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  1. Richard King

    Should lathe bed be accurately fitted to a heavy cast cabinet?

    Many VMC don't have 3 points. I use a. Tapered sliding wedge leveling jack as. A 3rd point. On your lathe bed use it as is. Or use your imaginatio.
  2. Richard King

    Ensuring the coat of prussian blue on the granite is thick enough, but not too thick

    Email the seller and ask him. I used to use a tapered white felt to blue up dovetails. Once the felt gets worn and shiny the lint gets rubbed off. I also use cows leather or a shortened paint brush. In Germany Biax company they sell a tube type blue made by Diament. They also sold Canode...
  3. Richard King

    Should lathe bed be accurately fitted to a heavy cast cabinet?

    I have used the 3 point method even when it's not there. In my humble opinion Hardinge and Monarch are better machines then a Scbhublin. I saw several in Europe.
  4. Richard King

    Small & Large steel surface plate (large is Brown & Sharpe)

    I'm driving down to pick 3 plates up next week.
  5. Richard King

    2024 Scraping Class Schedule

    Bumping this. I have room for 2 more students for the May class and room in the rest of the years classes. My wife told me this years should be my last...:-(
  6. Richard King

    Should lathe bed be accurately fitted to a heavy cast cabinet?

    Moglice.com has product called DWH that you can mix up that looks like cake frosting that you put in between parts like that. You clean and Ruffing one side to stick to and other side you spay on a wax mold release.. I know the OP is not in the USA but they might have a distributor there or...
  7. Richard King

    Tormach's revenge

    I did some consulting at Tormach 5 years ago and back then their machines were made in China. Possibly the guards were made someplace else. Tormach filled a gap where no other builder did. Tormach was founded by a Hobbyist machinist and his friend who could not buy a small CNC mill.
  8. Richard King

    Joe Biden calls for tripling of tariffs on Chinese steel

    The closer to the election, Biden is bringing back Trump had in place. Or talking about bringing some back. Tariffs, building the wall, etc. Sounds like BS to try to get unions to vote for him. Weiy are in a mess this election season. I'm voting for the best one. Sighhhh
  9. Richard King

    2024 Scraping Class Schedule

    The April class is over. I had 2 students:one was a hobby machinist who took the 5 day class, learing A to Z and the other student owned and operated a CNC repair company who only wanted to know how to epoxy on and scrape Turcite onto gibs. He attended 3 days. Both were A+ students. The May...
  10. Richard King

    Should lathe bed be accurately fitted to a heavy cast cabinet?

    Aviva. Please know many Americans like me support Israel. Dont believe what the media reports. Your in my prayers everyday. Take care my friend. Rich
  11. Richard King

    Should lathe bed be accurately fitted to a heavy cast cabinet?

    Did the factory that built it, scrape it? You can scrape it. The tapped holes may have pulled out the iron around the holes so check that. It's a precision lathe as is a Monarch EE and Rivett lathes. Their base sits on the floor on built into the base casting 3 points to eliminate the...
  12. Richard King

    Small & Large steel surface plate (large is Brown & Sharpe)

    Depends on how bad it is. When I get them home I'll tell you.
  13. Richard King

    Chevalier CGP-1224 Hydraulic Cylindrical Grinder

    As the other guy said the main journals that are not offset can be. But not the offset ones.
  14. Richard King

    Chevalier CGP-1224 Hydraulic Cylindrical Grinder

    You need a crank grinder as there are special headstock on it that adjust to off set. A plain cylindrical grinder has a tailstock and headstock that don't adjust. I'm not an expert on model numbers. Post a photo. Or you look it up and compare pictures to a Van Norman crankshaft grinder.
  15. Richard King

    Dura Bar to make Cast Iron for Straight edges

    Email Debby O'Donnell. O'[email protected] 815-206-7141. Be sure to say Practical Machinist. I told her members might call and order.
  16. Richard King

    Dura Bar to make Cast Iron for Straight edges

    We were talking about extruded iron that I recommend to make parallels out of. I have been buying from Dura-Bar for over 30 years. I make the test pieces my students use during the scraping classes. I have patterns to make camelback straight edges as do a few other members. I also used to...
  17. Richard King

    Have Canode upped their game yet?

    Yellow not orange twice...lol
  18. Richard King

    Have Canode upped their game yet?

    I use the orange, red or orange pigment as we used to use red lead. A highlighter or it dulls the iron from being shiny. Not on the granite plate. NB should remember as he's take 2 or 3 of my classes at Steve Watkins in Texas. I let the students test the yellow, red and orange color to be...
  19. Richard King

    Leadwell MCV1300 Fanuc OM Tool Changer Issues

    It was 15 years ago when I taught there. They must have changed. Dan knows...thanks dan
  20. Richard King

    Small & Large steel surface plate (large is Brown & Sharpe)

    I told spud he has a deal

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