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Heidenhain DRO scale faulty
Sat, 5 Jul 2008 21:14:51 +0100
I wonder if anyone has a solution to a DRO not working on the X axis of a
Bridgeport. Its not the readout, swapped X and Y plugs and the X axis
readout then functions, albeit its reading the Y axis.
I took the scale off the machine, dismantled it, cleaned the glass scale on
one side with ISOPROP and a clean c ...
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Distinguish brass from bronze
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:06:42 +0800
I have a variety of yellow metal bars, and wish to machine a new bush
for a breadmaker. How can I distinguish which is bronze? Does it matter?
JW2 ...
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membership
Fri, 4 Jul 2008 04:41:46 -0700 (PDT)
ff ...
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steel for sale
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:23:25 +0100
Morning All
I have been lurking here for a while and am not entirely sure if it is
permissable to post an advert - but here goes
I have just aquired around 400kg+ of bright steel - flat and round,
smallish sizes inch by quarter, inch and a quarter by a quarter, three
quarter square, three quarter dia, inch ...
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Collet confusion.
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:37:08 +0930
Hi ,
I have been surfing sites like Chronos , RDG and RHR looking for some
tooling and I noticed the number of different collets available ,
this is leading to some confusion on my behalf.
Just wondering why there are so many differnt collets , there are ER
32, ER35, ER40 etc and probably a heap more that I ...
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Warco BH600
Wed, 2 Jul 2008 15:53:30 -0500
Hi Guys
Newbie to the forum, just received a second hand BH600 lathe from
Warco, i had to wait 2 months while the unit went through their
workshops for a sprucing, all in all good with only minor displeasements
( warning bulb Missing No oil in Head stock, still full of swarf) all of
which i can deal with and no doub ...
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mystery metal ID
Wed, 2 Jul 2008 14:36:04 -0700 (PDT)
Evening all,
I have been sent a piece of 'mystery metal' to make some heli parts
from.
The sender told me its 6Al4V Ti, which by all accounts is a PIG to
work
with. However it isnt... which leads me to suspect its not Ti but a
7000
series Alloy.
Its about the same density as ally, just by hand comparisons, and ...
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surface gauge - why flat base?
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:21:43 +0100
Given that a surface gauge (and indeed height gauges)
need to sit securely on a surface plate,
why don't they have a tripod support
(which sits secure regardless),
instead of having a flat base, which
is only stable if it's carefully made truly flat?
Surely a 3-point base gives equivalent functionality
in per ...
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Plymouth hauliers
Tue, 1 Jul 2008 23:56:27 +0100
Anyone got any contacts for a haulage company who can ship a Bridgeport
Interact from Plymouth to London, preferably at back load prices
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Aerosol cutting fluid - anyone using it?
Tue, 1 Jul 2008 20:27:56 +0100
I purchased 3 x 400ml aerosol cans of 'oily brown gunge' from Scewfix a
couple of years ago at quite a reasonable price (about ¡ê3.60) but I now find
that they no longer stock it.
Farnell have 2 or 3 available at far greater cost or a carton of a dozen is
available at many distibutors.
I found it to be very ...
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