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    Quill Stop

    On the quill feed shaft, a collar with a thumb screw to lock the collar.protruding from the collar a stop pin. another pin from the head close to quill shaft. Lower quill to desired depth and lock, rotate collar so stop pins are touching and tighten thumb screw. Some drill presses have this...
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    Quill Stop

    Howdy, How about a rotational stop on yer quill feed shaft.
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    New Lathe install

    Good Machine. I've got a 4003 (not the G) the motor craped out after about 2 years so since I've got 3 ph power I converted it with a motor upgrade. Be carefull cuting metric thds. the chart isnt right for the quick change gears on mine. the gear swap was right but they were 1 notch off on the...
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    spiral on my mill, mechanical not cnc

    The only thing Ive cut was a wood dowel to prove to myself it worked. Want to do a gun barrel.
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    spiral on my mill, mechanical not cnc

    First post. Made this, just cause.:confused: 90 deg gear box from a ryding lawn mower deck and bicycle gearing onto mt indexing head/rotery table. many ratios availble. with a 18 speed bike if I remember right I can get from 1 rev in about 9" to 1 in 108". I figured I was useing some of yalls...
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    Kiwi Mk2 Engine

    Starting fluid is used primaraly by notherners to start cold engines, it comes in a spray can at your local auto parts dealer. You squirt it directly into the carb throught. If compression and spark are good and at the right time the engine will fire a couple of times at least. Don't try to run...
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    Kiwi Mk2 Engine

    Impressive work. You might see how much compression it's got. And try fule out of a syring or starting fluid if you suspect the carb.
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    Screw cutting mistake

    I never cut metric thread on my grizzly till recently and found that with the american lead screw and the change gears for metric I had to leave the half nut engauged. Didn't dawn on me, but, with the simple ratios in the quick change gearbox, a metric lead screw is the only way to make the half...
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    I Broke a Tap

    Has any one ever tryed aplying 12v dc to the process with the neg on the tap?
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