Re: history of my lathe
What are you talking about?
Provide some frame of reference, please.
None of us were in the same room with you when you watched, whatever you watched.
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Andrei
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#117199
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Re: history of my lathe
i watched a documentary about it.? lots of places were given false fronts and were windowless so they could run 24 hours a day
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hedgesben@...
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Re: history of my lathe
??? ??? I can imagine getting caught with one of these machines in? yer
house by the wrong person could have very unpleasant result .
animal
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mike allen
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Re: Dreaded crack sound
??? Nice work? ! .Get yer self a small bottle of gun blueing & give it
a quick clean with some alchaol or acetone making sure not to touch it
with bare finders when clean & then give a pass or 2
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mike allen
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Re: Dreaded crack sound
Nice. Its great to be able to make what you need.
Steve
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Steve Bergeron
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Re: Dreaded crack sound
If you need to add the raised side guides, you can screw in a couple of steps.
They are not precision anything, just keep the show from twisting when you lock it down or move it.
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Andrei
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Re: Dreaded crack sound
Looks pretty good. Nice job!
Bill in OKC?
William R. Meyers, MSgt, USAF(Ret.)
Aphorisms to live by:Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.?SEMPER
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Bill in OKC too
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Re: Dreaded crack sound
Well, my first "real" mill project is complete. Note that I had started before I had the drawings.
Not pretty, not to any kind of tolerance, but functional
Allen
Allen
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Allen Underdown
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Re: Setup of Compact Bender
Thanks Will, before I start a project like this I keep a journal of what I want to be able to do and all the possible features I want to have in it and how it could interface with other tools/uses.
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Ken H
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Re: Setup of Compact Bender
Wow. You’ve done a lot of work and planning there. Some really good ideas.
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Will
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Re: Setup of Compact Bender
I made my own bender from scratch and not that anyone would want to go to the extent I did, but I throw this out there as a possible solution to the issue, even if you don't go as crazy with it as I
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Ken H
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#117189
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Re: Setup of Compact Bender
Making it mount into receiver hitch is an interesting idea. One of the issues with bending long pieces is supporting the incoming stock. If you do a hitch mount I would shoot for putting the bending
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Ray Daniels
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Re: Setup of Compact Bender
Isn’t you truck in the way of bends that way? I thought about doing it that way but thought it would severely limit possible bends. I’ve not used on before so I don’t yet have a frame of
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Will
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Re: Setup of Compact Bender
I have such a bender and did not want to drill into the concrete slab and then be faced with another thing to be in the way. I ended up modifying the base so that it could slide into my trucks
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Claude Gamache
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Re: Porta Band stand
About 12 years ago I had a rush job to cut some parts and whipped this up with a piece of 1/8" plate I had laying around (6" wide x 4" deep). I made the slot coming out to the front to make blade
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Ken H
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#117185
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Re: Setup of Compact Bender
Hello Ray,
That is just the info I was looking for. With most of the material goes out the back at roughly a 45 degree angle. I know exactly where I am going to put it and which way it will
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Will
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#117184
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Re: Setup of Compact Bender
It is the Harbor Freight style. I wish it was a Hossfeld. I've considered trying to build a Hossfeld style clone. I found plans on line. I might still try that and use this one in the
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Will
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#117183
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Re: Setup of Compact Bender
My experience indicates that the longest piece needing long clearance is the base piece of stock as opposed to the piece being bent. The stock being fed in is kinda at a 45* angle out the back left
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Ray Daniels
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Re: Setup of Compact Bender
You did not supply a picture of the bender. Is it a hossfeld or HF
bender. I did as you have describe. I placed expandable bolt in the floor
so I could move it to another location for more
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Larry Hoelscher
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Re: Setup of Compact Bender
Hi Will,
My experience with benders is that you occasionally “always" need more room. So unless you have lots of space, my suggestion is to either build a stand that’s heavy but movable, or to
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Brandon Corey
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