for flexible "fabric" way covers.
for what its worth the ones I got on Aliexpress for use on my lathe were terrible. They are made out of a rubber material that seems to melt or at least severely deform when hit by very hot chips. Maybe not as much of an issue on a jig bore where you may be taking light careful cuts but... -
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Metal Stamping/Forming - Where to Get Started, Recommended Books
Search flanging machine on Google. Most of the ones I saw were humongous but I bet the same concept is used for smaller parts too. I would wonder if you can't sub it out to someone who's got that machine at least for the prototype. Then the nice thing is if you need a different size you're not... -
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Metal Stamping/Forming - Where to Get Started, Recommended Books
If you Google custom tank ends or tank heads you will see there's tons of companies that specialize in making parts like that. I wonder what machines they're using to make them as they can't be making custom stamping tooling for each job. -
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Tapping fluid that doesn't stink.
Unicorn Tears, when it comes to testing tapping fluids, a friend of mine told me that the old sales demo that tapmagic had made up, was a spring-loaded hand tapping unit. It had a ratchet built in and they would tighten down the tap until it stopped turning by hand but tension and torque was... -
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Tapping fluid that doesn't stink.
Do you sell that stuff in non rail car quantities? I have never seen extra thick honey like tapping fluid, however it work we use a stuff called Royco HF 825. It's marketed as an aircraft o-ring assembly fluid, where the idea is that you essentially glue your o-rings in with the Royco and then... -
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BSPP O Ring Seat/Mating Surface
How many are you making? How complicated are these? Are you going to make them yourself or are you trying to draw and specify to send out? The reason why I ask is that there are a few manifold machine shops out there that all they do is pump out manifolds. My experience is that they are lower...