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  1. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% PA-28 Cherokee Build

    I do not understand your reasoning for canting the firewall, it is overlapped by the cowl by several inches so nobody is going to see it. It would also complicate mounting the engine. I used machined standoffs to set the right and down thrust. I already have a custom nose wheel bearing set at...
  2. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% PA-28 Cherokee Build

    I'm putting the final touches on the Champ fuselage pinking tapes, I keep starring at the Cherokee plans hanging from the ceiling. I'm giving serious thought about making a mold of the fuselage and laying up the next one. This would be a serious mold. This would allow making a detail interior...
  3. TonyHallo

    Mini lathe (and mill) discussion.

    When out flying yesterday and one of our members put in three planes. Went back this morning and his friend was there, I ask him "Where's Jim, did he run out of ammo?" He laughed and told me the only thing that bother him was that he couldn't find parts for the nose wheel on his 60 sized Piper...
  4. TonyHallo

    Mini lathe (and mill) discussion.

    I find parallels very handy. Ones wider than 1/8" would nice to have.
  5. TonyHallo

    PM Research Mini Engine Lathe Build

    How was cutting the "T" slot? Did you buy a cutter or make one? Looking real good.
  6. TonyHallo

    What beer ya drinking tonight?

    There's something wrong dumping a Miller High Life into a Miller Lite glass!!!
  7. TonyHallo

    Mini lathe (and mill) discussion.

    Up, down, left, right, in, out, what's the problem???
  8. TonyHallo

    Mini lathe (and mill) discussion.

    Looks great.
  9. TonyHallo

    Transport Canada cancels MAAC exemption for model flying

    Good news!
  10. TonyHallo

    What beer ya drinking tonight?

    Out with family yesterday, found this board rather unique. Of course I drank Miller Lite in a bottle as all the taps were occupied.
  11. TonyHallo

    Mini lathe (and mill) discussion.

    I didn't put any guards on the scales installed with the reader down. The only one that was guarded was the lathe cross slide and now that is gone.
  12. TonyHallo

    Mini lathe (and mill) discussion.

    The wiring, glad you got the problem resolved.
  13. TonyHallo

    Mini lathe (and mill) discussion.

    Never have enough tools! How did you resolve your power problem on the mill?
  14. TonyHallo

    Mini lathe (and mill) discussion.

    Kind of odd! You got me thinking of a smaller scale. I don't know about the output listed, you have two options, quadrapture and 1 v pp. My display uses a RS422 TTL and I don't if either of those will work, I'm rather sure yours is TTL as well. Rewiring was easy, I just mentioned it to make...
  15. TonyHallo

    Mini lathe (and mill) discussion.

    The magnetic scale arrived today for the cross slide. It is installed and I can now touch the chuck jaws with a tool now, I'm happy. See the before and after photos. I did need to rewire the plug to match my RS422 pinout. Above is the original glass scale, it was 2 1/4" long. The magnetic...
  16. TonyHallo

    Mini lathe (and mill) discussion.

    I tried using the follow rest once but things didn't work as expected. I like the way Joe Pie does it with micarta board.
  17. TonyHallo

    PM Research Mini Engine Lathe Build

    That's coming along nicely.
  18. TonyHallo

    Mini lathe (and mill) discussion.

    2.75 x 25.4 =69.85, should be fine.
  19. TonyHallo

    Mini lathe (and mill) discussion.

    I used a glass cutter to cut the glass, very easy to do. All of my scales were cut to length.
  20. TonyHallo

    Mini lathe (and mill) discussion.

    I pulled the trigger on a 5" magnetic scale, hopefully it will work with my display. I will need to rewire the plug because my display uses a different pinout. With a little luck the 6" chuck will clear, if not I will gain 1" of travel, the glass scale is 2 1/4" while the magnetic is 1 1/4"...
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