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These people are good value [email protected]; for tools. I use straight fluits becouse they are cheap. If you ever need to ream a hole with a keyway in it or something that won't work with a straight cut reamer just make up a toolmakers reamer from drillrod and use that. Dave

Hi I gring up HSS to 60' and dont bother too much about the tip radious. Look up one of the many charts and find the thread depth for the TPI that you are cutting, it is the same regardless of diameter. Leave the topslide on the X axis (no need to set it over) and use the cross slide for...

Has anyone tried Baking Soda? It is natural cheap and it has worked for me for years, off and on. But I don't know how it affects the B12. I will run that past the Doc next time Dave

Hi Bogs is on the money as usual. I made a collet chuck for ER 32 collets for the lathe and had the same problem of not locking up on the small sizes. After much !!#&* I found that the nut was bottoming out on the chuck. Fixed it by turning about 1mm off the end of the chuck so the nut didn't...

Hi Paul They can be tricky to use as you have found. Only aim to take a few thou out with them if you want them to cut to an accurate size, otherwise as much as you like provided they are started ( putting in a square sholder ect). Peter is right on the money with reducing the shank and...

Has anyone used the double cut method. That is what I call it anyway. Start the cut and keep going untill it starts to chatter or has a mild digin, then start another cut to widen the grove, usually the full width of the tool as it will drift in towards the existing grove. Take this cut down...

Hi ANIMATE I have built a Boll Aero and had some trouble with the cylindar, a lot really. I decided in my wisdom or lack of it to make the cylindar out of silver steel and harden and temper it. The problem is that the transfer ports are milled into the cylindar which causes some...