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  1. jims

    Turning 13" long .875 delrin rod down to .770

    I know my tool will work. But for another good idea look up Frank Ford’s follow rest he has made great tools.
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    Turning 13" long .875 delrin rod down to .770

    I made a tool that can do that with ease. First one I made was to turn 3/8 stainless to 1/8 in one pass. Worked great. I have made bigger ones since. Google. Not a follow rest Email me if you need help [email protected] You could turn it 2 foot long without a center if you...
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    Rear tool post

    People seem to think the back tool post is mostly for cut off tools. But when running production many times it is used because you need to put a tool there . Sometimes you time a back tool to a front tool to hold a close space for like two grooves. Once set and timed you can hold spacing like...
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    Help me pick a bench top turret lathe?

    I have 3 Logan 11 inch turret lathes that would do that job. They have legs on them but you could remove them. I also have a Hardinge dv59 that would be perfect for short run production jobs in fact that is what they were made for.
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    Round bar ways machines.

    Traub automatic lathes are very solid and do amazing work. Tricky to learn how to set up. Because front and back slides and two more slides working at 10 and 2 o’clock and another at 12 o’clock. Plus tailstock all working at same time. Check out you tube videos. we ran them for years with no...
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    Tips for refacing large aluminim parts on a small lathe needed.

    You might find a mentor close by you if you post where you are at. Looks like an easy task to me.
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    Follower rests, and turning DOM tube

    I made a tool to turn small dia but the same thing would work for larger dia stock. I mounted a piece of plate on left of crosslide drilled and bored a bore true to spindle and pinned it so I could remove and replace keeping it true. Moved plate to mill and worked off of that bore to mount 3...
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    Help me pick a bench top turret lathe?

    Look at a Logan 11 inch turret lathe.think they are less than 900 lbs. check Logan web site.
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    looking to get a 40mm bar knurled in Novi, MI/surrounding areas ASAP, paying well.

    Might check with a thread roller grinder company. I used to get beautiful knurls on my 316 SS parts. When I sent them out.
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    Hardinge Sjogren 5C collet speed chuck - repairable ?

    I also have a collet closer and I will check it out. I am sure I could sell you the hold system for much less then Hardinge would charge for the part.
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    Hardinge Sjogren 5C collet speed chuck - repairable ?

    I have had good results repairing 5c collet tubes where’re the threaded parts were worn out by having a welder build up the threaded area and retreading them. The last one I fixed has lasted about 5 years so far. jimsehr
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    Royal Collet Closer not closing collet

    I have modified collet tubes to fit machines that they were not made for. First see if what holds the collet mechanism at the back end of the lathe. Some have set screws that you can loosen and adjust tube location. It s does not matter if the tube sticks out a little farther in the back. I had...
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    single point center drills

    McMaster Carr has hole starting stub carbide drill bits. Buy a few of them and you are set for life.
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    single point center drills

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    Remove stuck bolts

    As a guy who owned a bolt & tap extraction business for 20 years I would drill ( ALL ) the way thru the bolt . Then try to remove it. That relives some of pressure. And most people only drill part way.
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    Help me tool up this turret lathe.

    I’m back from my road trip. So I went out to my shop and tool a few pics of W&S collet pads. I don’t think they will fit your turret but you will get the idea of what’s out there. i don’t know how you are going to hold stock. Bar or cut pieces? A turret has 6 positions but it is common to 8 or...
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    Will a 3 jaw power chuck work on a Warner Swasey #3?

    But beware when I was shop foreman one of my coworkers came up to me and told his finger was in the way when he hit the close button and the whole tip was gone.
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    Will a 3 jaw power chuck work on a Warner Swasey #3?

    I have owned machines that used air power to operate the chucks and they pulled the tube. also when I bought a new CNC with a 8 inch Kitagawa chuck I think I just had to change the hydraulic fittings to hold on od or Id. Been about 40 years ago so not sure how I did it. Most of the time used air...
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    Old 3 jaw chuck help

    They work great if you bore a set of soft jaws with care . I made a set for my CNC lathe over 40 years ago. To hold hex and square bar stock. The set I made now takes pads that fit a #3 W&S on my 11 inch Logan lathe. I also have pads that fit a #5 W&S turret.
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