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Help With Shaper Repair
I am looking for someone with a planer or large shaper that could resurface the ways of my Havir 8 inch shaper ram. The length of the ways is about 20". The ram had extreme scoring (~1/16") across nearly the entire way pictured. I built it back up with RCI-b, so it is soft & homogenous...- CarbonArc
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- Forum: Antique Machinery and History
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Carbon Steel Cutting Tools
In the days of yore, there was no HSS; all cutting tools were of forged and quenched carbon steel.... Or so I'm told. Does anyone here make and use their own carbon steel cutting tools? In a couple of my old planer & shaper manuals, there are data tables for carbon steel cutters. They seemed...- CarbonArc
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- Forum: Antique Machinery and History
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Small Horizontal Mills
I've decided that I want to buy a smaller (but not benchtop) horizontal/vertical combo milling machine. I'm in no particular rush & just keeping an eye out locally for one. After reading some threads on these type of machines, I've put together a list of what I'm looking for: Nichols hand...- CarbonArc
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- Forum: Antique Machinery and History
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Machining Oxy-Acetylene tips
I've got some obsolete torches that I would like to make custom tips & injectors for. Can anyone here tell me how you do it (especially for the injectors) or point me in the direction of a book/article that explains it? -
Jobs planing and scraping?
To keep it short, I'd like to find a job willing to train on planing and scraping in the PNW/Nor-Cal area. Is this field something one can get into with little experience? Is there anything else to consider? I would be especially curious to hear from anyone that runs a shop doing planing...- CarbonArc
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- Forum: Machine Reconditioning, Scraping and Inspection
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Rockford No 3 Hand Miller
I'm set to go look at a very old Rockford milling machine. As best as I can tell, it is a No. 3 Hand Miller. The owner has a 7/8 and 1 inch arbor, a vertical milling adapter, a slotting adapter, and some other tooling for it. Here's some photos: Seller is asking 750 for it all. That sounds...- CarbonArc
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Oxy-Acetylene Torches for Sale or Trade
I have the torches in the photograph above for sale. All are in good working condition: Eutectic Castolin B series cutting attachment - 50$ Victor J27 aircraft torch - 35$ Victor 315 w/ CA1060 cutting attachment - 100$ Victor 315 w/ CA1060 cutting attachment - 100$ Oxweld W-17 w/ CW-23 cutting...- CarbonArc
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- Forum: Tooling, Parts and Accessories For Sale or Wanted