Re: tailstock Cam lock kit and F/O/R switch change
I have the kit while the install could be a little fiddly...to a point of annoying the result is great I also have drilled and tapped the 1/2" hole to a 1/2" NPT to accept brass insert so the shaft of
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Neri
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#67710
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Re: tailstock Cam lock kit and F/O/R switch change
Mike; Before you install a new switch,try spraying it out from the bottom,with plastic safe elec.cleaner. Put a towell over everything else to prevent overspray. There is usually enough room on the
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maschwiebert
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#67709
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Re: Horsepower Resistor
Look for a supplier ,on ebay from china,most offer a free economy shipping. I read the Chineese Govt is smart enough to allow super cheap shipping ,by putting mail on US bound ships,flights,etc. to
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maschwiebert
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#67708
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Re: Horsepower Resistor
Surely there are radio supply stores in Australia? I know it's vast & populated mostly around the edges, but I would think that asking around would turn up a solution. Mert
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MERTON B BAKER <mertbaker@...>
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#67707
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Re: (unknown)
Yep, & we'll need telepathic powers to figure out what. Mert
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MERTON B BAKER <mertbaker@...>
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#67706
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Re: tailstock Cam lock kit and F/O/R switch change
Swapping switches is a simple soldering job if you know how to work on circuit boards. The TS camlocks I made for my 7x lathes work very well, and I'm sure the LMS ones will, too. LMS is a very
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MERTON B BAKER <mertbaker@...>
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#67705
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Re: Horsepower Resistor
board.I Just unsolder the old one from the board, Jaycar etc will sell you a new resistor (5W IIRC) for under 50 cents. Jaycar won't have the 0.025 ohm one, 0.022 will be their closest (5% tolerance).
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Tony Smith
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#67704
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Re: Newb question about 1/8" cutting tools
I was lucky that way, having taken Machine tool Lab at tufts in order to avoid flunking Math 2, and the first thing taught there was "How to grind your own lathe toolbits." We were all given a #" long
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MERTON B BAKER <mertbaker@...>
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#67703
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Re: Horsepower Resistor
I'm reasonably familiar with KB's website, Den, having used it to find UK distributors. If all else fails, you could make one up yourself. Ceramic cased, 0.1 ohm 10 watt wirewound resistors seem
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andyf1108
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#67702
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Re: Horsepower Resistor
That was quick. Thanks for your effort, I will ring them in ?the morning. Cheers
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Den Strods <velvetpigcnc@...>
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#67701
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Re: Horsepower Resistor
The "dealer finder" on the KB Electronics website shows a single distributor in Australia: Country/Area: Australia City: Seven Hills, NSW Name: ABB Australia Pty Limited Phone: 02-9674-5455 Fax:
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andyf1108
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#67700
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Horsepower Resistor
I am trying to by a .025 plugin horsepower resistor for a KBCL-240D board.I found some on US ebay for $5 but postage to Australia is $26. Is there some place that sells these with reasonable postage
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Den <velvetpigcnc@...>
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#67699
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Re: tailstock Cam lock kit and F/O/R switch change
Mike wrote....... I did not use a camlock, instead I made another nut higher than the original and drilled and tapped in several places for a lever handle....... I didn't make a camlock. I used a ring
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Ellis Cory
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#67698
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Re: Newb question about using the apron hand wheel.
The SIEG and I believe the Real Bull 7x machines, with their default 20/80/20/80 (A, B, C, D) fine feed gears installed, works out to a whopping 256-tpi for power feed. This is all assuming a U.S
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OneBike2Ride
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#67697
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Re: tailstock Cam lock kit and F/O/R switch change
Can't help with the switch but might help with the tailstock. I did not use a camlock, instead I made another nut higher than the original and drilled and tapped in several places for a lever handle.
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mike kolchins
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#67696
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Re: Newb question about using the apron hand wheel.
When ever possible use the power feed and make sure the cutter is ground sharp and the leading edge honed.Take a stone,diamond stick or whatever use use for honing and round the sharp point you ground
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mike kolchins
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#67695
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tailstock Cam lock kit and F/O/R switch change
HI All! I've been making some parts lately and have had some luck selling them as well. Enough to buy some new hop-ups for my 7x12 Cummings lathe :-) My F/O/R switch is acting up, and I'm thinking
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Exibar
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#67694
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Re: Newb question about 1/8" cutting tools
I second the QCTP setup.... I got one last year and I honestly don't know what I'd be doing without it right now.... Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 8:42 PM To: 7x12minilathe@...
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Exibar
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#67693
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Re: Newb question about using the apron hand wheel.
I sometimes hold the wheel with both hands!
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stephendyahn <yahns@...>
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#67692
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Re: Newb question about 1/8" cutting tools
With a QCTP holder, I took a piece of 5/16" keystock and milled an 1/8" groove: http://home.comcast.net/~ajawam3/swarf/DSCN2739.JPG After I did that, I saw on one of my favorite sites the guy did a
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WAM
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#67690
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