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    Recommended Interference fit for Black Acetal

    The issue is going to be creep. You can get a pretty large interference fit to work with Delrin but each time the material heat cycles it will "stretch" a bit and will loosen eventually. It might be worth a try to see if the benefits you're thinking you will get will outweigh the lack of...
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    Production wire harness manufacturing tools?

    The manufacturer of the connectors will have higher volume assembly solutions. look on their websites.
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    OT/ Expedited passport renewal- any luck with services for fee?

    It's all right here Get Passport Fast from the State Department
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    Correct way to call out a hole inside a recessed feature?

    ANSI Y14.5-2018 says "The depth dimension of a blind hole is the depth of the full diameter from the outer surface of the part. Where the dimension is not clear, as from a curved surface, the depth should be dimensioned using dimension and extension lines rather than notation. I take this to...
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    Precision screen printing

    Op said 2" diameter, The right sized pad printers can do up to 7.5" dia images easily. Really need to find the ignore feature. Maroon
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    Precision screen printing

    Pad printing is the way to go for high quality printing on small parts but you'll need to purchase a machine to do it or have it done outside. Google pad printing. "Pad printing (also called tampography) is a printing process that can transfer a 2-D image onto a 3-D object. This is...
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    "Loving" how customers state dimensions and tolerances like this . . .

    Yes, ISO & ANSI standard for “Preferred Metric Limits and Fits,” ANSI B4.2-1978. It's in Machinery's Handbook as well. Nominal dimension doesn't mean it's the target to machine to. Sorry you missed it but the print isn't wrong. I always have a dilemma deciding to leave these as is, use pure...
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    Made in America drill?

    I purchased one of these https://www.hilti.com/c/CLS_CORDLESS_TOOLS_7123/CLS_CORDLESS_DRILL_SCREW_7123/CLS_CORDLESS_DRILL_7123/r2205885 two years ago and short of coring concrete, I'll never use another corded drill again. Hilti has a 20yr material & workmanship warranty and a 2 yr wear &...
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    When does a customer become a nuisance calling every Goddamn day

    Marcus, What expectations as far as the completion date were set when you took the job? If a due date was set and has not yet been reached your customer is out of line. A reply of the job will be completed on the agreed upon date should suffice. If you're late you had better be on the phone...
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    Making a press/ram with multiple bottle jacks/rams? Can anyone see problems with this

    The ram experiencing the least amount of resistance will always extend faster causing a mismatch in the stroke between the two. Multi ram presses take care of this through the use of a flow divider or an active means like individual servo control. With a small, rigid mounting of the ram you...
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    Good brands for drawing compass with pencil and other drafting tools

    This is whats I have found best to hold a mechanical pencil in a drafting compass...
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    New lathe choice - Victor vs. Sharp

    My experience was 10 years ago so things may have changed since. We needed to replace a bunch of Harding toolroom lathes that were worn out >20 years old and found that the leadtime for new ones was prohibitive. We ended up purchasing Sharps and never went back. The sharps were every bit as...
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    Is this a hone?

    These aren't split but they do feel a bit larger and have rough patches in the center (i'm assuming that's the diamond) but can't get a decent measurement to get a size. Thanks for all of the answers.
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    Is this a hone?

    This was in with a bunch of Craytex that was being thrown away at work. No one there knew what it was. I'm guessing it's some sort of hone for small bores but would like to verify that and also get an idea of proper use. Looks like the company it no longer in business according to the Google...
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    Fryer post questions

    Thanks for the assistance. Plan on giving a few days, sounds like they finally got a post that works. The machinist is checking it over now. If it's not correct I will give our Fryer dealer a call, though I'm not sure how much help they will give us as they are also the Gibbs dealer and they...
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    Fryer post questions

    I have found out that our local guy is using Postability to supply the post. Looks like we now have a "working post that needs a few bugs worked out" as I've been told this morning. I'm beginning to think that maybe the issue is more with a lack of urgency with our staff but the question remains...
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    Fryer post questions

    Our reseller is a well known machinery dealer in the area. The rep had made comments before the po was cut that "Fryers were difficult machines to write a post for" and that "each machine is different" so my red flags were raised but I wasn't the one making the final purchasing decision and the...
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    Fryer post questions

    We have a Fryer MB16-R with the Touch 2200 controller and have just purchased MasterCAM after using another brand of CNC software for some time. Our local reseller is having some difficulty getting us a fully working post. He's claiming that each machine is different and that the Fryer has in...
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    Help identifying an insert

    I was afraid it might be
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    Help identifying an insert

    One of our machinist gave me a inert ball end mill that had been rolling around in his box for quite some time, it had been given to him by a previous co-worker without an insert. He would like to find what inert fits so he can use it (or otherwise dispose of it). It's a Valenite insert ball...

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