Storms, Blackouts, Earthquakes, Eclipses! - I wish we were kidding. All this happened in the last week, or will tomorrow.

Success Hand-Tapping, Next Hand-Lapping - We got the 4142 Pre-hard part tapped, and the ToolMakers Flat is ready for hand lapping. What's the plans?

Will A.I. Design and Machine Your Parts? - It's starting to be a question.

And more...

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Followup on the ToolMakers Flat in 52100 Steel...

Quicken The Quench: Heat The Oil? - A casual question from Tom Lipton set me on a course... does heating the quenching oil quicken the quench.

Does the Temper Negate The Cryo? - Spoiler: No. They do different things.

Crappy Tapping In 4142 Pre-Hard - I am not having fun with this operation. There are reasons.

And more...

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Of Clock Springs And Toolmakers Flats: Turning the 52100 steel produced some pretty evil chips. Some of them broke.

52100 Steel: Planning The Heat Treatment: We are ALMOST running the recipe recommended by the NBS (now NIST) many years ago. Will our minor deviations matter? We'll see.

A Box Of Grinding Gems From Tom: Books and goodies from Tom Lipton. Very neat stuff, and the knowledge was hard-earned by our ancients.

And more...

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Rotary OD Lapping: Sine Rolls - We make a soft lap from scrap. We struggle with three different compound choices, and end up where we should have in the first place.

Evaluating Round, Straight, Size - It's not trivial down in the Tenths.

Crash Recovery: Just Breathe - It happened. Nobody died. Nothing broke. We'll do laundry later...

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Successful Sidewheeling - We learn about "forming" the wheel, and finally nailing the dimenensions.

I Didn't Expect The Backlash! - Would have been fine in a mill, not so much in a surface grinder. But, we overcame.

Sine Right Here: Charles W. Sullivan - His signature is preserved, and we thank him for a cool tool.

We went deep on side-wheeling with Robin Renzetti @ROBRENZ .

And more...

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Restoring and Using Tools: Getting old tools, especially shop-made tools, back to working order and using them productively.

Tighten Your Hub: Staying concentric, stable, true and dressed. Oh, and also in your grinding...

Helping Non-Machinists: There Is No Sketch: We make brackets. But, we need to become communicators with those that don't have the technical skills, but still have stuff they need.

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Grinder Therapy: We discuss "grinding in" two cast iron instruments for our friend UnixCarbide

Autocollimated Boring: Unix completes the supply chain by delivering bagels... and some goodies from across the planet

Decluttering With Mental Money: How Two Bucks is going to save your shop

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The MIT LMP Shop: A Student's First Chips

Guest: Dan Gilbert, Instructor !

McMaster Drawing, Your Queries, and More...

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McMaster Catalog Giveaway

Visiting Two University Shops

Chattering About Damping And Resonance

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Euphamistics: Precision Hole Punching

The Many Aluminum Alloys

Restoration Of Others' Shop-Made Tools

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