Re: 6" Dial Calipers
Mark at R. M. Tool Repair can fix your calipers. He has parts for older stuff also. He also repairs indicators. 269 Lancaster Dr., Crystal Lake, IL 60014. 815-893-3302 mrtool2010@.... Dan
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Dan and Marlene Coleman
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Re: Atlas Motors (was Finally workbench for my lathe
Carvel, I¡¯ve fallen behind (again). :-) Your Atlas Motors ad is from Atlas Catalog No. 45, which is dated May, 1945 (so not quite Post-War). One thing to keep in mind is that Atlas, like Sears, had
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Robert Downs
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Re: 6" Dial Calipers
Seb: In a 12/2016 video, YouTube creator Adam Booth talked about the guy who does his repairs : "I also have some repaired tools that has come in from M.R. Tool Repair. Mark is an excellent craftsman
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Bill Buckalew
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Re: Finally workbench for my lathe, Now motor selection
Here is the Consew control schematic.? A larger capacitor will make the motor accelerate and brake slower. The top trim potentiometer sets the adjustment pot's high speed value. The bottom one the
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Boman33 <boman33@...>
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Re: Royal live center
One of the reasons their Zero fighters weren't more of a terror than they already were is that they were expending pilots before they could get good. I was a photographer at Nellis AFB, where they do
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Bill in OKC too
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#101969
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Re: 6" Dial Calipers
What brand are the damaged calipers? Sent from my Boost Mobile Phone.
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perry7122
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Re: 6" Dial Calipers
For the places in the rack where the dial doesn't operate correctly, take a fine bristle wire brush (either fine steel or brass bristles) and use that to remove the entrapped foreign material from the
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Lynn Chidester
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Re: Royal live center
Amen, Brother! Tell it! We buy cheap tools at work. For the operators that have to make adjustmens to the machinery. (Not very many of them.) HF wrenches work fine, if maybe not as precisely cut as
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Bill in OKC too
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Re: 6" Dial Calipers
A harbor freight 6 inch dial caliper is $23. You won¡¯t find anyone who will repair a dial caliper for that small a fee. Trash the old ones and buy new. You will be happier in the long run. Pete
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Pete McLaughlin <pete_mclaughlin_93555@...>
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Re: VFD upgrades
then I'll make sure not to ask you next time ??? ??? animal
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mike allen
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Re: 6" Dial Calipers
`google yer area for equipment calibration , or another term "*Metrology*? lab " ??? ??? animal
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mike allen
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Re: Royal live center
well it sure isn't tomato juice ??? ??? ??? animal
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mike allen
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Re: 6" Dial Calipers
I would send them to the manufacturer if they are still around they have repair departments. If they are Lufkin's you may be out of luck or buy a used one on e-bay. GP
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Guenther Paul
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Re: Finally workbench for my lathe
If these 3/4 HP Consew DC sewing machine motors are the $135 motors being sold on eBay, I burned up two of these motors I had installed to power my 10¡± Atlas lathe about three years ago. I don¡¯t
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Steven H
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#101960
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6" Dial Calipers
I have several 6" Dial Calipers [ok, four.] that need repair..Three I dropped and they landed making the dial inoperable for one reason or another, one got some foreign material in the gear rack and
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seb fontana <speedoo51@...>
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Change of pace from upgrading your lathe
Here is a change of pace form upgrading a lathe. A project you can build on a small lathe. https://youtu.be/GrsENB9BOvU Enjoy Pete Mclaughlin
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Pete McLaughlin <pete_mclaughlin_93555@...>
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Re: Royal live center
If it looks like a turd and smells like a turd, it (most likely) is a turd! Steve Haskell Troy, MI
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Steven H
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Re: Finally workbench for my lathe, Now motor selection
When restoring my 6" Craftsman I decided to replace the ancient big motor and pulley system with the Consew motor. Since it is 0.7HP vs. the old 1/3rd HP, and with electronic speed control, I
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Boman33 <boman33@...>
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Re: VFD upgrades
I use a phase converter I am not concerned about the speeds I am fine the way my mill was set up and the speeds it has. When I use a machine I can tell by experience how fast the machine should run on
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Guenther Paul
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Re: VFD upgrades
Andrei In your case a VFD was the cheaper way out GP --------------------------------------------
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Guenther Paul
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