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If they are simple wedges, no step or shoulder, would an initial bandsaw or cutoff saw operation speed the metal removal and possibly result in two wedges from one raw block?

Consider adding water tubing formed with 180 turns and each pass spaced as closely as possible to the previous. This will cover approximately 3/4 of the housing. Probably 2 or 3 assemblies with 5/16 or 3/8 diameter tubing paralleled together. In addition as you are working on, push as much air as po...

My 29 year old ENCO 110-1350 Lathe still has the original B- width belt. Without saying, it has stiffened with age and the overlap at the seam is stiffer than the rest. That stiff area becomes obvious by introducing a irregularity in the otherwise smooth running machine. Machine presently has a 1.5h...