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[tinkwithanr]

So it's a digital caliper with 1/12th the range? why?

[tinkwithanr]

nice setup man! not much you cant do with what you got there. do you have a tubing bender? i made one from drawings i found online and it uses jd2 dies. it was pretty straight forward and you shouldnt have a problem making it with what you got there.

I have the plans made up and the steel on order. I just need to fab it up once the material gets here and buy the dies. I think mine uses the Pro-Tools ones. Gonna start out with 1" tube x 3" radius and 1.5" tube x 4.5" radius and go from there.

[george graves]

So it's a digital caliper with 1/12th the range? why?

Short answer is that you can measure the thickness of something with a lip around it. I'm sure a clever machinist could measure all sorts of other things as well. Heck, most people don't even know all the tricks you can do with normal calipers.

Go read this and edumacate yousef.

http://littlemachineshop.com/Instructions/UsingCalipers.pdf

[tinkwithanr]

I mean I have a starrett digital caliper and 0-4" micrometer set, and know how to use them. I just didn't see the point in a teeny tiny caliper-micrometer bastard child lol.

[$hane]

http://littlemachineshop.com/Instruc...ngCalipers.pdf

Thats pretty much all you need to know. I need to buy a new set. As of last week my calipers have the dreaded "for reference only" sticker on them. My inside tips are worn out. I might put them up for really cheap as they would be perfect for someones garage/workshop. Our QC guy doesnt even want them on the premises.

[george graves]

I mean I have a starrett digital caliper and 0-4" micrometer set, and know how to use them. I just didn't see the point in a teeny tiny caliper-micrometer bastard child lol.

Ah. Well, everything I do is small - and these were cheap.

[tinkwithanr]

Fair enough, to each his own.

[BillBrasky]

Seiki Vertical Mill, still need to get some tooling for it

Where are you at in Ohio? Northeast Ohio, especially Cleveland area, is loaded with industrial surplus houses and supply shops. Let me know what kind of tooling you need for your Seiki mill. If it's standard R8, I may have a bunch of stuff you can have for free.



EDIT: Upon closer inspection, it looks like you have an NMTB 30 or 40 setup on your mill. I'll still see what I have.

[Poon]

A picture of my box the day I got it, with the GT1 on top

[accident]

Is it a real GT1?

[tinkwithanr]

Where are you at in Ohio? Northeast Ohio, especially Cleveland area, is loaded with industrial surplus houses and supply shops. Let me know what kind of tooling you need for your Seiki mill. If it's standard R8, I may have a bunch of stuff you can have for free.



EDIT: Upon closer inspection, it looks like you have an NMTB 30 or 40 setup on your mill. I'll still see what I have.

I just confirmed that it is NMTB 40. I also actually just ordered some basic 3/8, 1/2, and 3/4" end mill holders, but that's all I have right now. I'll pm you.

Also, I'm in Springfield, which is western (east of Columbus and a little north of Dayton). There are definitely a lot of surplus houses around Cleveland, I really need to head up there one of these days and see what I can find.

[tinkwithanr]

Just a little update, here's how my 'other' (read better) 10" South Bend is coming. I stripped and cleaned it down down to every last nut and bolt, repainted it in '1940's South Bend Gray', and am finally starting to reassemble it.



All the handles and knobs were filed/sanded/polished. Adds a nice touch I feel.

[MattAvino]

Got this a while ago from HF. It is shit. Can someone suggest a better one?

[tinkwithanr]

Dremel.

[ZekeTheSneak]

^dremel, With all of the accessories and availability of them its stupid not to buy one. Hell every few months you can get a huuuge variety pack on sale for dirt cheap that will last years. Never buy the sandpaper type cutting wheels, go straight for the large diameter black ones. They will cut plastic or metal with ease. I absolutely love mine.