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    12v Drill hacked to powerfeed for Mini Mill

    Here's another "useless" bit of info re the 12 volt motor out of that drill. The early version of this saw had a 12 volt motor fitted and when you bought the saw you had to buy the step down power pack to go with it. Now being only 12 volt, it soon let out the magic smoke, so for a replacement...
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    Silkscreen Water Slide Decals

    Yes, if the water slide decal has NOT been sealed with a clear coat, then this will happen, you are 100% correct. So to overcome this, just use a clear coat to seal it in place, either an enamel, or acrylic will do the job just fine.
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    Silkscreen Water Slide Decals

    There is another way of doing water slide decals, you can use a MICRO DRY printer. The most common is an ALPS printer, then there are OKI and Citizen, these are just an ALPS re-badged. These are not normal printers, they use a tape ribbon with the ink colour on the tape, they even print white...
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    Starting small drills

    You could try here. http://www.sherlinedirect.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display&category_id=42&CFID=14750515&CFTOKEN=26148619
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    Double vise setup

    Tram one vice, doesn't matter which one, then loose mount the second vice and then get a 3 foot piece of 2 inch precision ground bar. Lock down the end that's in the trammed vice and then lock down the loose vice. Tighten up the bolts on the loose vice and it should be with-in a thou, of being...
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    I hate my Z! (Axis... X2) Ideas?

    Hmm, all these threads about trying to make the X 2 into something it's not, reminds me of a comment made on one of the yahoo sites about re-working these mighty minis. It seems that there is a whole industry growing up around this phenomenon, so please take note of this simple statement about...
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    Truing square stock in a 4 jaw independent chuck?

    Why not just stick it in the 4 jaw and tighten down the jaws a bit, now bring the tip of whatever tool you have in the toolpost, up towards the square bit. Start to rotate the chuck by hand and watch the square corners in relation to the tooltip. Adust the 4 jaws as nessesary, until ALL the 4...
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