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76988 Clint D
driggars Offline Send Email
Jan 1, 2003
8:33 am
Does anyone know if Willard tool company is still around and if there is a web site? Clint...
76989 Paul W. Chamberlain
pwc_co Offline Send Email
Jan 1, 2003
9:42 am
Clint, I did a search at Thomas Regional, and it returned 38 companies for a search on "Willard"... none that make tooling. http://www.thomasregional.com/ ...
76990 knives01us <knives01@...
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Jan 1, 2003
10:24 am
I've noticed several posts on hand shapers, but don't understand the fascination except as a collectible. The human body only produces 1/10 horsepower, about...
76991 Paul W. Chamberlain
pwc_co Offline Send Email
Jan 1, 2003
11:00 am
I can see an industrious individual mounting a motorized "turntable" behind the hand shaper, with a link arm near the circumference, connected to the end of...
76992 fromday2 <aldayis@...>
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Jan 1, 2003
12:11 pm
I think the problem is that the gib set screws are not accurately located in line with the center of the contact area between the gib and the dovetail. Also...
76993 jeffgnu <jfbell@...>
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Jan 1, 2003
2:20 pm
Really, This is weird, I just tried doing this just the other day. I sent a message with a few photos attached via my email program, since you can not do this...
76994 Gregg Eshelman
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Jan 1, 2003
5:36 pm
From a non-drinker.... HAPPY NEW BEER! ===== "I'm sorry, but you can't list fish as 'durable goods' in your GDP statement." "What if we freeze them?" ...
76995 mertbaker Offline Send Email Jan 1, 2003
5:53 pm
Bingle jells. Mert MertBaker@... ... From: "Gregg Eshelman" <g_alan_e@...> To: <7x10minilathe@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003...
76997 Howard Fincher <mslov...
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Jan 1, 2003
6:01 pm
Hi Roy. Good info, thanks. At this point, I don't know if I need diamond, or not, it just seems to be the common medium in use. Other things I cut benefit...
76998 Dave Audette
broncobill78 Offline Send Email
Jan 1, 2003
6:17 pm
Well most of us would have to agree. It's just that hand shapers are pretty rare and I know Mike T has a passing interest in them even though he's currently...
77000 fromday2 <aldayis@...>
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Jan 1, 2003
7:43 pm
My first try yesterday did not work. I was told it should work so I tried again and it did work... so I guess I know how to do it... just keep trying. Al Day ...
77001 h12721 <73772.2557@...>
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Jan 1, 2003
8:40 pm
some one better tell him what angle the threat should be:, 50, 55 ,or 60 degree--on lenses it is not all the same - In 7x10minilathe@yahoogroups.com, Michael C...
77002 Dan Rossbach
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Jan 1, 2003
8:45 pm
Thank you.......
77003 luskwyo <skraft@...>
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Jan 1, 2003
9:27 pm
They sell carbides on ebay for brake machining, so I would think they use the same thing for the flywheels. Both types of cast seem to end up with the blued...
77004 Clint D
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Jan 1, 2003
9:36 pm
I wonder if it could be William's and just can read the casting well? Clint ... From: "Paul W. Chamberlain" <pwc@...> To:...
77005 gfedcba12345 <gfedcba...
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Jan 1, 2003
9:48 pm
I'm about finished with my first project, which is a simple setup for tramming my mini-mill. I've machined a 1/2" bar to fit in my collet, and am almost done...
77006 gfedcba12345 <gfedcba...
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Jan 1, 2003
10:09 pm
So I've got my plans for a second project, something that will be a good test of my skills with these tools. I want to reproduce a mineature Saturn 5 rocket...
77007 nichkenny <kpierce@...>
nichkenny Offline Send Email
Jan 1, 2003
11:30 pm
... It might be little easyer if you "cheat" just a little and make it a bit under size. Allow for a 3 cornered -saw- file to smoth it down. That is leave it...
77008 Brian Pitt
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Jan 1, 2003
11:58 pm
a bit under the standard thread form is trunicated at the crest by 1/8th the pitch if you start at .250 or over and cut a thread with sharp crests to fit the...
77009 Dave Mucha <davemucha...
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Jan 2, 2003
12:45 am
It might be a specifily made tool holder. not the first time someone had their name on their creation. I can't wait till you get your camera fixed or a new...
77010 Dave Mucha <davemucha...
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Jan 2, 2003
12:47 am
If all you need is to put in a keyway or a dovetail now and again, hand work is not a problem. Besides some of us need more excerse than just pounding on the...
77011 Clint D
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Jan 2, 2003
1:06 am
I took my mini mill and took all the gearing apart and did not find anything that looked like would cause vibration. I cleaned it all up, put it all back ...
77012 Dave Mucha <davemucha...
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Jan 2, 2003
1:08 am
OK, it piqued my interest. There is a Willards tool for a billiard Cue. http://www.poolcuestore.com/tools.htm#Willards%20Tool half way down on the page. ...
77013 joeford45 <joe@...>
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Jan 2, 2003
1:15 am
Fellow 7x1x enthusiasts; I'm working on a drawbar for holding collets and milling cutters in the lathe spindle. First piece complete is an unthreaded shoulder ...
77014 Clint D
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Jan 2, 2003
1:26 am
Dave I looked all around and could not come up with anything either, I also could not really come up with a William's company that made the tool I am looking ...
77015 Brian Pitt
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Jan 2, 2003
1:36 am
probably long gone Hardinge lists the Willard 13" lathe as using 3H collets but thats about all I could come up with Brian -- "Nemo me impune lacesset"...
77016 Dave Audette
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Jan 2, 2003
1:36 am
Since there's really no more room in the files for new engine plans and such it was just easier to start a group just for that. ...
77017 ChrlyThB@...
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Jan 2, 2003
3:07 am
I knurled for the first time today. I used the Scissors knurler from LMS. It was easy to do. Will it wear off? I did it to 3/4" 6061 Aluminum. It is going...
77018 roylowenthal <roylowe...
roylowenthal Offline Send Email
Jan 2, 2003
3:22 am
It does prove that Mother Nature sides with the hidden flaw ;-) I still suspect the screws are forcing the strip at an angle, but, without having it in front...
77019 ralph_pattersonus <rp...
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Jan 2, 2003
3:55 am
After looking again at the pictures posted by Chris Baugher (post #76937) for a while, it suddenly occurred to me that his problem was related to the condition...
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