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    Kurt D-30 3" Vise For Sale - "Like New" (SOLD!)

    SOLD Rare Kurt D-30 3" milling vise for sale. Other than some paint degradation, the vise is "Like New". $400 + $24 USPS lg flat rate box shipping. If you wish to purchase or want more pictures or info, please send PM.
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    Anyone Use PTC Creo Elements Direct Modeling Express?

    Anyone use "PTC Creo Elements Direct Modeling Express" ? Free Version of Creo offered by PTC? PTC - PTC Creo Elements/Direct Modeling Express 6.0 If above link doesn't work, try this--> https://www.ptc.com/en/products/creo/elements-direct/modeling-express I had been...
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    Pratt & Whitney Model B Lathe FS: $500 on FB, Loc in Central PA

    Not mine, no connection to seller, saw it on FB. Looks like 12, 13, or 14? No details provided by seller. So who knows...
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    ID The Makers Logo on This Collet. Is it Porst?

    Saw this question asked elsewhere, figured folks here would know. Can you ID the Makers logo on this collet? Was thinking this was Porst but can't seem to find anything that confirms that.
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    South Bend Heavy 10 Parts For Sale

    South Bend Heavy 10 Parts For Sale. $50 for all picked up in person in Gaithersburg, MD. Not willing to fuss w/ shipping the entire lot. It would just be too much grief to do that. I will be attending Cabin Fever (Lebanon, PA) on Jan 12, 2024. And will be at PATINA sale in Damascus, MD on...
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    41L40 Steel (leaded)... Does It Rust Easily Like 12L14 does?

    All, I like to turn & machine 12L14 steel when it fits the need. But about it's biggest drawback is it's tendency to rust easily. Unless it's painted, powder-coated, plated, kept oiled, or some other sort of corrosion protection is applied. Does 41L40 (leaded) steel have the same tendency to...
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    Reall Nice 1948 Sydney 16 x 54 Restoration

    Saw this on FB. Link is here: https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=sydney lathe restoration I know nothing of the owner or the quality of the restoration. Looks like it may not have needed too much to get it to look like new. The pictures have it looking quite nice. .
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    How Did I Get Demoted To "Aluminum" When I was "Diamond"?

    Curious, I used to have a "Diamond" rating with, I wanna say I recall 6-7000 posts or so since joining this forum in July of 2002? Now it only shows 170 posts only back to July of 2020. And how did I get a reaction score of "-581"? All my photo albums are gone, as well as all my...
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    Preffered Cleaner Degreaser For Cleaning Old Machines & etc

    I have a dividing head I'm going through. It came to me covered in a goo with chips all congealed in a matrix coating on the unit. I have been using various scraping instruments, wire & plastic brushes, kerosene, & paint thinner to get the sludge off. Smaller components once cleaned up I'm...
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    Pratt & Whitney Model C Lathe (WWII era): Scraped Ways Or Hardened & Ground Ways?

    Was looking over craigslist and saw this war era P&W 14x54 Model C lathe. Noticed the ways seem to be scraped. I would have thought they would have been hardened and ground and w/o scraping. Perhaps during the war some were shipped w/ soft ways that were scraped? Lathe looks like it's lived...
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    FS: Reference & Text Books

    Now that I'm retired I'm thinning down the bookshelf. Numerous hard and paperback reference and textbooks FS. Will ship by media mail or USPS FR Box. Prices do not include cost of shipping. Min purchase of $20 to hassle w/ shipping. Accept paypal or a mailed personal check. Inquire by PM...
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    FS: Hardinge Dividing Head Tailstock

    FS: Hardinge Dividing Head Tailstock, $130 +shipping Excellent condition, center is in great shape, 3-5/8 inch center height. The body casting as been slightly altered from original: Central mounting T-slot bolt through hole has been slightly offset. And the corresponding surface for washer...
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    Technique For Drilling Small .043 Inch Holes in Invar

    Invar: Drilling Small .043 Inch Holes Machinist at work is out for an extended period. I'm a mechanical engineer, but when odd-ball fixes need to be done I get tapped to do them when its an emergency and machinist is out. I'm no journeyman machinist by any means. Competent in alum, steel...
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    Hendey T&G Lathe FS in TX on FB Marketplace

    Loc near Houston, TX in Pearland, TX. Priced high, to me, @ $3k, looks like seller liq fathers shop. So I suppose at some point seller will figure out appropriate price. FB Link won't work here - don't know why? Here are some screen captures. You can search seller down from name in image 1.
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    Source For #4-40 STI Extension Tap (Or Pulley Tap?)

    Not sure if extension tap or pulley tap are one in the same. Just need a #4-40 STI tap about an inch (or more) longer than a regular tap. Anybody have a good source? They seem to be uncommon or maybe even rare or unavailable in STI version. Don't really want to spend the time making our own...
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    P&W Model B 13x48 $450

    Saw this on FB marketplace listed @ $450. fabrication shop closing!! - Hand Tools - Glen Rock, Pennsylvania | Facebook Marketplace Loc in Glen Rock, PA, no other contact info provided. Pic below, no relation to seller, merely passing on the info...
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    Wntd: PDF of Parts List For SB 10L Dbl Tumbler Metric Transposing Gear Set

    Can anybody point me to a pdf scan of a South Bend 10L parts list for the metric transposing gear set for a Double Tumbler lathe? Was one ever published by South Bend? I have a 1961 model heavy 10L and looking to verify I have all the parts & pieces for the transposing set. Just want to...
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    Where to Purchase Small Qty of Aluminum in 4047 & 4032 Alloy Rod?

    Our machinist looked around and was only able to find this on ebay from Australia. All the other sources reqd a "large buy" of the material. Me thinking might be dicey sourcing material from ebay. I'd prefer to buy from a legitimate source and get material certs. We need to make four small...
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    Antique Motorcycles, Race Cars, & a Sydney Lathe.

    Can You Help Haig Altounian? | Bike-urious Not an easy cut an paste to save. So You'll have to click the link and read it. I will post a picture of the Sydney lathe. Not the greatest picture. The author mentions its herringbone gears.
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    Looking For Ball or Roller Thrust Bearing, Not Finding A Useable Size

    Trying to retrofit an existing device that has a "single washer" of some sort of stainless steel as a thrust washer. Was hoping to source a ball or roller thrust bearing as replacement. Not finding what I need so am thinking my ID to OD ratio just isn't possible. Have tried Mcmaster-Carr and...
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