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They are supposed to clap like that but the gear train in mine makes more noise than the clap.
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Greg
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That's how I have it "adjusted" now. The machine is easily the noisiest of the bunch, so much so that it alarmed me when I first turned it on - I took one step back away from it. Holy cow, the noise and everything moving, there's nothing mesmerizing about this old beast. I can see it clappin', but can't hear it over the racket.
Hope to grind up some more toolbits and have at those tee-nuts soon.
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A day has passed and I'm half done with a strip of tee nuts. Things are looking OK, but WOW is it slow going compared to making them on a mill. Spent all afternoon on a 15 minute project and only got half way. Fun though, even did the down feed thing with my hand on the compound. Didn't get back in the house until 6pm. That's one notch down the side.
There is definitely a trick to operating these things. Getting the other notch to match will be interesting...