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    Keller Hy-Duty 3

    I have been in the market for a small bandsaw for awhile now for my home shop, but couldn't bring myself to spend the money on a Harbor freight, and everything else was either too large, too expensive, or just sketchy. I had pretty much given up actively searching, with the mindset that...
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    Hendey 16x54

    Just closed the deal on a Hendey 16x54 lathe. It looks a little rough in areas, but in others, it is amazingly clean. I had/have some major reservations about closing the deal without seeing the machine under power, but it simply was not possible to do so. I did take care to inspect/verify...
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    Moved lathe and now have taper.

    I rearranged my shop today, and moved my lathe to a new location. I had adjusted everything in the previous location, and everything was true. I was turning a piece after I moved the lathe, and found I had about 6 thousandths of taper in about 6". I double checked my level, and it was...
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    Cincinati 12 1/2 X 48

    Simple question. Given the condition and inability to test things, would you buy this? I will, of course, spend some time going over the machine as well as I can, to verify all the parts are there, but I recognize that I might miss something. Hopefully it would not be something I couldn't...
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    M41 tool steel questions

    I was at HGR Surplus yesterday to pick up a few items, and I happened across a box that included several used brazed carbide tools that I had absolutely no use for, but there was a box of 21 unused Crucible Rex 49 tool blanks there as well. I figured that for the price, I couldn't go wrong...
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    Native Environment

    Wife and I spent last weekend celebrating our anniversary in Galveston. On the way out of town we went to the Galveston Naval Museum and toured USS Stewart, a WWII Escort Destroyer as well as the USS Cavalla, a Gato class submarine The destroyer was stripped pretty bare on the decks that were...
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    Something change and now I get chatter.

    I have been practicing on my lathe (11" Logan) and had found some settings that the machine really liked, particularly with a couple of the tools I had been using for roughing. as an example, 2" diameter cold rolled, with WNMG 431 insert 20-30 thousandths cut with a moderate feed rate, and...
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    VFD with magnetic switches

    Does anyone have any experience with this. I know that one of the advantages of a VFD is the ability to utilize a soft start. My concern is that is something that would be incompatible with the Mag switches. I realize I could bypass the switches and run the motor directly from the VFD, but I...
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    Best practices for lathe chuck cleaning/lube.

    Guys, my recent lathe acquisition included a Cushman 6 inch chuck. I believe it is a quality piece of equipment, and like the rest of the lathe seems to have been well taken care of. I pulled the jaws for no good reason than I had never done so before, and there were more chips in the...
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    Logan Lathe.

    Would like some opinions on a lathe I am considering. It is a Logan, and as near as I can tell it is a turret lathe, but it looks like it has been converted, at least partially to a scrwew cutting type lathe. The turret has been replaced with the appropriate Logan tailstock. The biggest...
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    PHASE II 222-410 10" Tilting Rotary Table

    I am in the process of outfitting my new(old) Ex-Cell-O mill with some tooling. I have a line on a Phase II 222-410 10 inch tilting rotary table for what I believe is a good price. I believe that it fits in well with some of the work I am planning on doing, but I really don't have a good feel...
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    Ex-Cell-O 602

    Hello everyone. First, just wanted to introduce myself and offer my gratitude. I just purchased an ELO 602 from a local shop/warehouse. I had originally gone in to look at an old Cincinnati Toolmaster, but just couldn't get excited about it. The price was probably fair, but more than I...
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