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(07-02-2013, 07:57 PM)Highpower Wrote: So we're going to be getting product reviews on those items in the future, right? 
Other than the Noga holding system and the Tapfree the other items aren't new to me. The A-9 cutting oil I've used in the past and it works very well on aluminum. I was skeptical when I first got some but I was amazed at how much easier it was to tap aluminum using a cutting fluid designed for cutting aluminum rather than the normal cutting fluid I use for steel. You only need a very little to make it work well so that can will last me some time.
The Tapfree is the thick stuff that won't drip off of the tap so easily.
The blue Toolmex container has a MT2 bearing steel dead center in it that I'll be using for the spin indexer tailstock I'll be making.
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One small center drill and a vise stop that clamps to the vise jaw are at the foreground.
All useful stuff that won't get put on a shelf and forgotten.
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(07-03-2013, 09:40 AM)EdK Wrote: It's a Spillmaster container which I put cutting oil into. You can tip it over and it won't spill its contents. I have one for my regular cutting oil, one for aluminum cutting oil, and this new one will hold dark cutting oil used when machining 1018 CRS.
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Sounds like what I need. Do they make a Findmaster model of the Spillmaster that won't disappear when your looking for it?
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(07-03-2013, 09:40 AM)EdK Wrote: That container is empty and came with the acid brush. It's a Spillmaster container which I put cutting oil into. You can tip it over and it won't spill its contents. I have one for my regular cutting oil, one for aluminum cutting oil, and this new one will hold dark cutting oil used when machining 1018 CRS.
Ed
The only thing I don't like about them is that they are too light weight. Even when they are full of oil they still slide around a little too easy for my taste, if bumped when you are working. I throw a few hex nuts in the bottom of the jar for ballast and it helps keep the jar from skating away from me as I am trying to dip the brush.
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(07-03-2013, 01:30 PM)Highpower Wrote: The only thing I don't like about them is that they are too light weight. Even when they are full of oil they still slide around a little too easy for my taste, if bumped when you are working. I throw a few hex nuts in the bottom of the jar for ballast and it helps keep the jar from skating away from me as I am trying to dip the brush.
Well at least if you bump they won't dump.
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True that!
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Make a nice, heavy steel base for it. A light press fit into a bore and the jar will suddenly be more "spill resistant."
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(07-04-2013, 05:21 AM)PixMan Wrote: Make a nice, heavy steel base for it. A light press fit into a bore and the jar will suddenly be more "spill resistant."
I'm thinking of doing that but using some aluminum since I have a fair amount of it sitting around.
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Won't that defeat the purpose of having a nice heavy base Ed?
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(07-04-2013, 10:01 AM)Mayhem Wrote: Won't that defeat the purpose of having a nice heavy base Ed?
Is aluminum lighter than plastic down under?
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