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    Serpentine belt question...

    Guys, I need to make up a serpentine belt for my Southbend 9. I've used the Shoe Goo glue to great success repairing the old leather belt before, but it's finally had it. Question---> In making up the serpentine belt, use a lap joint, or a butt joint with a reinforcement piece of belt glued on...
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    Broach Bushings?

    Thanks again guys. I guess when the broach arrives, I'll give it a go. Note: I really gave serious thought to "pecking it" in the mill, but then decided to order a broach instead. If I break the broach, I WILL be "pecking" it... :~( Vettepilot
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    Broach Bushings?

    THANKS for all the great responses and info guys!! Appreciate it! Though now you've got me paranoid about "hogging in"! Vettepilot
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    Broach Bushings?

    I'm adapting two hubs to the 1" diameter rear axle on my daughter's go-kart. This requires me to broach 1/4" keyways in the new hubs. They appear to be cast iron, (or steel). I have the use of a lathe, a mill, and a press. I've never broached a keyway before, though I understand the process. I...
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    Broach Bushings?

    Hi, Hope this thread isn't too old to jump in, and please don't laugh at me... I'm adapting two hubs to the 1" diameter rear axle on my daughter's go-kart. This requires me to broach 1/4" keyways in the new hubs. They appear to be cast iron, (or steel). I have the use of a lathe, a mill, and...
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    BORING HEAD Boring bar holder??

    Yeah, one piece I guess. Anyway, I'm not finding it anywhere at all. I believe I'll go with this one. It will do what I want, and is possibly more rigid than the one I was asking about... https://www.mesatool.com/product-page/adjustable-2-boring-head-attachment Thanks guys!! Vettepilot
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    BORING HEAD Boring bar holder??

    Oh, one solid piece? No, I don't think so. If you blow your pic up, it looks like that's a large boring bar, inserted into the attachment. Separate pieces. Then if you look at the picture of the other side of it that I showed, there's clamping screws. I could be wrong; I'm not sure, but...
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    BORING HEAD Boring bar holder??

    I mis-typed when I said "3/8". I'm sure it's 1/2" provisions. Yeah, I don't see this one on Mesa Tools, E-bay, nor anywhere else. Been looking... Vettepilot
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    BORING HEAD Boring bar holder??

    OH YEAH OX!! The one in the middle! That's it!! Who makes it?? Please! And what exactly is it called?? Thanks a bunch! Robert
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    BORING HEAD Boring bar holder??

    Thank you for answering! Well, it's similar to that, but the one he's using apparently has the two vertical bars that go into the boring head like the one you guys showed. However, his then has a vertical hole in the bottom of it that holds a large diameter round boring bar. Here, I managed...
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    BORING HEAD Boring bar holder??

    Very new to this... I've been watching YouTuber "Dale Sweger". When he bores a motorcycle cylinder, he's using a boring bar holder that I would like to identify, and have. It appears as though he's using a 2" boring head, for probably 3/8" boring bars. But he has an attachment that interests...
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    Milling a bullet mold question?

    Well, some added info to clarify. The work/mold was quite firmly locked down, with the parting line perpendicular to the mill bed. The oversize is along the parting line axis, which was perpendicular to the clamping force. In other words; the mill vise was clamping the mold blocks together...
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    Milling a bullet mold question?

    Background: Bridgeport mill, older manual machine. Bed just trammelled, machine seems tight and very repeatable. I just used it to machine out two 80% lowers with no problems and perfect results. Now working on a Lee Precision aluminum two cavity mold. The mold was a 9mm that I wanted to...
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    Newbie question on modifying a sizing die?

    "After a couple of tries with ok results"... Does that mean you accomplished your goal and ended up with useful body dies, or gave up and bought the Redding body dies? I'm trying to avoid buying the quite expensive and sometimes hard to find Redding body dies, and recently scored a Lee full...
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    Newbie question on modifying a sizing die?

    Well, I am wanting to make the neck portion of the die the diameter of a fired case neck, which is about .347" in this case. That will center the case when it is inserted into the die. Then the case body will be re-sized, but not the neck, which is exactly what I want to accomplish. Thanks...
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