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21913
... [snip] No, not really. I have only a handful of tools with a 1/2" shank, and only one of them gets used regularly (an edge finder). Pretty much all other ...
Vlad Krupin
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Oct 1, 2006
7:14 am
21914
I don't know what it is supposed to be exactly, so I just went out to the garage, and checked. It appears to be exactly 7.5", with an old stretched belt under...
Vlad Krupin
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Oct 1, 2006
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21915
I've been using a taig mill for quite some time now, and I've always wondered, and never quite figured out what one part was for. It looks like a length of...
Vlad Krupin
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Oct 1, 2006
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21916
... From: "Vlad Krupin" <vlad.cnc@...> To: <taigtools@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 8:22 AM Subject: Re: [taigtools] Pulley cetter to...
Leon Heller
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Oct 1, 2006
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21917
... Although there's no instruction manual so I can't be certain, I think it's meant to be used together with a bolt in the T-slot next to it as a travel stop....
Alex Holden
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Oct 1, 2006
10:54 am
21918
Trammed my mill today, and discovered it has developed an error in Y. Not as easily adjusted as errors in X! I think I recall the usual fix is a shim in the...
Chris Ghent
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Oct 1, 2006
12:01 pm
21919
It is as Alex said a post for stops on the x-axis. It;s a vestigial feature as Taig never made x axis stops. You can remove the gib locking screw that goes...
Nicholas Carter and F...
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Oct 1, 2006
6:48 pm
21920
... After you figure out what it's for and how to remove it, please tell us because I want to do something similar. Mitch...
mhberkson
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Oct 1, 2006
9:46 pm
21921
Just did it. A pair of really large vice grips, a small pry bar and a skinned knuckle did it, though barely. The skinned knuckle tells me this was not the best...
Vlad Krupin
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Oct 2, 2006
3:38 am
21922
Nick, thanks for the steady reply, as usual. Sorry about the extra copy of my original email floating around way later than the first. I sent one a few days...
Chris Ghent
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Oct 2, 2006
3:39 am
21923
The dovetail is the part that the headstock attaches to, on the z-axis. It's about 3" long and screwed to the z-axis slide. ... -- felice@... is Nicholas...
Nicholas Carter and F...
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Oct 2, 2006
3:52 am
21924
... You can see it in this picture: http://www.alexholden.net/photos/index.php?album=%2FMill% 2F&image=dcp02149.jpg -- ... If it doesn't work, you're not...
Alex Holden
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Oct 2, 2006
9:01 am
21925
Oh, that piece! Embarrassing really, I knew that, etc... Chris...
Chris Ghent
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Oct 2, 2006
10:11 am
21926
Hello all, I just have a few questions. What is the best method for holding down dog tags and other small tags for simple engravings? Bar clamps get in the...
juniorcdn
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Oct 2, 2006
10:06 pm
21927
Make some soft jaws for whatever vise you are using and mill out a pocket in the shape of the tag, as deep as the tag. That would be easy. ... -- ...
Nicholas Carter and F...
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Oct 2, 2006
10:23 pm
21928
... I use Mitee-Bite clamps http://www.miteebite.com/ Look at products and then fixture clamps also T-slot kits. Steve Blackmore --...
Steve Blackmore
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Oct 2, 2006
10:27 pm
21929
If you know the shape of the tag you're going to be cutting, you can use the mill to cut out a custom plate that'll just grab the outer 1mm or so of the tag....
benedict-list@...
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Oct 2, 2006
10:49 pm
21930
Superglue them to a sacrificial plate. After machining the glue will release with some heat-do this in a well ventilated area because you do NOT want to...
Martin Dobbins
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Oct 3, 2006
12:24 am
21931
What about a Jewellers's Pin Vise? (Also called a Peg Clamp, and note jeweler is also spelled jeweller.) ...
Sebastien Bailard
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Oct 3, 2006
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21932
I'm trying to cut a small part out of 1/16" brass plate, using a 1/8" 2-flute mill on my Taig CNC machine. I've done this many times before, with no problem....
David Goodfellow
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Oct 3, 2006
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21933
This is the old dovetail column mill? ... -- felice@... is Nicholas Carter and Felice Luftschein. See our homepage at www.cartertools.com/nfhome.html...
Nicholas Carter and F...
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Oct 3, 2006
3:34 am
21934
I guess so. The mill is about 4 years old, and the z axis is attached to the box column with dovetails. ... From: taigtools@yahoogroups.com...
David Goodfellow
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Oct 3, 2006
6:47 am
21935
There is only adjustment at one side of the dovetail slide. The easiest way to get correct adjustment is to remove the motor so the slide isn't being biased in...
Tony Jeffree
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Oct 3, 2006
7:00 am
21936
And I use Mitee-Grip. Also at the miteebite.com site... look at "Products, then "Other" (bottom right corner), then "Mitee-Grip". Paul, Central OR ***** ... ...
Paul W. Chamberlain
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Oct 3, 2006
8:31 am
21937
Edge clamps like these might work as well: http://www.2linc.com/adjustable_workstops_edgeclamps.htm [I have no financial interests in this company.] ... down ...
nattyone960
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Oct 4, 2006
4:40 am
21938
Good Idea....but try to get an older one. The AL ones made in India are not as fluid and well made. ... note jeweler...
nattyone960
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Oct 4, 2006
4:43 am
21939
Thanks, I will give them a call. ... it was...
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Oct 4, 2006
4:57 am
21940
This is in the "just idle thinking" category, but I just got a Mindstorms NXT robot kit (around $240), you know for the kids, really. Ok, I lied, I bought it...
Nicholas Carter and F...
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Oct 4, 2006
8:37 pm
21941
I don't see any reason why not. Go for it! For what it's worth I've been kicking around similar ideas, but using a small embedded processor and some H-bridges...
benedict-list@...
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Oct 4, 2006
9:56 pm
21942
Hi If you like Lego then take a look here: http://jwstolk.xs4all.nl/millp.htm or here: http://www.ozbricks.com/bobfay/newmill.htm or eventually take a google...
Niels Jalling
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Oct 4, 2006
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