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gundoc, you might try playing with different air pressures with the glass beads. Has worked for me when trying to match a finish. Mike

The first time you get a high dollar stainless action galled and stuck on a barrel will be the education you need to allow clearance! Ask me how I know! I usually cut the barrel tenon to 1.056 and use a thread mic to cut the threads to a pitch diameter that allows the barrel to be screwed on...

Skeetlee, I know that set-tru chucks are expensive but my 6 jaw bison set-tru has got me so spoiled with it's accuracy that I could never go back....would be like going out in the icy wind and rain naked :-) Seriously, the accuracy and repeatability of the Bison has to be used to appreciate...

cl5man, I feel your pain, we had an enco lathe drive my friend and I nuts trying to figure out why the thread cutting deteriorated over the course of a year. Even brought in a specialist and paid some big dollars but he couldn't find the problem. My friend, the owner, was looking at the gear...

Rest in peace Larry, enjoyed our friendship and conversations,thanks for mentoring my son Erik. You will be missed, may God bless and comfort your family. Mike