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    Job Shop Air Blast PSI

    Hey all! I did a quick search and didn’t find any guidance buried under all the fancy CNC stuff. I got a decent amount of encouragement from this forum when installing my “toy lathe”, as Doug called it, in my garage. I rolled my earnings from that machine into purchasing a Kiwa colt VMC. I...
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    Help! Double Stacked Hydraulic Valve

    We have a FEMCO lathe with a directional hydraulic control valve that went bad. The machine had sat for a while. The valve drove the turret rotation hydraulic motor. This valve (Daikin JS-G01-4CA-12) appears to have both solenoid coils on the right hand side… is there a name for this...
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    Surfacing AN sealing taper?

    I have a friend that needs some 6AN (tighter tolerance JIC/SAE J514) fitting connections put in an extruded aluminum fuel rail. I am not anticipating making any money off of this, nor do I want to make any more of these ports in the future. The porting tool looks like ~$150 minimum. I was...
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    HSS Mill Tooling Suppliers

    I realize there is a lot of room for subjective thoughts here, but who do you suggest for supplying simple, general purpose HSS or Cobalt mill tooling? Does it vary by tool type, i.e. endmill, shell mill, drill... Or even size... I’m trying to avoid continuing to rely on EBay for my tooling...
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    Itemized Cost of A Garage Lathe Shop

    Hey all! I bought a lathe from work and threw it in my garage. The short details for those looking for numbers: $450 machine cost $41.40 cleaning tools (harbor freight) $65 breakfast for friends (help unloading) $40 tank of gas $??? Transport and tie down of machine (dad) Lumber for...
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