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That was my point.

Corporations have no incentive to protect the environment. Heads of corporations that *don't* try to maximize profit get fired...happens all the time. They have to be forced to do things via regulations. They're not including a manual as a means to save money.

Hi Ian. The arbor is MT3 with 3/8"-16 hole. Coercing the tap would likely break it. Not something I wanted to try. Single pointing the thread is too late now, as the threaded rod is epoxied in place.

I have the JT33 end of the arbor pressed into a drill chuck with a turned bar in it. That will get dialed in with the 4-jaw lathe chuck. The fixed steady will go on the MT3 taper end. Just haven't gotten to it yet.

Yeah, may be a time-waster, but I'm currently unemployed. Also, I'm cheap. Still could be a learning experience, though.

Mike

I'm skeptical of all such magical solutions. Magical as in, "Let's just put solar panels over the canal!". Financial and environmental costs are often naively understated. How will it change the environment? What happens to birds and other animals that use that water? Does having a shade over the canal produce some other unanticipated/undesired consequences? Will it rust easily by being over water?

I'd rather humans stop living in the DESERT and drastically reshaping it to suit them. All of that water used to empty out into Mexico's Sea of Cortez with environmental consequences of its own.

Ciao Chris. Benvenuto!

Good to know!

Mike

Since Loctite was mentioned...Is there any reason to prefer Loctite over, say, JB Weld (yes, I have plenty left) for securing the oversize bush/plug/insert?

I hadn't thought of the tap wanting to follow the softer material, or bits breaking off and jamming the tap. I'll bore it out. I do have some M12 threaded bar, which should do the trick. Thanks gents!

Mike

Hi Duncan. Yeah, I got a replacement. Just hate to trash the bad one if I can get a second arbor out of it.

So I have a spare drill chuck arbor. The first one the vendor sent had the drawbar hole (3/8"-16) threaded off-axis...Not a lot, but enough that I couldn't use the drawbar in the mill.

Not wanting to just trash the bad arbor I epoxied (JB Weld) in a piece of threaded rod, thinking I would cut new threads properly this time. I'm about to cut the new threads, but it got me to thinking...The threads are going to be part steel and part epoxy, being cut across the old threads. Will this still hold up? Should I have bored out to a larger size to fit a steel plug (or larger threaded rod) that would assure the threads would be entirely in steel?

Mike

This thread prompts a question: Should I de-tension hacksaw frames for storage?

Mike

I suspect due to the nature of online forums (anonymous, not face-to-face) that it is extremely difficult to have civil discussion about heated topics. Having an in-person argument about an emotional topic is difficult enough for many people.

While very little offends me, I think we have to keep in mind that this is a *model engineering* forum. Should every forum host discussions on every topic? (The answer is no.) If one wanted to have a political discussion...aren't there dedicated forums for that elsewhere online? And I'm sure visiting those would be enlightening about the feasibility of civil discussion on emotional topics.

I thought political discussions were what bar (pub) fights are for.

Mike

Nice one, Nick. And I like that 4-jaw...I need something like that for my own mini-lathe, as the standard 4" 4-jaw is pretty heavy with the required backplate.

Do you *only* want the underlever style? I have the Starrett K153 hacksaw, which I like, but has the adjustment on top. ...After a little search it appears Starrett no longer makes this style, that's a shame...I would have bought one or two more as it was a reasonable cost at the time.

Looks good, Chris. This is something I still have to do for my mini-mill.

Nice to have a lathe big enough to turn an entire diff housing!

Hehe, sorry. Restaurant is "Tog's". "Slainte" was just my wishes...it means "health" in Gaelic.

Forgot to say...Slainte!

This is a good idea. I'll have to try it.  And it sounds just like the chip breaker of a hand (wood) plane.

Edited By MikeK on 24/02/2022 22:47:02

Tog's. Possibly Tog's Ice?