Re: Parting Off
Man, that's some "old man yells at cloud" energy. Abe Simpson would be proud. C'mon, you've seen this before. New tech over-hyped by its creators, with the "we'll all be doomed!" crowd yelling in the
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Tony Smith
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Re: Parting Off
Stands for Any Idiot - The tech industry has devolved into one driven by glitzy soundbites that mean nothing, infested with a bunch of "Man Bun, Java Jockey, Pitiful Python Pirates" whom were told by
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WAM
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Re: Parting Off
Hi everyone. I expect most of us have charts etc that give us all the information we need. In any case, I thought AI stood for ¨C Artificial Incompetence !!! Ellis I know AI is all the rage, but it
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Ellis Cory
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Re: Parting Off
I know AI is all the rage, but it is not difficult to part with Artificial Intelligence. -- Evan Lathe: 1955 *Boxford* Model A with screw cutting gearbox, power feed with several accessories, hand
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Evan
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Re: Parting Off
YES DAVID you are correct. ?You use normal rotation with a rear tool upside down! ?I got that wrong. An alternative is to use the parting tool in the normal tool post, upside down. In that case you
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Evan
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Re: Parting Off
I do it upside down, in front of the work, with the motor running backwards (clockwise as you face the spindle).? Works great.
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Arthur Coe
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Evan¡ what am I missing. If the tool is upside down behind the work, normal rotation would be called for¡ right? David Robertson
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David Robertson
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Re: A visit to a scale model steam locomotive factory in Colorado
[email protected]> wrote:
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Bill Williams
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Re: A visit to a scale model steam locomotive factory in Colorado
They have been known to work on the real thing too! Strasbourg Locomotive Works! BTDT Bill [email protected]> wrote:
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Bill Williams
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Parting is such sweet sorrow! Dave The Emerald Isle
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David Everett
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Re: A visit to a scale model steam locomotive factory in Colorado
Probably old amusement parks. -- Lone Tree, Colorado? ?USA
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Craig Hopewell
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Re: A visit to a scale model steam locomotive factory in Colorado
Wow. What an amazing place. But I gotta ask: who uses 19" gauge locomotives?
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Paul Fox
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Re: A visit to a scale model steam locomotive factory in Colorado
Hi Evan Thanks for sharing you experience and those great photos and commentary.CheersAllen.
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allen gentz
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A visit to a scale model steam locomotive factory in Colorado
I am in a tiny town called Strasburg, 36 miles (60km) east of Denver. I was chatting to the camping ground staff about Goldmine Experience in Thames, and they told me that there is an engineering firm
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Evan
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Re: Parting Off
I made a parting tool holder that holds the tool upside down on the back of the cross slide and run the motor backwards (with a clamp for the screw-on chuck). ?This works great. We had long
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Evan
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Re: Parting Off
I too use a "norman" style tool post, but mine is mounted on a 1.0 inch diameter post. I works quite well and I have been using it for about 20 years now. Drawings and photos are available. Email me
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John Mattis
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Re: Parting Off
I've found parting to be much easier with a "T" shaped HSS blade, mounted with the minimum length of blade protruding out of the tool holder. It's worth the effort of modifying the tool holder to
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Roy
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Re: Parting Off
I made a Norman style QCTP based on Ralph Patterson's drawings.? It has a large (~1.25") mounting post.? The tool holders are pretty beefy as well.? This all provides worry-free parting off, as
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Mark Kimball
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Re: Parting Off
I part Al all the time with little problem...
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WAM
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I have had great success with a parting-off tool that takes a push-in insert (all metals). Always do it close to the chuck and never with a fixed steady or a tailstock centre. Rgrds MFS E-mail:
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Martin F. Slater
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