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I'm not sure on the model. It uses a metal member to touch off on the tool. It does measure length and diameter. Those are the good parts.
The bad parts.
It eats batteries
The vertical guides are...

Thanks guys. You guys confirmed my thoughts all around.
Probably going to buy a 3 jaw Buck or Bison adjust Tru. Most of the time I'm using a fixture of some sort but there are times when just...

I'll tell you one I don't like. I bought a Dorian a few years back. It does the job but is not user friendly at all. There have been times where I wanted to burn it. It does the job but not near as...

I'm looking for a 6 inch chuck for my smaller rotary. The rotary is one of the Haas HRC-160 units.
What are your thoughts on 3 jaw vs 6 jaw chucks for general rotary work? I'm kind of leaning toward...

I would also stay away from chain drilling. I rode that wild bull once. Thought I could get a 8 second ride and ended up on the arena floor spitting poop out of my mouth.

Ox's idea has some good...

The MariTool master makes life easy and quick. No worries

Another vote for Mist away. I like it better than my Royal. It's way quieter and seems to do a better job of removing mist. Plus they are made an hour away from me.

Well. What a fun trip indeed.
Finally got the filthy whore running again today.
The knock out issue was a matter of adjustment of the knockout cylinder. Turns out it has a threaded portion and a...

Any chance the operator is tapping the parts down with a hammer?
I learned that lesson early. Paid that stupid tax.

Bill Ganslow is his name. Not sure if he has retired at this point but he is really damn good.

There is a guy in Wells Maine. IMO he is the best there is. Period. For the life of me I can't remember his name right now. A little searching here might turn up his name. I mentioned it here before...

Busted bellevills.
Was all going well until the nut galled on the end of the drawbar and now it's a one piece unit.:bawling:

So much fun was had.....

I'll check the muffler on the valve. I did pull the line on the quick exhaust and that is working fine. It did not get any better when I pulled the line so that rules out that muff.

I was really...

I'm kind of at the end of my rope.

We had an event on the Bridgeport XR-1000 VMC. We seized a tool in a part and in the frakus we pulled the tool out of the spindle without pushing the tool...

It makes a fair bit of belt noise when running fast.

Looks like i'm going back in again. The new old stock belts I put in are not doing well. They jumped on the pulley and jammed up a tool...

In an effort to help myself if this happens again.
We just broke a set yesterday.

To get the belts in.
Pull booster
Pull drain hose from TSC union.
Pull the knock out cylinder
Pull motor...

I dig the drop downs for finding things quick.:cheers:

As stated above I've gone to 5 flute almost exclusively. Some 7 here and there. Unless its Aluminum.

Flute length options on the popular...

For me 1000 PSI TSC has been a game changer drilling and tapping 304 day in and day out. I use it here and there for milling when it helps. Like Frank says. It costs money to run the big pump.

Just ordered up a couple of Frank's new dynamite cutters. Right now I'm moving mountains of 304 so it's a good time to test.

ChipSplitter. Check your torque on that ER32. A while back I started...

I've been using the step sister from Widia for a couple years now. 3/4" model in 304SS with very long tool life.

It happened again on this machine. In a hasty fix I just shot it with brake clean from a ladder and it took off.

OK
When you get this alarm. Check to see what pocket is in the home position.
Change G.Data D22 to that number.
Restart the machine.

Gee dummy. You should have written up what you did. Here it is years later and happened again and your mind is not exactly a steel trap any more... Doh.

Pretty much what I was was thinking about. Thanks

Blasted though your part of the country over the weekend but was a bit too far out of the way to go Easter egg hunting on your farm.

Is a through style sub-spindle on a lathe a thing? I have some tubes that we are making that need work on both ends. The longest one is 28". A sub-spindle machine would be one solution to making the...