A BEGINNER'S FORUM (Learn How To Machine Here!)

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Models for grinding HSS Lathe Tools
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A Boring Primer
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Apprentice or New to the trade machinist . What should I have to start ?
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DIY Rivet Set for steel tubular rivets
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Surface Feet Per Minute (SFM)
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Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerance (GD&T) Symbols Reference Guide
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Common Machine Shop Abbreviations
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Blueprint Symbols
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Machinist Terms
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Total Indicated Runout (TIR)
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Sheer, notcher, brake
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Pedestal grinder
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MIT Milling machine
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MIT Lathe
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Drill press
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Belt sander
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Parts layout
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Measurement
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Metal cutting physics
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Shop Safety
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How to use a milling machine
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How to Use a Lathe
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What are the parts of a lathe machine?
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Parts of a Lathe
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Our New Video Channels
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Mit Videos Essential Machining Skills
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--> Introduction To The Milling Machine
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Introductory Pdfs
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Pdf On Lathe From Mit
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--> More Basic Information On The Lathe
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--> Introduction To The Metalworking Lathe
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Ulma Doctor
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Carbide Insert Chart
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H - M Downloads - Navigation And Use
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DavidR8
Looking for a better mag base
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Aukai
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Rough edges when milling steel
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Set screws to secure the position of a collar on a shaft accurately and securely
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Now They've Done it
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How to mount a gear on a shaft - minimal wobble and maximum concentric
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End Mills
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Machine Tapping
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Mini Cooper S
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Rigidity in an Atlas 10F lathe -HELP-
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WCraig
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Learning to crawl
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Spotting drill angles and sizes
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mikey
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DavidR8
To vernier or not to vernier...
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darkzero
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LIGHTING YOUR LATHE WORK
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Cleaning up old tools
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Aligning V blocks
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RJSakowski
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DavidR8
Allowing for heat expansion
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Cutter speeds - where is an authoritative table or formula?
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Cadillac STS
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Grasshopper
How do I cut o-ring grooves
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Another Parting off Thread
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Triple fitting in a lathe.
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Firstram
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Quick, Easy & Cheap Outside Chamfering
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MrWhoopee
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Cutting Titanium
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Press fit woes
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minsk
Milling Machine Advise
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CrustyRedExpress
1.5 inch hole in mild steel-how?
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Twirpunky
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Atlas 10F gets a 2 Axis Fagor DRO
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HP/cubic inch/min
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Bill Kahn
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LED spindle light
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Suzuki4evr
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Shop Math = Trigonometry or Bust
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Movement in bit when turning
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mikey
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Taking more aggressive cuts
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Chuck K
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9x20 Lathe Half nut ajustement trouble
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phelop
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Another HSS tooling thread
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TRAMMING A HARBOR FREIGHT MILL
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Mitch Alsup
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About to give up on this follow rest - am I not understanding it, or is it not too useful?
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savarin
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Fixturing to cut an arc slot
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Your thoughts and suggestions welcome
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ErichKeane
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Milling long thin work to minimize warpage?
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dbb-the-bruce
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New lathe trouble
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NortonDommi
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Through slot in aluminum tube
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redvan22
Surface plate testing
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redvan22
End mills
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redvan22
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Use of boring head.
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Mitch Alsup
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How can one cut out a plug on a lathe? Just a parting tool?
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OTmachine
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Order of machining and assembling parts?
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RJSakowski
RJSakowski
DavidR8
Can't tell my left from my right!
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DavidR8
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Using a face mill & choosing the right inserts.
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diamond
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Look what I found ...
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kd4gij
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Lathe Tailstock Quill Insertion
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BROCKWOOD
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Would you send this back?
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Wino1442
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5C Collet
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