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Re: Holes in cast iron
Goot some India made milling vise components and found several big blowholes filled with cheap Bondo. Dug it all out, cleaned it up, and thought about how to best fill the holes. After some time
By Bill Williams · #118912 ·
Re: Holes in cast iron
*I agree ?* It is for me to go top end repair. It is type I did you given one chance to do right. I have to remembered this a hobby and a hobby budget. Keep it simple In this case JB Weld is best
interesting
this popped up after a tube I was watching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRuKKchj7sk
By mike allen · #118910 ·
Re: Holes in cast iron
I think people are blowing this out of proportion. The original poster seemed to be talking about small, cosmetic holes. For these, epoxy should be sufficient with no need for welding, brazing,
By Miket_NYC · #118909 ·
Re: Holes in cast iron
Like others have said, if it doesn't affect the usage of the vice why bother? Ralph
By Ralph Hulslander · #118908 ·
Re: Holes in cast iron
Get a junk vice from a garage sale or Goodwill for practice, to see how it will turn out for whatever method you chose. Don't practice on the item you want to keep. For the mig, you can get Silicon
By mike · #118907 ·
Re: ¡°Machinists Bedside Reader by Guy Lautard¡±
He has advertised the first edition back in print in a couple of recent issues of Home Shop Machinist, and has a link to the new printing of it at amazon https://lautard.com/books.htm
By Bruce J · #118906 ·
Re: ¡°Machinists Bedside Reader by Guy Lautard¡±
There are some on amazon also. There's "for sale" and then there's "sold".? ? Toss out the very high priced and very low priced.? ?The average of the rest may be considered the value.? ?
Re: ¡°Machinists Bedside Reader by Guy Lautard¡±
I just did some research on EBay and found recent sales at $125.00 for a set of three. Dick
By OldToolmaker · #118904 ·
Re: ¡°Machinists Bedside Reader by Guy Lautard¡±
Bill, I honestly don¡¯t know what they are worth. (I saw some for sale on the internet and thought the prices were insane. That would lead me to think he might not be selling anything anymore.
By OldToolmaker · #118903 ·
Re: ¡°Machinists Bedside Reader by Guy Lautard¡±
What do you want for them shipped to Colorado? Bill in Boulder [email protected]> wrote:
By Bill Williams · #118902 ·
¡°Machinists Bedside Reader by Guy Lautard¡±
I have all three books in the series by ¡°Guy Lautard¡± I will be listing this collection on EBay tomorrow or the next day. Just a heads up if anyone is interested in obtaining this out of print
By OldToolmaker · #118901 ·
Re: Holes in cast iron
There are some color matching rods for brazing cast iron! They're not an exact color match, but, they're gray instead of brass colored. They're also trickier to use than classic bronze rods. <
By Roy · #118900 ·
Re: Can You Use a Dial Caliper as ag Non-Digital "DRO?" (was "Re: LittleMachines DROs and dials")
Most time I do calcs when making the drawings. I also have chart on wall which works for most. Then calculator in the tool box and 25.4 to covert from monkey ?? marks to inch Dave I purchased my
By davesmith1800 · #118899 ·
Re: Can You Use a Dial Caliper as ag Non-Digital "DRO?" (was "Re: LittleMachines DROs and dials")
only thing I can think of is that the dials are usually larger than the digital read heads & if ya want to do metric there's some math involved . I've drilled holes in several digital calipers , some
By mike allen · #118898 ·
Re: Holes in cast iron
??? there's also moglice which is used with reconditioning macihne tool beds & such . ??? animal
By mike allen · #118897 ·
Re: Can You Use a Dial Caliper as a Non-Digital "DRO?" (was "Re: LittleMachines DROs and dials")
I was happy with numbers on quill. My SB had no marks. My mini lathe has both inch and monkey ? marks. Happy days. On SB I used tape on drill bit for depth. Dave
By davesmith1800 · #118896 ·
Re: Can You Use a Dial Caliper as a Non-Digital "DRO?" (was "Re: LittleMachines DROs and dials")
I have dial indicator that has 3?" face. But use a very large vertical boring mill and 10 feet from dial indicator. Works great On tail stock I never need a that a digital or dial for drill bits but
By davesmith1800 · #118895 ·
Re: Can You Use a Dial Caliper as ag Non-Digital "DRO?" (was "Re: LittleMachines DROs and dials")
Yes you can the dial type can be adjusted to zero.? I had one on a Bridgeport mill. I work great. I like digital type all I need to do is press zero button to set start depth. Dave
By davesmith1800 · #118894 ·
Re: Can You Use a Dial Caliper as a Non-Digital "DRO?" (was "Re: LittleMachines DROs and dials")
Rather than a dial caliper I used a 2" long travel indicator as seen here: https://gadgetbuilder.com/TailFlag.jpg This uses a plastic flag on the tailstock and a magnetic base to hold the indicator
By GadgetBuilder · #118893 ·