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Just for the record, especially those that know little about metal working, Short of EDM any process used to make a hole , such as a flash hole will have a burr or sharp edge, punched, drilled or bored.

Butch, I just measured two and get 1.355 and 1.357 90 degrees apart on both

My Hawkeye bore scope has shown me that an in barrel boresighter is best left in the junk pile. A 25 yd tgt is just to easy to do.

For this game, I am somewhat fortunate. Hand eye co-ordination is greatest with my right eye, however anything beyond 3 ft is better seen with my left eye, so flags are easy to watch shooting right handed. This sounds good, but is not without issues. Works best in a left to right...

Boyd, yes I did hang a weight. matter of fact I tried different amounts and locations. At best, this is an indirect way of measureing and as such is subject to problems beyond the issue. Not only does it move as it should vertically against the indicator needle, but is also flexing horizontally...

OK Boyd, the next one is yours !

Jim, that is interesting, and the timing is perfect. I have been playing with grizzley rods as well. The dial responces have been strange, implying other things at work here. I found the rods to be less than straight and when placed in a tailstock chuck , additional forces were added. The...

I had a winchester model 70 coyote in 22-250 that dented primers way off center. The firing pin was within .005 of center on the bolt. The chamber was quite large so assumed that cases were just not forming on center. I replaced the barrel making it a 6br rem ( not norma). The cases showed...

I had one, 40X in 308 that would not budge inspite of my large brownells vise and a long cheater bar. Splitting the recoil lug with a parting tool worked fine and the action came off by hand. Neither barrel or action was harmed and are still in use.

Just bought some rubber crutch tips at the local hardware. Four of them for $ 2.49. They come in all sizes and can be put on muzzle or threads in your choice of color. My store also had them in two different lengths

My jet 12 x 36 ran for two years on 115 VAC. In that time it growled often and ate switches about 4 times. It has now run for nearly 20 years on 220 Vac single phase . Switch was changed at that time to a Square D rotary and I have never had a problem since.

Lee, once you put it together with dies and cases, the cost is only marginally more. Old school guys would adapt just like the indians when they found rifles and pitched there bows and arrows. Go with the ppc

Just today, A package arrived on UPS. I wasn't home at the time, so the driver brought it to me at my favorite breakfast spot. Said he recognized my truck. Now thats service. Past experiences with Fed-Ex have been poor. Once when I was not at home, it went back to the depo. Note on the...

Skeetlee, The tail stock on my Jet did not hold adjustment well. I don't recall it being .020, but enough to cause serious issues. I refitted the mating surfaces and added a thin spacer bringing it back in for height. I then dowel pinned it to the base ,locking it for side...

Given that changes in tune can be achieved with small adjustments of tuners, I would believe that very light tuners would be effective , without being overly sensitive.

AL, Your sick

Now that were out of Urban and Jungle combat, this thread became interesting once again

Skeetlee, I think you are getting closer to see that the small lathe thrives on HSS tooling. Carbide requires Horsepower and ridgidity. The small lathe does not have that. It does quality work, but not at a production rate that carbide was designed for. When you crash...

Young man comes home from work and says " Honey, terrible day, I got fired " wife replies, "thats bad,what did you do?" " well " says he, " I stuck my whopper in the pickle slicer " Wife says, " Are you ok?" " yes " replies Hubby. "well, what happened to the pickle slicer" asks...

Something you may consider. Although your lathe can be used with cutoff tooling, its also possible to damage it. Your lathe is the same model that I use. That wonderfull large hole thru the spindle has a thinner wall than a heavy lathe would have. When that tool holder takes a dive, the...