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    Carburizing box

    Of all the dirty, low-down, conniving schemes, I like yours best :D! (I have read that there are 200 plus opinions about those reactions, too!)
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    Carburizing box

    Just to improve toughness of machine parts - don't care color.
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    Carburizing box

    I bought pack-carburizing compount (Rose Mill WILCARBO) but I don't know what to use for a box. Most articles suggest sealing the "box" with fire clay etc. so it needs to be airtight (but "leave a vent hole"). I could weld a box, but it would seal badly. Or I could make a pipe bomb with some...
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    Case hard depth using EDM

    Normally our HT provider measures case depth & gives us a nicely polished sample. But we wanted to check something in-house, so we gave it a try. First the part was cut off with EDM, then surface-ground on an old Chevalier. After dunking for various times in 5% nital, nothing showed up. I was...
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    Novel method to chase hard threads

    Y'know... got some valve grinding stuff right here, I'll give it a try, :scratchchin:thanks for the idea
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    Novel method to chase hard threads

    Sorry, I know there are a million "threads" about tapping, but here goes. We made some (50) fixtures out of S7 and had them hardened. Unfortunately an internal thread was CNC single-pointed (not my call) and they are too tight now. They are 1/2-20 but only used for setscrews that retain some...
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    Lucifer furnace firebrick repair

    I understand one doesn't open a ceramic kiln until it has cooled? Our stuff heat treats under 1800F, so it's no big deal to open the door and rake it out. But a friend from high school became a glassblower, in apprenticeship he was exposed to fused quartz over 2500F and said it was something to...
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    Lucifer furnace firebrick repair

    Old Lucy here has some serious leaks around the door. There are so many firebrick repair products out there, I don't know where to start. It is so crumbly, it would be easy to make it worse. Any experience? This is a 2000F heat treat furnace, so no fireplace goop allowed. Even ceramic kiln...
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    Threading insert IR vs. EL, or ER vs IL, NR, NL etc.

    Found the page, Carmex thread turning technical section. Here's the link. http://www.carmexusa.com/contentonly.aspx?file=pdf/2019_Inch/065-074_thread_turning_technical.pdf Haven't read it yet, but it is the best reference I've seen so far. Thanks, sfriedberg, I will "like" your post & call it...
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    Threading insert IR vs. EL, or ER vs IL, NR, NL etc.

    Well... thanks, I have that chart, & several others, but it doesn't tell me anything. It doesn't show the difference in geometry between IR and EL, which look exactly the same in plan view. It doesn't help that I don't know the exact geometry of the proposed toolholders, I'd really like to see...
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    Threading insert IR vs. EL, or ER vs IL, NR, NL etc.

    Guys, I'm sorry to flog this subject, I know there are 1500 posts about threading but I have been searching & reading on-line for WEEKS and still haven't found what I need to know. This is for maintenance and R&D, not production, and I buy my own tools so I'll be using the cheap stuff on Ebay...
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    Precision Measuring Tool- 4 Jaw Universal Chuck

    Molding compound, Repro Rubber, Silastic 3110, I've heard dental wax suggested. We used to use 3110 until we bought a Micro-Vu Vertex with probes. For this I wouldn't even use the probes, just Z-axis optical scans & construct theo corners. Dow 3110 is pourable & takes about 15 minutes to cure...
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    Hardness testing advice?

    I always avoided hardness files because I wouldn't know when they are worn out. But I have used a generic file to check. Our drawing says HRC but I only want to check yes/no to see if our supplier skipped a process - which has happened. In this case I have caught errors using a file. Bought...
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    Hardness testing advice?

    I have an Ames in a stand right here on my desk. Works as well as Wilson minus one decimal place. Mine only goes up to R45N but that converts nicely to HRC. Highly recommended. The only fiddling is when that little pin gets on the wrong side of the finger - you probably know what I mean...
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    Hardness testing advice?

    Thank you ! I would vote this up but don't think this forum has that crap (thankfully!) I was scared of Leeb after bad experience with ultrasonic. Starting to come around. Didn't know about the grease-on-anvil trick, anvil alone is not magic. I'll try that. Reminds me of that blue ketchup...
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    Hardness testing advice?

    Sure, and the diamond is fine etc. It's a good unit, digital. (Covers ears with hands) Laa laa laa laa...! :( (so at least it's not just me) They would love me if I made them EDM these every shipment. I don't have to publish any numbers, just OK the samples are "to print." So I'll probably...
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    Hardness testing advice?

    Sorry for the world's dullest topic... Have to certify hardness on a casting that won't fit on a Rockwell tester. Weighs about 10 lbs. Only induction treated on one small appendage. I can cut off the treated part, but have to use a hand grinder without coolant, so the hunk might get hot. OK...
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    Metric vs Imperial: Who Would Win ?

    If you had a 1/2-inch boring bar and a 12 mm boring head, would you * Turn the bar down to 12 mm? * Drill the head out to 1/2 inch? * Be more careful next time you bought stuff? I'm in USA but Hate Imperial. If I accidentally leave my caliper overnight in Imperial mode, next morning I...
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    Flatting Cycle G77, HAAS to Miyano

    Thanks for that info. I looked at their drawing and it was like a carriage bolt with a square boss and a hex head. I hope they are planning to use hex stock. Even so, it's like making a toothpick from a birch tree. We used to have bolt headachers but sold them locally and I know we buy from...
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    Flatting Cycle G77, HAAS to Miyano

    We would like to use an old program from a Haas lathe, but it calls flatting cycle G77. We got rid of the Haas & now have a Miyano BNE51SY5 (Fanuc). We were wondering if there is a way to code around G77 not implemented on Miyano. We can surely code a flat by hand if we have to. I don't know...
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