Re: Off Topic measuring units
The U.S auto industry did "metrify" eventually because of imported parts.
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Martin P.
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Re: Tips on machining pulley grooves
Whaaaat? (throws hands into air, runs to check¡) Phew, my U3 definitely has round section pulleys. I realise now that round section belts run perfectly well in V grooved pulleys, which would have
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Peter Brooks
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Re: Tips on machining pulley grooves
That's right.? My mistake.? I got mixed up (I sold my Unimat about a year ago and don't have it to look at anymore).? I think I conflated that with another small lathe I once had that DID have
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Charles Kinzer
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#61159
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Re: Tips on machining pulley grooves
All of my Unimats run a round section belt in a V ???¡á?
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Unimat Matt
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Re: Mensuration, was Re: [Unimat] What is the 'BEST' Unimat ?
When I got my first post-college job, the first paycheck went to a 40MB external hard drive, also for $600.? And that was a deal at the time.? The guy I bought it from was assembling kits
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Dave Seiter
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Re: Tips on machining pulley grooves
The traditional acronym is PEBCAK: Problem Exists Between Chair and Keyboard. -- Elliot Nesterman elliot@... www.ajoure.net "The finest jewel cannot disguise a flawed character."
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Elliot Nesterman
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#61156
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Re: Tips on machining pulley grooves
I made a tool like this for undercutting a ring I was machining off an 8" diameter bit of aluminium - obviously it was all much bigger than a Unimat. I also cut some Vee groove pulleys on a big
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Keith S. Angus
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Re: Tips on machining pulley grooves
I was not as sophisticated as any of this.? I took a 1/4" pointed nose carbide tool and cut a groove that works well enough with an O-ring.
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John Hutnick
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Re: Off Topic measuring units
Yes, one could say that, but by convention, one does not normally use the metric prefixes when talking about temperature. As I mentioned, I can easily build a glass tube mercury thermometer to measure
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Gerald Feldman
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Re: Tips on machining pulley grooves
That's fine for a V belt.? But I think the original poster is making a pulley for an O-ring belt which has a round cross section. Charles E. "Chuck" Kinzer
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Charles Kinzer
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Re: Tips on machining pulley grooves
This video explains my previous message well: https://youtu.be/e4apNy_2AB8?si=ylGnAx0OdFzNYA_C
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Unimat Matt
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Re: Tips on machining pulley grooves
Do you have the compound/taper attachment for your U3? If so there is a very easy way to cut a V. Using a parting tool cut into the pulley to the depth required. Then set the compound to feed into the
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Unimat Matt
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#61150
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Re: Off Topic measuring units
Very nice Carl, thanks for the link. Just a very brief view of your workshop though¡ Twenty years or so ago we watched (rather the worse for wear after an ¡®occasion¡¯ the night before) all day
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Peter Brooks
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Re: Tips on machining pulley grooves
On reflection, I think it was ¡®the nut between the chair and keyboard¡¯, which makes much more sense and is closer to your definition :-)
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Peter Brooks
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Re: Off Topic measuring units
Neat! Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> ________________________________ Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2023 10:10:17 AM To: OldToolmaker <old_toolmaker@...>; [email protected]
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Andrei <calciu1@...>
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Re: Off Topic measuring units
Try this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsCy7s-mP1U&t=29s
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Carl
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Re: Headstock spindle spring
If you intend using the machine as a drill press and aren't drilling deep holes, then yes it's a worthwhile addition. Other than that it has no use. Paul B.
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paul b
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Re: Dial Calipers
Nice display with big numbers. I like it. Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> ________________________________ Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2023 11:44:21 PM To: Tamra
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Andrei <calciu1@...>
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Re: Off Topic measuring units
Hello Carl! I don¡¯t have a Facebook account so was unable to view your shop and railroad pictures. -- http://www.homemadetools.net/ forum/ OFF- SET-tailstock-center-65965#post105972
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OldToolmaker
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Re: Tips on machining pulley grooves
For Computers I thought it was the "Keyboard / Chair Interface Unit" cause all the problems.
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Carl
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