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I thought there might be a real good price involved. Maybe even a
You can't find those in the average used tool shop. Good find.
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I thought there might be a real good price involved. Maybe even a
You can't find those in the average used tool shop. Good find.
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No doubt! I love my Shars U3. You are missing one of the most important accessories, though:
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A few pics of the 8' straight edge. This one was produced by JC Busch CO founded in 1907 https://www.buschprecision.com/Busch-Precision/Contact/About-Us/Our-History.htm and sent to it's demise by some of the regular Wall St. scum in 2017 RIP https://www.bizjournals.com/milwauk...s-of-busch-precision-being-liquidated-at.html. Appears to either have had very little use, or was scraped back in at some point. Gave it a good scrub down and a coat of WD. Mike
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I'm guessing that's a two person lift!
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Got a couple of things from Shars today.
I needed a new dead center to replace one of mine that had a broken tip. It was that way when I bought my lathe. The new dead center has a straight section between the body and the center. Mr. Pete has a video where he turned a MT2 / Jacobs chuck adapter so he could align his tailstock. I turned the straight section to be concentric with spindle. I zeroed the DI on dead center at the spindle and then moved the dead center to the tailstock. Moved the carriage so the DI was on the dead center at the tailstock. The tailstock was 0.001 off. Fixed that. The thing that I like about this method to align the tailstock is that you can align the tailstock anywhere along the bed.
The other thing I got was a holder for a DI to a magnetic based. I never liked the contraption I cobbled together to be able realign the head on the mill/drill. My new setup is much easier to use. Here are the before and after pictures. Anytime I move the head for whatever reason I always realign the head. Having a convenient way to do this is a big time saver. In the pictures you can see the swivel base from the mill vise. It permanently lives on the table. I made a backing plate for it that fits my chucks. I spent a lot of time one day dialing it in and have the coordinates written down so I can quickly center it under the spindle. While nowhere near as good as a rotary table it does allow me to make angled cuts, drill holes in a bolt circle and even make light radius cuts as I rotate the chuck by hand.
I needed a new dead center to replace one of mine that had a broken tip. It was that way when I bought my lathe. The new dead center has a straight section between the body and the center. Mr. Pete has a video where he turned a MT2 / Jacobs chuck adapter so he could align his tailstock. I turned the straight section to be concentric with spindle. I zeroed the DI on dead center at the spindle and then moved the dead center to the tailstock. Moved the carriage so the DI was on the dead center at the tailstock. The tailstock was 0.001 off. Fixed that. The thing that I like about this method to align the tailstock is that you can align the tailstock anywhere along the bed.
The other thing I got was a holder for a DI to a magnetic based. I never liked the contraption I cobbled together to be able realign the head on the mill/drill. My new setup is much easier to use. Here are the before and after pictures. Anytime I move the head for whatever reason I always realign the head. Having a convenient way to do this is a big time saver. In the pictures you can see the swivel base from the mill vise. It permanently lives on the table. I made a backing plate for it that fits my chucks. I spent a lot of time one day dialing it in and have the coordinates written down so I can quickly center it under the spindle. While nowhere near as good as a rotary table it does allow me to make angled cuts, drill holes in a bolt circle and even make light radius cuts as I rotate the chuck by hand.
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It is a bigg'in . I think they will be going upstairs in the bar area of the shop for the short term, until I'm done with everything downstairs. Then I will find a home for them in the machine shop area. Probably display them on the wall, well supported. Mike
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Couple of pairs of small V-blocks and a test sample of A-9 cutting fluid. The only other experience I have with Relton products is their RapidTap which makes me gag with the smell so wasn’t sure if the A-9 would be similar. Fortunately not, quite pleasant actually, so looking forward to seeing how it works. The setup blocks are predictable — they’ll benefit from a little cleanup and easing of edges but otherwise ok. I wanted some to use on the saws other than my nice pair of Fischer ones. Plus, these come with their own inspection certificates!! 
