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      kf2qd replied to the thread Shows keep getting smaller!.
      How much does it cost for an table at one of these shows? And what does it cost for a motel room in the city where the show is taking...
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      kf2qd replied to the thread Another Internal Combustion Engine.
      I wonder if those weights are spin cast. That might cause some migration of heavier elements to the outside during the pour. Probably a...
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      kf2qd replied to the thread Jekyll's Pendulous Engine c 1870.
      That is a really cool design. I like it.
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      kf2qd replied to the thread Achtung!!.
      Already printed one out and taking it to work Monday...
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      kf2qd replied to the thread Annealing gray iron castings.
      And just hope the castings don't have much nickel... I worked in a foundry for a while where we had 2 furnaces. An induction furnace...
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      kf2qd replied to the thread Shows keep getting smaller!.
      Part of the problem is that thing called a funeral. Those in the hobby are growing older and there are not many coming along to replace...
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      kf2qd replied to the thread Slicer scaling issues.
      Not everything scales, and if you have any compenstation for holes in the unscaled part, that might well change when you scale. The...
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      Sounds like you need to pull the spindle and check all the clearances behind the bearing next to the chuck. If it is tightening up under...
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      kf2qd replied to the thread Ball bearing center.
      You don't take it apart. You need a proper fixture to preload the bearing and mount it by the morse taper and then regrind it. Send it...
    • kf2qd
      Are you sure the are oilite and not just bronze bushings?I would suspect that they are plain bronze bushings.
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      kf2qd replied to the thread Who's up for a challenge.
      Sorry, I make chips that are bigger than that...
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      kf2qd replied to the thread Isbell-Porter or Orr & Sembower ?.
      From the pictures the motor castings look identical. The O&S has a different base plate with the name cat in and the I&P has a brass...
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      kf2qd replied to the thread Isbell-Porter or Orr & Sembower ?.
      It would be interesting to get an Isbel-Porter and an O&S next to each other and see if one was different in size by the shrink factor...
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      kf2qd replied to the thread auto retract threader.
      There is a lot of motion in that design. Would be very hard on inserts and thread quality. At the start of the thread the tool moves...
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      kf2qd replied to the thread Hello from Yorkshire.
      I would think that the function of the governor would also be heavily affected by the mass of the engine and it's load. A lighter engine...
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