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Old 02-26-2018, 08:35 PM   #15
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Default Re: Making A parts with lathe

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Originally Posted by SSsssteamer View Post
In my day, that quote originally was meant to read: "The milling machine is the only machine that can duplicate it's self". Now you also have the digital duplicating machines too. I also use our lathes to turn down the commutators of the model A Ford's starters and generators.
I chucked up the gears in my trans in a lathe to get them nice n square. Just kept slowly creeping in till it was just barely cutting all the way across the gear tooth. Very quiet trans now that shifts like it has synchros.
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