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If you find a job shop to do it, regardless as to whether you can manage to find out how they did it, please report back. [email protected]> wrote:

Thanks everyone, interesting stuff. I’d be far more likely to get any work like this done by a proper machine shop I think. Yes, lathes.co.uk is a wonderful site, a true treasure trove. Great for

Excellent! ?Good to hear you can get an equivalent over there ‘across the pond’. It’s even green! I don’t use oil on my U3 (not on the bed anyway), and as the original keep plates were a

Yes, Lignum Vitae was used for propeller shaft bearings in ships, quite remarkable I think. Policeman’s truncheons and bowling balls (lawn bowls) attract attention at auctions as they are sometimes

You can machine a groove of any shape inside a tube using an 1850s method that works quite well. Get an oak or ash rod or broom stick that is more than 2x the length of the tube. Machine the wood

Nylatron is moly disulfide impregnated nylon. It’s very good engineering plastic, tough and slick. Delrin af is delrin impregnated with Teflon if I am not mistaken. UHMW ultra high molecular weight

Instructions for the Tapmatic 70x can be found here: https://www.tapmatic.com/product_line_instructions_x_series_self_reversing_tapping_attachments.ydev Richard

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Hi Gang: I think this tapper takes rubber flex collets. I don't see any included, but I'm sure you could make substitute collets. Even with shipping, not a bad price, if the bid doesn't go too high.

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Lignum vitae might perhaps do it? the tropical oily wood that was once used as water resistant and very strong bearing for the main shaft of ocean going ships. Very expensive these days, but I just so

Nobody said Nyloil and I do not know equivalents.

All good ideas, Thanks. Looks like the Oilon equivalent is called? Nyloil in the US? Found it on eBay - https://www.ebay.com/itm/353684016568 - I just bought 1 piece, they accepted an offer of $8.50

Oilon is a lubricated cast nylon material made by Nylacast, which is a UK company.? The only place I found this online here is Ebay, at the minimum $105 price that I stated.? I am not going to spend

As far as I know it’s oil impregnated nylon… I’m in the UK so had no trouble getting it, no idea about the US. Maybe there is an equivalent brand. Personally I’m planning on using a thicker

For all of the discussion on the subject, how many people here have actually done this?

What size of "oilon" is used?? Has anyone here used this before, and where do you buy in the US?? The cheapest that I found on Ebay is $105 for 12"x12"x.250.

I've actually done that when I worked in a machine shop. The machine needs to be locked into its lowest gear and isolated and the tool carefully set to centre height, but the job is quite

You're still going to need a relatively large milling machine. The table on my mini-mill is just over 15" long, and I'm not at all sure how close you can get to the ends. I got to use several