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Deary me, TGIF comes in many sizes. Sometimes the weekend can be HUGE. You must lead a very sedentary life! <G> When it comes to carbide inserts, the letters follow a code. I'm sure it's detailed in

Hi, I'm seeking a secondhand Taig/Peatol Lathe. It must be in vgc. I'm in England. Please contact me if you have anything available. Thanks. Best Regards, Brian.

Gianni, Why don't you use a spade drill bit or a 2 flute drill that is ment for hard metals? http://www.use-enco.com/CGI/INPDFF?PMPAGE=22&PARTPG=INLMK32 If that does not come thru use

Here's a place with an 83 page document on these things. Describes shapes, rakes, whether or not a hole is in it, presence of chip breakers, and probably more than you want to know! Typical catalogs

I am going to build a ball/radius cutter similar to Bedair's 9X20 design. Gadgetbuilder has one he made on his site as well. In gathering the materials, it occured to me that I have no idea what to

Hi John, Just two-more-cents-worth... One might take a quick look on some of the eBay offerings. For example, a vendor "800WATT" sells the calipers item at good prices - watch the s/h charges however.

Hi, All of the lathes here are "imported" machines. The only thing HF sells that isn't imported is time. You can find a nice used Made in America machine on eBay or local auctions, but it might take a

Hi Ed., Your experience with HF sounds about right. Suggestion, put the money in a sock and hide it in your drawer fro a few weeks - maybe 6-8 and when the sale hits, go for it. Also, you might wish

Some of the purists will probably weigh in on the side of getting a huge lathe, but I have found by 2 year old 7x10 Harbor Freight lathe has been just what I needed. I have no complaints. I've enjoyed

Hi Gianni, why do you need "holes"? You need to make only some dimples for the set screws, I think they could be ground with a dremel. I would not use HSS cobalt flats to make saddle gibs: I fear that

Hi, Flat for those strips is good. I'm not so sure about hard. That will ensure the eventual wear will be born by the ways rather than the gib strips. I know which I'd rather maintain or replace. :-)

Charlie, thanks for the infos. My idea is to replace the saddle gibs with a pair of HSSco flats I brought in a surplus shop .I think the HSS flats are rigid enough to avoid bending under the pressure

Hi Mike, Yeah, I'm inclined to agree. But it's not as much fun as getting into EDM! <G> I actually figured a single HiRoc bit at $30 would be viable if all you want at the end is a hole. But I like

If all you need is ONE 1/4" deep hole in a piece of HSS, I would try something simpler. How about abrading the steel away as they sometimes do for glass? You build a wall of putty or something similar

Hello all, I have a shop but not a lathe. Is the Harbor Freight lathes really ok for light duty beginning work like brass knobs and slotting some brass etc.? My work arounds are driving me nuts and

Hi, Model Engineering News described one at http://modelenginenews.org/~modeng74/meng/edm/index.html#links <http://modelenginenews.org/~modeng74/meng/edm/index.html#links> . I also have an 11-page PDF

My personal favorite is the folks who use (& break) a 1/4" EZ-out trying to remove a frozen 1/2" bolt that broke. I think it was HSM that had a multi-issue article about building an EDM rig. The

You must have gotten their last one. I just checked their site and it says out of stock, shipment expected 3/15/2007. Did you order online or call them? Ed

Thank you Clifford Clavin. :) Marty, I just barely got through your post without hitting 'next'. I think I'll just wait for the last post on this subject that just says '________ is the best lube to

I was finally ready to buy Friday (payday) and noticed the price change - great timing. I called them anyway to see if they'd give me the old sale price of $439, but the guy on the phone was just an