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Wysong 1452 power shear - new addition to the shop & need some guidance ...
greetings, meet the new addition to my shop . . . . and a bit of a story for a little interest - picked up a couple of Di Acro 16g pan/box brakes and a Di Acro notcher. all in pretty good shape & for fair money. however, came home without 1 of the 2 Di Acro 24" power shears . . . .... kind of...- archimedes
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- Forum: Fabrication: CNC Laser, Waterjet, Plasma, Welding
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Stellite rod - needing a few sticks in small diameter
greetings, have a customer who purchased an antique tool. now the repair/restoration process begins. i have accepted the challenge to rebuild a couple of broken gear teeth. the plan is to dip some er70s into respective divots & slowly build up each gear tooth base profile. then final...- archimedes
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- Forum: Fabrication: CNC Laser, Waterjet, Plasma, Welding
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How(?) to pick up a DoAll & Abrasive surface grinder
greetings, usual deal for most machinist(s)/machine shop guys -- time to move. have a large capacity fork truck to move all the machines. most are mills with the usual eyebolt on the ram. no worries on these --- but 2 machines are a little bit challenging: DoAll 16" b'saw - i have a pair of...- archimedes
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- Forum: General
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surface grinder - changover from AB 509 to AB 709
surface grinder - changover from AB 709 to AB 509 greetings, for now, i just have some basic questions -- in the next replies will be some pics to add to the questions. 1. jumpers -- the 709 (OE) has 5 jumpers. 2 of these are coil related & i think i can understand their function. but...- archimedes
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- Forum: Transformers, Phase Converters and VFD
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shade tree mechanic meets Wayne Moore
precision much like success is about scale. the Moore books taught me much 'bout how big, scale became in precision measuring. then, one day i needed precision in a whole different view --- from inside a car's engine bay. my SAAB engine's rear oil seal was proxy for removal. the tooling...- archimedes
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Italian Persuasion . . . . .
a unique brand + physics + high school students = turning on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eClrRx9fGmI- archimedes
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small gear- looking for choices on rebuilding its worn out bore (press fit)
greetings, looking for some helpful considerations . . . . . a gentleman brought a Dayton DC motor drive & gearbox looking for a rebuild -- suffice to say as those who know the reverse engineering conundrum; i am having some challenges to make it all go back together easily. the hardest task...- archimedes
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Needing some research help on special fitting
greetings, Have a special project requiring an adaptation of sorts . . . . . . Needing to track down a fitting of this description: M18x1.5 FE JIC to a swept 90 or 45 degree swivel (if possible) to a barbed hose tail for 1/4" ID hose. Would accept an -AN fitting after the swept bend if the...- archimedes
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- Forum: General
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16" H'dstock Rebuild: a recipe for some shims
a slab of UHMW a flat of cold roll a new punch set a bunch of shim stock add the above with a dash of time ---- archimedes
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- Forum: South Bend Lathes
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lifting recessed brass oiler tubes: my 16" h'stock
Click on the below link to view the entire process- Rebuilding a 16" SB Headstock- archimedes
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- Forum: South Bend Lathes
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Lagun Variable speed head: new help on disassembly please
Greetings, Hoping someone can provide some explanation on a Lagun variable speed head on my SB Chipmaster CNC mill --- I am replacing all the bearings in the head. So far, no issues and everything is coming apart well and fine. Except for the bottom variadisk (gear driven flange -- so the book...- archimedes
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- Forum: Bridgeport / Hardinge and USA Light Iron