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My machines are outside, covered by a roof but outside in the Miami Beach humidiy.

What I do is I use the standard oil holes, oil will get everyone eventually, and then use a brush to coat all...

Will you be able to use the quill with your intended design?

Don't worry about it, please take it over and keep it going.

Hello Rusted,

I could be wrong but I don't think you need to broach that collar or whatever it might be called. The thing your talking about that goes over the spindle to drive it.

Unless your...

I went to a motor repair place to get a new starting cap. O boy is that nice. I've spent too much time giving the spindle a twist by hand to get it started.

The guy there seemed to be pretty...

Hey Cruiser,

I have that panel too, if you look at the top you'll see those speeds are for a 3600rpm motor. Next to it you'll see the numbers for an 1800 rpm motor.

I'm sure I'm wired ok. I...

Thank you Cruiser,

I have a question. If the top speed of the mill is now 1600 why would we use a 2:1 ratio with a 1725 motor? Wouldn't that reduce the top speed to 863. Or are you using that...

Hello Jetflatline,

I had this same problem 2 years ago. I posted the same question and while people did answer, the minute I brought the subject back to stock speeds the thread went silent.
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Hello Everyone,

When threads are started here about belt drive conversions they always include high speed options.

I don't need to go faster, just without so much noise. How hard would it be...

Thanks for the suggestions but there not really right for this project.

I don't want alum, even anodized and the part is for an optical lab, no oil allowed.

...

Hello Everyone,

For work I need to do some simple milling but can't decide which metal to use. The piece is 8x10x.5 inches with some pockets, slots, holes, etc... All simple stuff and it has to be...

Hello Everyone,

Since I've moved my mill to its new location and its new power hookup I have a little problem.

The motor won't fully start on its own. I need to give the spindle a little spin...

Hello Everyone,

I've not made the cover for the z axis yet but here's my covers the the other ways. I used carpet runner. This is pretty handy stuff. You can get it at the depot.

It's got ribs...

Hello Everyone,

Blackmoon beat me to the punch by about a day. Right after I found this amazing material I found your post.

I also got a bunch of the black ribbed runner for my way covers. At...

Which enco vise was that?

FS

I really like that GPV-615. The 4 bolts holding it to the table is very nice.

FS

Hello Everyone,

It looks like all of the cheaper vices have the holes to move the jaws to other positions for larger pieces. No one can tell me though if those holes are tapped for the job.

I...

That does look nice. I might just get that one. Thanks. It would be a major step up for me. All I have now is 3, 3 inch screwless vices. Nice but too small and a pia to work with sometimes.

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I was thinking of something like this

http://www.use-enco.com/CGI/INPDFF?PMPAGE=421&PMCTLG=00

On the left hand side in the middle of the page. For 182 bucks. But without the swivel.

Does...

Hey Cruiser, nice vice! I wish I had a Kurt but I'm going cheap on this one.

Thats nice the way you have it mounted but I like it the other way. It looks like half of the thing would be hanging...

Hey, thanks for the pic. Since you have experience with the kurt type at 5, would you go 6 or stay there if you were getting a new vise for general stuff?

FS

Hey,

Do either of you have any shots posted where I could see what the 6 inch looks like on the IH?

FS

Hey Cruiser,

You don't find the 6 inch hangs too much over the tables edge?

I use my vise for almost everything so it would be in the middle of my table.

Right now I have a bunch of small 3...

Hello Everyone,

I did the glue yesterday. It worked great. I only put it around the edges. The piece was warped a bit, not by the glue, and when the fly cutter reached the high spots it broke the...

If the tape works I bet a line of hot glue around the edge will too. I even have that in the house already, easy!


FS

Wow, I never thought of that. If I had I wouldn't have thought it would work! Thanks Cruiser I'll give that a try.

FS

Thanks Geof,

I'm looking for a way to do this now, with what I have. I'm going to get a new vise from Enco this week. A cheap import but it'll do. I don't want to order stuff just for this job.
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Hello Everyone,

I have a piece of steel 5x15x.5 inches, it has a 1 inch wide slot cut down the middle of it most of its length. I need to fly cut the whole surface now but can't figure out how to...

Thats cool but sometimes expensive or hard to find. At least compared to a shear. I would rent the home depot truck and get some friends to get it to a shop with a big shear. They won't charge more...

Hey Bob and Cruiser,

Thanks for the info. All I want is a quiet machine. I have it outside and I work mainly at night on it. If it lost that gear noise I could work later into the night. Also I...