Re: [Emc-users] Tap Hats [Was: Re: More on er-20 stuffs

2018-05-11 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 11 May 2018 18:32:44 Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users wrote: > An idea for putting a square hole at the end of a round one, without > having to use special tooling. Mill brass bar stock into a pair of > small L shapes, with one leg just as long as the width of the tap > shank.Position the

Re: [Emc-users] Tap Hats [Was: Re: More on er-20 stuffs

2018-05-11 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 11 May 2018 18:20:13 Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users wrote: > Rent space on the tower for cell phone and wireless internet antennas. > That's what the grain elevator across the street from me did, top of > one building has phone antennas all around it. > We were going to do that, but it

Re: [Emc-users] Tap Hats [Was: Re: More on er-20 stuffs

2018-05-11 Thread Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users
An idea for putting a square hole at the end of a round one, without having to use special tooling. Mill brass bar stock into a pair of small L shapes, with one leg just as long as the width of the tap shank.Position the two pieces to make a square hole then silver solder together. Cut off

Re: [Emc-users] Tap Hats [Was: Re: More on er-20 stuffs

2018-05-11 Thread Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users
Rent space on the tower for cell phone and wireless internet antennas. That's what the grain elevator across the street from me did, top of one building has phone antennas all around it. On Friday, May 11, 2018, 6:46:50 AM MDT, Erik Christiansen wrote: On

Re: [Emc-users] Tap Hats [Was: Re: More on er-20 stuffs

2018-05-11 Thread Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users
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Re: [Emc-users] Tap Hats [Was: Re: More on er-20 stuffs

2018-05-11 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 11 May 2018 09:22:16 Ken Strauss wrote: > You'll need a funny stud since most drill chucks are 3/8-inch NF and > most small T-nuts are 3/8-inch NC. > Already thought of that. I figure a T nut is easy enough to make. Or I've the pi controlled Sheldon and can make the short stud easy

Re: [Emc-users] Tap Hats [Was: Re: More on er-20 stuffs

2018-05-11 Thread Ken Strauss
users] Tap Hats [Was: Re: More on er-20 stuffs > > On Friday 11 May 2018 08:42:58 Erik Christiansen wrote: > > > On 11.05.18 07:42, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Friday 11 May 2018 03:32:39 Erik Christiansen wrote: > > > A box or three of grubscrews off fleabay won't ad

Re: [Emc-users] Tap Hats [Was: Re: More on er-20 stuffs

2018-05-11 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 11 May 2018 08:42:58 Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 11.05.18 07:42, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Friday 11 May 2018 03:32:39 Erik Christiansen wrote: > > A box or three of grubscrews off fleabay won't add up > > > > > to much cost. The last boxful I bought was M3 to M10, IIRC. You > > >

Re: [Emc-users] Tap Hats [Was: Re: More on er-20 stuffs

2018-05-11 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 11.05.18 07:42, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 11 May 2018 03:32:39 Erik Christiansen wrote: > A box or three of grubscrews off fleabay won't add up > > to much cost. The last boxful I bought was M3 to M10, IIRC. You might > > do better buying plastic bags of each size, for quantity. > > >

Re: [Emc-users] Tap Hats [Was: Re: More on er-20 stuffs

2018-05-11 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 11 May 2018 03:32:39 Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 11.05.18 01:25, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Thursday 10 May 2018 22:23:56 Erik Christiansen wrote: > > > But, whoa. I'm also not fully across the need for bore adjustment. > > > As taps are ground from a few stock sizes, only those few

[Emc-users] Tap Hats [Was: Re: More on er-20 stuffs

2018-05-11 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 11.05.18 01:25, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 10 May 2018 22:23:56 Erik Christiansen wrote: > > But, whoa. I'm also not fully across the need for bore adjustment. As > > taps are ground from a few stock sizes, only those few sizes of tap > > hat bore are needed. While I found a drill close