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I have to disagree with the expectation of adjusting backlash and gibs as part of
the maintenance of a machine. Not all BP axis nuts are split. Yes you can cut them
in half and split them. But...

For those not overly familiar with electronics...
Replacing with a full wave rectifier is pretty easy.
Rectifiers come with the leads labeled.
There are 2 AC leads and a DC+ and a DC-.
Just get...

Nothing to contribute, but Man is that a cool grinding head.
Would be perfect for restoring machine spindle tapers in place.

-Doozer

My off the cuff thinking on this is to let cool in an oven
and bring it up to annealing temperature, then do a prescribed
rate of cool down. This would theoretically prevent stresses
from...

Does your arm hurt ?
Because you are patting yourself on the back pretty hard !

I have had good luck with "gluing" shim stock to gibs with
green LocTite. It does not set fast like...

I have always used 954 Aluminum-Bronze for Acme nuts.
Go to McMaster Carr and they have good information
about the different alloys of Bronze.

-Doozer

Zerk fittings were invented in a time
where there was more intelligence in
the population of users than there is
currently. Keep that in mind when making
your ponderances as to what should be...

These Phase-a-Matic units are such flaming turds.
I can't believe the moderators don't ban discussion
of them like they do those Hanyung VFDs.
They are parts thrown in a tin can box and sheet ...

G Mac,
I am from Buffalo NY.
I purchased a Brown and Sharpe #13 grinder.
It had a sticker saying, "Janus Air Permit Required".
I did some research, and I believe the Janus complex was
a building...

I see you have Portage Double Quick (PDQ) tool holder.
Nice. I have a Giddings Lewis 25T. Welcome to the club
of owning real size machines that do real size work.

-Doozer

lookslikeanexcellentjobonthosebeltguardsbutthesoupcanlooksabitghettobaybeitgivestheimpressionthatyouarecheapbutotherwiseilikeitveryheavydutydoozer

Yes. Very much a step down.
As soon as they growled once,
they were probably spanked.
My pre-challenger model has separate balls and cages and races.
Kinda like bicycle headstock bearings. I...

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Mastercraft Engineering used to (maybe still do ?)
make X-Y tables with tee slots. I bought one new
20 years ago (wow time flies!) and I use it on a
drill press. (Yes I have like 6 milling...

Funny, I have a 5 to 9 B&S adapter sleeve also.

-D

They have a 6 jaw chuck with tall and tapered jaws to hold the drill.
Check it for wear like a normal lathe chuck.
It comes with some wobble cams that control the point relief.
Make sure you get...

The consensus that I have come to is that B&S tapers,
being (about) 1/2" per foot, as self holding to a large
degree, with side forces of milling cutters.
Morse tapers, being (about) 5/8" per foot...

The knee dovetails look a little narrow for a 9-J.
It looks more like an 8-1/2 D.
But the picture us CRAPPY ! ! ! !

-Doozer

Are capital letters and periods to much for your lazy azz to use ?
I am not even going to read your blither, because I refuse to put
myself through mental misery as a result of your laziness....

Sooooooo......
I had a 10" Atlas. It was my first lathe when I was 15 years old.
I love it a lot. Yet, it was a flaming pile of crap.
When I got a job at the shock absorber factory,
I got to...

Fake news is the only rational explanation.

-Doozer

Depending on how much time vs. money you have ....
You can use 1/2-13 all thread rod for the studs.
It does not matter if the clamping studs are fully threaded
or if they have a smooth shank in...

What is the tell ?

-Doozer

What is this term "surface energy"?
Is it the metal's atoms have their electrons outer shell not full in order to be
stable, and it wants to absorb or bond with another electron(s).???
I have...

When I was much younger,
my mom let a vacuum cleaner salesman in the house.
He was bragging on whatever awesome brand vac he was selling.
My mom had an old school Kirby upright vac.
He was saying...