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    What kind of cast iron is a vise made of typically?

    What is English configuration compared to US configuration? Is this just Imperial measurements not metric?
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    Gage Block Sstack Algorithm

    Looking for a program that will calculate as described here. How to Select Gage Blocks for Use in Combinations Google came up with this.. How to Select Gage Blocks for Use in Combinations online calculator Gage Block Calculator | iPhone iPad Apps! Appsuke!
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    Looking at a Trak 2OP...

    Are these clear enough? Rear one without the vent has dropped edges like a tin lid. Edit... I did not think to check if rear cover had gap under edge for ventilation.
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    Darex Radius Attachment Dissassembly

    Was that your reply on other site with the photo? Maybe post it here, should this post come up in a search in the future.
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    Darex Radius Attachment Dissassembly

    There is an answer on the other site that says to leave the allen key in for leverage and twist the opposite end to unscrew. Photo of attachment as well showing the parts.
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    LARGE 24" Combination Square (other than Starrett)

    One like this? PEC Tools 7116-024 16R 24" 4 Piece Combination Square Set, reads 32nds, 64ths, 50ths, 100ths.
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    Aluminum chip management

    Nice to get a follow up on posts like this. Interested in the follow up on inserts. I am getting birds nests but not a big problem as not turning a lot of aluminium.
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    Measuring screw thread angle for unknown thread?

    If Amal do not get back to you, try contacting the Sammy Miller Museum. Sammy Miller Museum | Contact Us The have rebuild rare motorcycles for years, and have ways to find hard to find information. and may have the specs you are asking for in their archives .
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    1830-40s Portrait of a Man holding a Caliper

    Peter Stubbs factory. Closure threat for one of Warrington's oldest companies
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    1830-40s Portrait of a Man holding a Caliper

    British Museum may be able to identify the painting. Collections Search | British Museum Collections Online | British Museum Edit - to add this.. Peter Stubs - AbeBooks
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    Big Vise

    Here’s one. Not close to you though. Reed 8” Model 208 Swivel Vise with base. - tools - by owner - sale
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    Best way to remove this...

    Put the tube in lathe chuck, inside another tube for protection, put small disk with pins for the cap holes in tailstock chuck, unwind by turning lathe chuck by hand.
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    Breaking 1/2" Kennametal HARVI I TE ENDMILL while plunging

    Would one of these work to get two tools in one turret position? VDI30 FORM A1 BLANK L= 85 mm https://www.toolholdershop.com/images/large/VDI%20Boring%20Bar%20Holder-430.jpg
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    Part fixture: Vacuum on a diameter

    They use suction cups in the packaging and printing industry, that could be a source for different cup styles.
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    Soft Jaw best practices?

    Dovetail jaws I mark to use again. Edit - to add. Before I sold the Bridgeport I was using and Abwood vice, the fixed jaw was removed and one soft jaw bolted in its place, the moving soft jaw run on two dowels and a couple of springs to push the jaws open. Don't have Bridgeport now...
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    CAM vs Hand Coding

    Two Prototrax using the conversational, or import dxf using their offline programming. Emco Turning Centre live tooling with C axis, programmed on the machine with G code. Have CadCam, not found the time to learn how to do more than 2D drawings, not learned how to use the cam to produce the...
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    T-Slot Dimensions

    Looking at chart here you can see how confusion can arise when quoting nominal metric equivalent. Dimension Table for T-Slots, Bolts, and Nuts Table Chart | Engineers Edge
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    CNC Mill Simulator

    See if this would help. G-Wizard Editor: Check, Optimize, and Learn G-Code Easily - CNCCookbook: Be A Better CNC'er
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    Pneumatic actuated drop-away work location?

    Maybe that was the reason the stop pin is in the tool changer now, to prevent accidents?
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    OT: Cuts and burns from long hard experience. Treatments that work for me.

    Have a Stanley knife blade to slide over area to remove splinters, get the direction right they pull out, if that doesn’t work cut a bit of skin away with nail clippers.
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