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Re: AD741 feed problems


 

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I¡¯ve been called a lot of things in my life. ?Here is my calling card from high school to prove it. ?So if you want to call me David Worst to distinguish me from the other David B, I am already trained to respond accordingly. ?We had a similar problem here with so many named Joe at one point.


Dave Davies, thanks for passing along your son¡¯s comment. ?Just last week I experienced a bunch of flack on one of the machinist forums for not taking quick and dirty approach to things just to ¡°get it done in the most expedient manner.¡± ?I felt compelled to respond - admittedly in a defensive tone, but I think it¡¯s worth repeating here since many of us in this group share a similar dedication to doing things to high standards. ?Here was my reply to the hacks:

"We each have our own orientation in pursuing a craft such as this. For me, this is a journey of continuous learning, problem-solving, and perfecting skills. Taking the KISS approach often does little to enhance those aspects.?

I am often equally baffled why someone pursuing a hobby or craft would consistently take the cheap and expedient path. In so doing, they miss an opportunity to experiment, grow, learn, and be rewarded with the immense gratification of tackling and succeeding at something previously beyond their grasp. In my avocational pursuits, faced with something easy and something challenging, I will consistently pick the latter. To do otherwise is a shortcut with hollow reward and bypasses the chance to do something exceptional.

Perhaps, as the acronym KISS suggests, that renders me ¡°stupid¡± in the minds of others. So be it. I do as much as I can to live up to my surname and rarely succeed. This path is not always easy or expedient, but despite the hardships, frustrations, and occasional disparaging remarks, I¡¯m better for it. Paraphrasing one individual with greater determination than my own, ¡°We do it not because it is easy, but because it is hard.¡± This, I believe, is the source of enhanced achievement.

As I said in an earlier post, to each their own.¡±

David Best

https://www.instagram.com/davidpbest/





On Jan 5, 2021, at 6:45 PM, David Davies <myfinishingtouch@...> wrote:

As we're gearing up to get our mill and lathe my son is becoming exposed to David Best and after going through his flickr albums he tells me he knows why he's not David "Good Enough".
Dave Davies

On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 8:43 PM David Luckensmeyer <dhluckens@...> wrote:
Which David B. ?? There can only be one David B. on FOG I think, and that is surely David Best.?

David Blehar, do you have a nickname?

I¡¯m David L., but I¡¯m glad I go by Lucky here. Too many David¡¯s!!?

Warm regards,
Lucky
(David Luckensmeyer)




On 6 Jan 2021, at 11:13 am, imranindiana via <imranindiana=[email protected]> wrote:

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David B,

Thanks for sharing the roller height calibration #s.

Imran

On Jan 5, 2021, at 7:08 PM, David Blehar via <davidblehar=[email protected]> wrote:

?perhaps the feed rollers need an adjustment beyond just the spring tension? Most of you guys in this forum seem have this info already, but the specs I got from Felder when I tuned up my AD741 were as follows:

The infeed roller should be 0.020" below the bottom most rotation of the carbide insert.
The outfeed roller should be 0.028" below.
+/- 0.004

Maybe if the infeed and/or outfeed rollers are set too high they're not engaging the material properly to pull it through?

David




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