[TheForge] Jet tailstock disassembly?

Jerry Frost akfrosty at mtaonline.net
Tue Jul 2 02:37:31 EDT 2013


On 7/1/2013 9:50 PM, Mike Spencer wrote:
> Frosty wrote:
>
>> ...for things like tight or rough vise threads, lubing it with valve
>> grinding compound will smooth the works nicely.
> Otherwise known as lapping compound, comes in several grits.
>
> Came in handy for me just once, getting a too-tight nut to go nicely on
> to a great fat bolt on my big air hammer.
>
> I musta had that little can of lapping compound around for 30 years
> and never used it before.  Never throw anything away.
>
>
> - Mike
>
Lapping compound, that's the stuff Mike! I knew it had a name but when I 
looked for it it was gone, just not there. Stupid TREE! <sigh>

Jer


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