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Heinlein is to a typical science fiction writer what, e.g., Saul Bellow is to a typical novelist. In other words, he uses the SF genre as a setting for discourse in philosophy, sociology, politics.

I didn't mean to put down Chinese in general. They can do anything they put their minds to and have their own space program now. But this particular factory designed and constructed these lathes to

Before you put a LOT of effort into this, you might look at this site. http://www.pgoffline.com/index.htm This guy has a util that downloads ALL the messages for a Yahoo group and then stores 'em in a

In case you've never used Flickr, I should probably explain the most basic steps involved with using it. It's pretty easy, but there are a couple of things that you'll need to do to make it so we can

a v-block or barrel vise clamped to the faceplate should work but a standard twist drill wont cut straight for more than an inch I've used half round drills silver soldered to an extension shank and

Mike, Don't be offended, but I'm going to pick-up on what you said about the Chinese. If there's one nation of people on this earth that will give the customer what he wants, it's the Chinese. The

Mike: You can do it just fine. I struggled thru it years ago with no ill effects. It is just a matter of keeping track of the changes you make, and making logical iterations till it is as good as is

I'm beginning to think boosting Rabid's business isn't such a bad idea. Uncle Rabid, how much would you charge to take my controller, beef up all the crap circuit-board parts and tweak the pots for

G'day Ed. The control boards have a current limit adjustment which sets the maximum current which can be fed to the motor. I only have circuit details of the board in my lathe (As available off the

Ian - So what does this mean - the board automatically limits current to what it's set at? Is this similar to a 'chopper' circuit? The control board I built for my CNC router allows me to set the

I wanted to let everyone know about three Flickr groups I've created: http://www.flickr.com/groups/grizhfminimill http://www.flickr.com/groups/9x20lathe http://www.flickr.com/groups/7x12minilathe

You are right, A gun barrel is hard to drill. I would love to be able to buy a deep hole rig and the bits, but if I could afford that, I wouldn't need to ask questions. Not to mention, it would not

CJ, go to http://www.mini-lathe.com/ Then click on Premium Content. You'll have to pay $4.95 (I think) and there you will find an excellent education on the knurling. I paid for unlimited access to

See the 7x12 Files section, FAQ which has a basic overview in the section on Knurling. That may get you going, if not post back with specific questions. John point me to some basic

I just got this email from Enco and thought I'd share it... Ed Hi Metalworking Professional, Today through April 30th, get Free UPS Shipping* when you purchase $50 or more in merchandise from Enco.

G'day Jim, et al Jim I look to your comments on the current capacities of the various control boards used in the 7x lathes. I am posting on the group because the outcome of the discussion effects

G'day Patrice, et al. I have just looked ate the "Data Base" web site; it contains excellent material. Thanks for letting it be known. One good turn deserves another. Regards, Ian wrote:

hi, I am a new "enthusiast" to the mini machine world. Can anyone point me to some basic info about how to use a knurling tool on the mini lathe? thanks, CJ

Thanks all for the replies. I am glad to know that this could help. Ian, the database (loose use of the term) is located on my personal website for ease of use. Here is the addy:

The best description I've seen for accurately drilling a deep hole was posted by Peter S in the following thread: http://bbs.homeshopmachinist.net/showthread.php?t=22874&page=2&highlight=deep+hole In