I use the Taig mill for titanium, but don't have a Taig lathe. If I did I would use it for titanium, the machine doesn't know what its machining. It is not...
Cool. You know, everybody always says that you need special tooling and such, but I've always wanted to just give it a try. It's just a bit over my budget to...
O.K. so after taking a deep breath and a closer look at everything I am begining to think the my problems are not gib related. My x and y gibs seen good. No...
... From the supplier - but generally speaking you machine it the same as Austenitic Stainless Steel, slow speed, heavy feed with a rigid machine and plenty of...
Hand pressure on those glamping shoes/gibby things if the motor and headstock are removed, as you sense with those in place you do need a clamp. You don't want...
<snipped> ... Ahh, the Lucas legacy. (Why do Brits drink their beer warm? Lucas refrigeration.) Other than pure oxides, glass (an oxide) and Nomex, *anything...
Using a 6" steel rule I've done it, but never heard of using rolling papers. ... -- felice@... is Nicholas Carter and Felice Luftschein. See our homepage...
I have heard of similar for making sure a tool is the same height as the center of a piece of round stock. I believe the way it works is that you have...
... It's documented in one of the Machinist's Bedside Reader books. Rolling papers are used because they're very thin. Sorry, I don't have the book handy...
Specifically, they're usually about 0.001" thick. I know, I took my micrometer to the store and measured them to find the one that was closest (for doing...
great, you wait till i quit smoking to tell me this. ... ____________________________________________________________________________________ Catch up on...
... I've used a similar technique where you trap a metal strip (a 6" steel rule, for example) between the tool tip and the work, but never tried it with a...
Surely we are talking about two different tricks here. The steel rule trick is useful for checking that a lathe tool is on center. Basically the rule is...
... I believe you are correct. Although I would be interested to hear from anyone that has actually tried using a cigarette paper to do the lathe tool...
The other part of the steel rule trick on the lathe is that it is usually good to stand a steel square on the ways to sight across. I got so tired of doing...
Usually you just make contact with the paper so it has drag resistance... set the dial "0" off by the thickness of the paper and you're good to go. On my...
I just bought the micro lathe with the pre-drilled mounting board, either i was shorted fastners or am a total moron because even with the instructions i...
If you consider something thin and fairly stiff like a 1 thou feeler gauge lightly trapped between a sharp edge and a circular object its resistance to being...
Besides the mounting board, you also need the 1022 motor mounting bracket. http://www.cartertools.com/1022.jpg ... -- felice@... is Nicholas Carter and...
http://www.cartertools.com/momo01.jpg The two screws are just screwed in, like wood screws, into the board leave them a little loose so the bracket can act...
Hello All, I need to drill out a 5/8 hole in a piece, half way, it is a 3" Long piece of 3/4 Aluminum rod, and I need to drill it towards one end, so I cant...
... Use a boring bar and bore it in the lathe? Should be well within what the lathe can do especially in aluminium. Best to support it with the fixed steady,...
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