Recent content by Brian M Mcandrew

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Chuck center line to top of cross slide? If standard flat skive tooling is quoted then by all means Dave's sketch would suit you well. Flat tooling does offer less involved regrinding, though wood and low production probably indicates sharpened for life🤣 Another thought, if your cross slide is...

Eric, The dovetail blanks would be burned to your drawing of the required profile. The actual dovetail (clamping componant) size would be dictated by your cross slide width and t-nut size (base has to fit onto). In your application I believe your 3.0 + or - would be no problem, considering your...

Eric, Dovetail form and skive tools are available, again mostly confined to the screw machine industry. The holders operate similar to an Aloris style tool post but orientated horizontally. As far as height adjustment, if tolerance is wide open, and repeatability from setup to setup is not...

Yes, and typically the stock is burnished as the tool passes center resulting in very low rms surface finishes, on metal of course. Just 2 more cents🤣

https://boyar-schultzsmt.com/skiving-tool-holders.htm So long ago I may have rattled around a B&S screw machine shop. If your having M&P machine shop fab it, then some good design features should be borrowed, ie wedges to fine tune centerline on a profile that long. Just 2 more cents

Eric, Do you have an OAL in mind for the profile to be cut?

Cabin grade, when the cabin is on an island!

In the spirit of the day, the late great John Prine.

Very indicative of over inflation. 45 psi cold can easily become 50psi at highway speed in such a small tire. Much to high for such a light load in my experience. Yes there is a fine line between over inflated for the load and underinflated, with generates heat and causes many failures. Perform...

Eric, I personally gave up on Filson after their last corporate sale, as stated the spiral is almost complete. I have been a fan of all my S.Kromer gear, although a packer is not on the menu. Maybe someone should drop a dime and a product idea.🤣

Mike, I'm in central Maine, via Milford CT. (which I remember as an oyster village lol) Many friends and family still in your area. The Madoc will spend much of her time local to the Sebasticook river system, which I'm blessed to live on. Regards