Re: Starrett merger/acquisition
I heard about this yesterday and this makes me sad. One of th companies that I used to work for, went through a similar situation. Of the 350 employees all but 35 were ¡°laid off¡°. They did not
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Paul
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Re: An EDM for Tap removal
Good stuff. There is a huge amount of technology out there. I'm still in the age of simple machining and napkin design.? ?No edm, CAD, mill power feed, CNC, etc.? ?8^) -- Lone Tree, Colorado?
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Craig Hopewell
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#119150
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Re: Powered tapping
I done a lot of tapping using power. Hundreds of thousands of tap holes. I used both drill press using a drum switch and tapping head. Dave
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davesmith1800
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Re: An EDM for Tap removal
Looks great Dave
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davesmith1800
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Re: Using nitric acid to remove broken taps or drills from aluminum
Hi Bruce look into internet archives on the net there is so much info there.
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allen gentz
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Re: Using nitric acid to remove broken taps or drills from aluminum
As read you things in old magazines? that are new today. Maybe they read the old magazine too. I do not know why there not more written on EDM tap removal. I have run a edm to remove broken bolts. It
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davesmith1800
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#119146
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An EDM for Tap removal
One of our group moderators, DrMico60, has built and then improved an EDM suitable for tap removal, see: http://mikesworkshop.weebly.com/a-spark-erosion-apparatus.html He provides enough info to allow
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GadgetBuilder
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Re: Using nitric acid to remove broken taps or drills from aluminum
It¡¯s amazing to read through these old magazines, and realizing just how much the internet has displaced them in such a short time, and the fact that before Google Books, just reading through these
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Bruce J
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#119144
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Re: Using nitric acid to remove broken taps or drills from aluminum
EDM has been around since the 1700's. You think more written about a simple process. What found in pass was 40 to 50 volts DC was good and safe. I found data some machines use a high frequency to get
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davesmith1800
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Re: Using nitric acid to remove broken taps or drills from aluminum
Interesting, the May 1950 issues is 314 pages - not a typo three hundred fourteen...
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BuffaloJohn
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Re: Powered tapping
Correction: $60-$70 replacement part ralphie
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Ralph Lehotsky
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Re: Powered tapping
I've not done any power tapping wit my mini-lathe, but I have with my mini-mill.? I remember once that I had a aluminum bushing holder on a John Deere walk-behind snow blower on my deck that was worn
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Ralph Lehotsky
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Re: Using nitric acid to remove broken taps or drills from aluminum
Popular Mechanics has it¡¯s full archive on Google Books free to read, and their indexes are pretty good: https://books.google.com/books/about/Popular_Mechanics.html?id=49gDAAAAMBAJ
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Bruce J
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Starrett merger/acquisition
Vid dropped this morning by Mr. Pete about Starrett being acquired. " ATHOL, MA, March 11, 2024 ¨C The L.S. Starrett Company (¡°Starrett¡± or the ¡°Company¡±) (NYSE: SCX) today announced that it
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chrisser
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Re: Power tapping
Here photo
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davesmith1800
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Re: Power tapping
I do most power on? all sizes of tapping . I have a drum switch for tapping on my mill for work. Dave
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davesmith1800
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Re: Using nitric acid to remove broken taps or drills from aluminum, comment to the remark
I have use a Dremel cutoff wheel but on small taps did work. *One way I used one time on a 2-56 in model airplane engine mount. A broken tap it work using a brass welding rod and grit . Took some time
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davesmith1800
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#119135
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Re: Using nitric acid to remove broken taps or drills from aluminum
Another thing that helps is using a short handled tap wrench, it's easier to limit torque. Roy
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Roy
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#119134
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Re: Using nitric acid to remove broken taps or drills from aluminum
I found a site that at least shows a couple pages (p151-152) of the March 1968 Popular Science EDM article. In referring to the article this is stated:? "The technology is not new, back in
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Charles Kinzer
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#119133
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Re: Powered tapping
Lately I have just chucked the tap into my drill and ran it into the piece being tapped, usually steel. This is since I found these: YG-1 - F4403 F4 Series Vanadium Alloy HSS Spiral Flute Tap, Steam
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Ralph Hulslander
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