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I use MSC almost every day. I think the website is the easiest one I have dealt with yet.

I searched plug gage, clicked class X -. Then typed in .188 into the search bar and wham...

I got some updates to share. After getting one of these jobs dialed in and got some decent data to share.

1215 CS 7/16" round.

I ran a .250" wide part, .209" hole with this drill...

I have had this discussion with Niagara about Stressproof last year. I think min qty was 6k lbs. Mills can order 2000lb mins cause they spread it out.

Sounds about right.

I have a new customer...

I was having a hard time getting steel suppliers to take my cash on any orders recently. No buying power what so ever.

I have to put it on the account. No C.O.D. either. Same price either way.
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I do this type of stuff all the time. Right now I am working 5k parts 8.75" long, Diamond knurl on one end, 1/4-20 on the other, 303 SS.

Platers all have their own specialties. Anything threaded...

I have never had this happen with AL before. I wash my parts off in Kerosene and let air dry. The little bit of Kero still on the parts protects it I guess.

I dont send stuff to be anodized that...

Here is another way to look at things.

Tier 1 Supplier (OEM. Auto, Honeywell, Lockeed, GE, etc)

Tier 2 Supplier (Most ISO Shops, some certs, able to sell to Tier 1's)

Tier 3 Supplier (Job...

This is the only way to go.

Seriously. Its not the shoes. Its the insoles. You can put them in any pair of shoes you want.

I got em for my snowboard boots. Then I put them in my work boots and...

If you want to make the trip up my way sometime you can pick my brain all you want. I am 45 min up rt 202 from you.

I essentially re built my fathers company after a bad spine injury took me out...

on the rare instances that I would draw or re-draw a print for a job I would have the customer look it over and approve of it.

Anything that gets revised will be noted on the print with a revision...

So I just got some of the custom tooling in this week and yesterday I ordered some drills.

https://www.mscdirect.com/product/details/55077366 118* (for the Al job)
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I have a bunch of Brown and Sharpe Box tools. Got em in 5/8 shank too.

Do you still need them?

I was thinking to myself about steel mills being essential business but the lumberjacks werent. I di not even think of the rest of the world steel mills. Maybe a lot of them shut down as well. I have...

I have been having trouble finding some 303 SS. I waited a little bit for my main supplier to fill the order and it wasnt showing up. I then started shopping it around and was told they dont have...

I have been quoting my jobs as time + material lately. It helps show the customer why the price went up or down and not have to explain why your quotes are all over the place.

I dont have any Springfield vendors for anodizing. The one with a good rep up here is Metal Plating, Anodizing and Surface Finishing - AOTCO

I have guys south of you sending stuff up to them....

This makes sense to me. I just grind away the ends until the bugs or BUE are ground away. Still maintaining Geometry when the drill is big enough to do it.

I saw some old data from like 1979 on a...

I saw that drill but for some reason I skipped over it. Maybe I liked the slower spiral flutes on the M.A. Ford. I will most likely go with this one due to the price.



These look good. If the...

Here is the drill for the first part. 1215 steel .235 +.005 hole (reamed)

https://www.mscdirect.com/product/details/93322725 (carbide) 50 bucks
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Surcharges are standard practice when trading metal commodities.

Every month they have a "base" price that they go by. Then Depending on the amount of scrap needed to make more product for the...

Guhring 118* split point drills are pretty much standard use in my shop. They always work on everything my machines run. I have great data on these tools and can make them last a long time. I am...

One of the problems with the cam automatics is when a part gets jammed in the x-slide or some chips or a part fall and jam into a gear/ trip dog.

the slides will shutter back and forth as the...

Usually when I get recommendations they are based on very rigid cnc machines with coolant not cutting oil.

I see a lot of the TIN coated cobalt ghuring drills for not much more money than...

I am glad you got somewhere with this. I looked yours over a bit and it looks like it does way more than I need.

I love how Excel works. It can be a pain in the ass to make templates and write...