Hey John!


On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 13:11:30 -0700, "John" wrote:


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Hi Matt, Where've you been? Crankin' out too many parts to get into =
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the ongoing arguments? g

Not really. I know enough about politics to make myself look stupid,
and in the grand scheme of things, it really doesn't matter. Besides,
these malcontents, no matter which side of the fence they're on, are
talking out both sides of their mouths anyway. They each think their
Opinions and Theories are FACTS, they're constantly beating each other
up with their "facts", and reality doing nothing more than trying to
cram their "facts" down our throats. Then, when someone does refute
their arguments with actual facts that they can't deny, they start
slinging personal insults. So, trying to engage them with any form of
reasoning is a nothing but a serious waste of time.


Hey, remember that little 3-48 x .054" set screw? We finally got it =
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pretty good on the Tsugami. We're making it out of 416HT stainless and =
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using a Habegger adjustable thread rolling die. Almost full thread =
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right to the ends. So far, so good. (crossed fingers).

Cool! Glad you got it going. It ran great on my ENC-74. The only
problem is that on that machine, it ran so slow that it was costing me
money to make your parts. I originally quoted it to run on a cam
operated Tornos R-10. The basic part ran great. Had I been able to
stop the .050" hex broach from sticking (spring loaded drill spindle
couldn't retract it every time), it would been a good job to have. As
it was, I had trouble making your deliveries because I couldn't tie my
CNC up for very long on a part for which I wasn't making any money :-(
Too bad really, it was a fun part to make. I still get a kick out of
showing it to people. "Wow! How'd you make that little bugger? & No
****! There's a hex in there?"

BTW, how are you de-burring the broached hex ID on the cut-off end?=20
I tried acid de-burr, but it cost more than the parts were worth. I
finally wound up having to pay an operator to sit and poke each part,
after looking at them to see which end was the end with the burr, from
the cut-off end and push the burr through the hex hole (shear the burr
off in the hex). Did a few thousand of them myself, as well. Major
PITA, and really rough on the eyes.


I better get out of here before I get flamed for not being on-topic =
enough.

Why? I rarely see anyone else in the group stay on topic these days:-)
(well...except those of us that were around pre-Cliff)

Take care John,

Matt