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Searching for the Holy Grail.........
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Have both, quite close too, but I am forbidden from entering any supermarket at the moment, I just buy everything in sight, my appetite is out of control.
GraemeVW
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amazing, thank you!
Kram
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I'll get some. Thanks.
I do have some shorter 2mm carbide cutters. Would there be any advantage doing 2mm first then opening up to 3mm with these? I suspect it would be worse.
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After an entire day spent cutting steel sheets using a cutting torch ...
Which I'm learning to use seriously (when a continuous molten metal drip is flowing like water I believe it's the correct travel speed ) .
Back home I've found two packages on my mail box.
Hitachi G13SE2 switch and brushes .
Replaced them , found out that armature might fail soon
Hopefully are just the brushes which need to seat Better onto the commutator but we're talking about a 20 years old angle grinder , used in a metalworking shop then left in the repair shop because of bearings failure,then in my hands used with wire brushes , stalled on a metal net for more than 10 seconds
Used for hours continuously after this episode.
Then in masonry business for the last year or two ,seen several repairs do to dust related problems.
I would be disappointed if it dies, you'll probably see a post of mine in the twin thread of this "today I acquired" where I'll tell you I've bought a brand new one .
Anyway tried my new to me Fein wrist killer (the drill I've bought roughly 2 weeks ago) and it works very well .
Which I'm learning to use seriously (when a continuous molten metal drip is flowing like water I believe it's the correct travel speed ) .
Back home I've found two packages on my mail box.
Hitachi G13SE2 switch and brushes .
Replaced them , found out that armature might fail soon
Hopefully are just the brushes which need to seat Better onto the commutator but we're talking about a 20 years old angle grinder , used in a metalworking shop then left in the repair shop because of bearings failure,then in my hands used with wire brushes , stalled on a metal net for more than 10 seconds
Used for hours continuously after this episode.
Then in masonry business for the last year or two ,seen several repairs do to dust related problems.
I would be disappointed if it dies, you'll probably see a post of mine in the twin thread of this "today I acquired" where I'll tell you I've bought a brand new one .
Anyway tried my new to me Fein wrist killer (the drill I've bought roughly 2 weeks ago) and it works very well .
Pete.
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@Pete. suggested something like that to me. He reckoned a 3mm diameter cutter might cut the 3mm wide slot oversize.
I still can't see how mind...
If you cut a 3mm slot with a 3mm slot drill, invariably it will end up oversize. How much depends on the rigidity of your machine.
Blue Chips
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The spring position looks correct to me. The mounting bracket is usually about an inch higher, just under the upper flange of the spring, but overall, it's correct. I've seen a couple of leg vises/vices with a different spring arrangement, but those seem to be much less common. Old catalogues show the spring the way you have it, and it works perfectly that way on my Peter Wright blacksmith leg vise. Here's a link to mine and the stand that I made for it:
https://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/show-us-your-bench-vice-s.52872/post-1778011
Earlier tonight I was going past Lidl & I found myself starting to automatically turn into it! I managed to fight the urge, my belly was over ruling my head & needed filling with the dinner waiting at home!
ihavenoidea
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Finally some Order was made in the drawer...
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dan.taylor.1
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I hope you glued the dividers in, knowing my luck they'd move and be mixed without me even opening the damn drawer!
Scalarocco
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So the slot drill would cut to size if your setup was better and your machine correctly adjusted. Or have I misunderstood?
droopsnoot
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I've been doing the same with my Dad's collection of random old fasteners. He had all sorts of tubs, boxes and tins with all sorts of nails, screws and the like, but absolutely no pattern to what was in each one. I enjoy sorting stuff out, though, and I'm not in a rush. Lots of "oh, that's where that went to" moments.
slim_boy_fat
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yes and no (I'm no expert here)
pretty much no matter what you do there'll be the tiniest bit of chatter/movement/whatever
the better your setup the less there will be.... but it'll always be there
ihavenoidea
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Some people gamble in the casino, others in the shop...
Onoff
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I made a new pivot pin for my uninsulated crimp terminals. With no lathe I found a bit of 7mm bar (an old T Bar from a tap wrench I think). Held in the drill chuck and the circlip grooves cut with a triangular file. Cut to length with a hacksaw held on the pillar drill table. Chamfered by file with the pin in the drill chuck. Blacked with a Sharpie. Redneck style!
