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Rong Fu RF-25 Mill/Drill
   Mill/Drill Specifications & Views
           Specifications, Belts Drive, Speeds, Fine Down Feed, Motor, Integral Light, Milling Vises,
           Power Feed,
Quill Arms, Machine Mounts
          
   RF-25 Mill DRO X Y Z Axes & Tachometer 
           Mill DRO - Instrumented Mill, Enclosure, Zeroing, Off-set Milling, Mount, Red Filter, Daughterboard Upgrade, Quill Arms
           X-axis - Scales, Brackets, Over-travel Switch, Cables, Handle Animations
           Y-axis - Scale Brackets, Scale, Lower Brackets, Cables, Handle Animations
           Z-axis - Scales, Brackets, Scale, Cable Routing, Analog Readout
           Tachometer - Encoded Pulley, Infrared Reflectivity, EO Sensor, Cable Routing, Surface Feet per Minute

     
   Collets, 5C Fixtures, V-Blocks & Angled Fixtures

           5C Collets, Spin Index, 5C Fixtures, 5C Lathe Chucks, V-Blocks, Tilt Tables, Angle Plates, Screw Jacks, Dowel Pins

   R-8 Spindle Accessories
           R-8 Collets, ER-40 Collet Chuck, Arbor, Boring Heads, Fly Cutter, End Mill Holders, Drill Chucks

   Workholding, Rotary Tables & Dividing Head
           Mill Vise, Indicating a Mill Vise, Drawbar Tool, Work Stops, Edge Finders, Safety Shields
           Parallel Sets, Precision Blocks, Work Hold-down Clamps, Rotary Tables, Dividing Head
          

   End Mills & Cutters
           
End Mills, Radius Cutters, Saw Blades, Straight-shank Arbors, ER-16 Collet Extensions, Fly Cutters
           

   Coolant Misting System
          
Nozzle, Air Supply, Valves, Reservoirs
          

Taig Micro Mill
   4-Axes Taig Micro Mill CNC Conversion
          
4-Axes CNC Micro Mill, Pre-CNC Baseline, Mach3 Interface, Involute Gears,
           Z-Offset Gage Animation, CNC Bench

   A Computer for CNC

           Mother Board, Enclosure, Display Brackets, Cables


   Lead-screw Conversion

           Lead Screws, Split Nut, Stepper Motor Couplers

   Stepper Motors & Controller

           Couplers, Cables, Stepper Mounting, 4th Axis, Stepper Controller, Dual Control

   Breakout Board, SCHP, Pendant, Tach & Relay Box

           Breakout Board, Safety Charge Pump, MPG Pendant, Spindle Tachometer,
           Infrared Reflectivity, Tachometer Buffer Chip, PropScope,
           QRB-1114 Based Portable EO IR Reflective Pickup, Relay Box

   E-Stop & Limit/Home Switches

           E-Stop Switch, Limit & Home Switches, Cables

   4th A-axis CNC Rotary Table

           Bracket, Stepper Motor Mount, Indicating, Tramming Animation

   Mach3 Setup
           Mach3 Interface, Mach3 Mill Menus, Stepper Motor Tuning, Mach3 Turn Menus

   Tooling Plate
          
Bolt Pattern, Tapping, Alignment Pins, Clamping Fixtures

   3D Digitizing
            3D Digitizing Probe, Digitizing Movie
          
   Taig Mill DRO X Y Z Axes & Tachometer
           Taig Micro Mill DRO, Scales, Enclosure, Red Display Filter, Mounting Brackets, Cabling, DPU-550
           Daughterboard Upgrade
           X-axis - Bracket, Scale Mount, Cable Route
           Y-axis - Carriage Modification, Scale Brackets, Cable
           Z-axis - Scale & Brackets, Cable
           Tachometer - EO Sensor, Encoded Pulley, Infrared Reflectivity, Surface feet per Minute

          
   
Motor & ER-16 Spindle Upgrades
         
 ER-16 Spindle, ER-16 Collets, Locking Levers, Drill Arbor, Low-speed Countershaft,
           High-Speed Pulley, Motor Mount, Tachometer, Indicator Mount

          
   Screwless Vises
          
Mounting Brackets, Work Holding Examples, Parallel Sets, Adjustable Work Stop
          
   Manual Rotary Table
          
Initial Alignment, Tramming, Part Setup Example, Rotary Table Alignment Bracket, Vise Attachment, Brackets,
          
Miniature Toe-clamp Sets
          
   Aligning a Taig Mill Vise
         
 Indicating Animation, Vise Alignment & Clamping, Solid-Jaw Indicating, Vise Bed Indicating Animation
          
Jet BD-920N 9x20 Lathe
   Views & Specifications
          
Original Design, Jet BD-920N, Specifications, Gears, Gear Ratios, Lathe Machine Mounts
          
   9x20 Lathe DRO X Z1 Axes & Tachometer 
           9x20 Lathe DRO - 9x20 Lathe DRO, DRO Wall Mount Bracket, DPU-550 Daughterboard Upgrade, Lathe Work Light

           X-axis - Brackets, Scale, Alignment, Cables & Mechanical Linkages
           Z1-axis - Bracket, Alignment, Mechanical Linkages & Cables, Low-cost Z1-axis Travel Dial
           Tachometer - EO Sensor Placement, Cable, Surface Feet per Minute

          

   Compound Bracket & Angle Plate Jig
           Compound Bracket, Compound Pivot, Annular QCTP Spacer, Compound Angle-Plate Jig,
           Jig Alignment Animation, Taper Angle Measurement

          
   Quick Change Tool Post & Tool Bits
          
Upgraded Bolt Post, Holders, Carbide Insert Tool Bit Set, Carbide Insert Cut-off Tool
           Carbide Insert Tool Bits,
Tool Bit Height Gages, Tool Bit Types & Shapes, Brazed Carbide,
           HSS, Storage, Surface Feet per Minute
          
   Cross slide, Compound, Carriage & Feed Gears

           Lead Screw & Nut, Bracket, Handles, Compound Upgrade, Tension Bars, Adjustable Carriage Stops, Feed Gears
          
   Tumble-reverse Gear
           Baseline, Gear Bearings, Gear Carrier Plate, Adjustable Travel Limits, Detent Mechanism,
           Tumble-reverse Movie, Plastic Drive Gear
          

   Tool Post Grinder

           Tool Post Grinder, Simple Mounting Bracket, Single Point Dresser, Grinding, Pivoting Bracket,
           Air Micro Die Grinder

          
   Collet & Jawed Spindle Chucks
           5C Collet Chuck, Keys & Bars, Chucks with 5C Mounts, ER-40 Collets & MT-3 Chuck, MT-3 Collets,
           4-Jaw Chucks, 3-Jaw Chucks, Total Indicated Readout, MT-3 End Mill Holders, MT-3 to Taig Adapter

   Lathe Mandrels & Arbors
               Mandrel Set, Specifications, Using a Mandrel, Expanding Arbors, Tapered Lathe Mandrels
              
  
Centers, Drill Chucks, Arbors & Accessories
           Centers, Tailstock Chuck, Follow Rest, Steady Rest, Faceplate, Dogs, End Mill Holders,
           Drill Chucks, Arbors, Floating Reamer Holder, Tap Holders, Die Holders, Turret, Wedges

          
   Locking & Tramming the Tailstock
           Tailstock Lock, Setscrews, Handles, Tailstock Tramming, Tramming Animations
          
 
  Boring Bars
           Boring Bar Sets, QCTP Boring Bar Holder, Sleeve Adapters, Boring Head in Tailstock, Boring Bars
          
   Ball Turners & Knurlers
           Ball Turning, Ball-turning Fixture, Material Setup, Part Removal, Micro Ball Turner, Knurlers, Mini Knurler

          
   Single-Point Threading
           3-Wire Method, 60° Center Gage, Thread Cutting Reference, Lathe Gears, Gear Ratios,
           Thread Indicator, Thread Micrometer, Thread Gages, CNC Threading
          
   Spindle Motor Emergency Stop 
           

Taig Micro Lathe
   Taig Micro Lathe CNC Conversion
          
CNC Micro Lathe, X-axis Lead Screw, Z-axis Lead Screw, Stepper Motors, Spindle Motor Pulleys
           Tachometer, Spindle Index, Limit Switches, E-Stop, QCTP, CNC Threading Movie, Machine Work Light
          

   Taig Micro Lathe DROs
           Micro Lathe DROs, Milling the Carriage, Brackets, Alignment, Scales, Analog Positional Readouts
   
   
Spindle Motor, Mount & Jackshaft Pulley
           Lathe Motor, Belt Tensioning Animation, Motor Plate Lock, Motor Switches, Jackshaft Speed-reduction Pulley
                  
   Micro Lathe & Mill Accessories

           Chucks, Steel Jawed, Collets, Centers, Tool Posts, Cut-off Tool Post, ER-16 Spindle Adapters,
           Compound Slide, Die Holder, Jacobs Chucks, Milling Attachment,
Miniature Toe-clamp Sets,
           Riser Blocks, Soft Jaws, Steady Rest, Tailstocks, Ball Turner, Arbors, Grinding Wheels, Wood Turning

   Tool Posts, Boring Bar Holders & Locking Levers
           Rocker Tool Post, Handle Upgrades, Tool Posts, Cut-off Tool Post, Tool Bit Height Gage
           Quick Change Tool Post, QCTP Tool Bit Holders, Boring Bar Holder, Boring Bar Sets, Eccentric Tool Holder

   Lead Screw with Split-Nut & DC Motor Drive
           Split-nut Animation, Exploded View, Nut Subassembly, Carriage Modification,
           Split-Nut Mounted on Carriage, Bearings & Lead Screw, Lathe Z1-axis Motor & Clutch

               
   Tramming the Taig Tailstock
          

Metal-working
   Band Saw
           Band Saw, Cut-off Saw, Blades, Saw Tables & Miter, Table Fence, Handles, Wheels & Machine Mounts

          
   Bench Grinders
           Bench Grinder, Grinder Chuck, Jigs, Pedestal Feet, Wheel Dressers, Diamond Carbide Grinder

          
   Broach Cutters
           Broach Cutting Set, Broach Holder & Shim, Bushing, Cutting

          
   CNC Gears
           Gear Wheel Designer, Deadbeat Escapement, Involute Gears, Mach3, Gearotic Motion, Involute Gear Cutters,
           Range of Cutters, Basic Gear Formulae, Module Tooth Dimensions, Common Clock Trains
          
   
Double-Acting Steam Engine
         

   Drill Bits, Countersinks, Reamers & Counter-bores
           Drill Bits, Long Boy, Silver & Deming, Tapered Shank, Metric, Sharpeners, Center Drills, Stepped Drills,
           Countersinks, Reamers, Floating Reamer Holder, Taper-pin Reamers, Counter-bores, Engraving Bits,
           Combo Drill-Tap Bits, Diamond Wheels, Wood bits, Masonry Bits

          
   Drill Presses & Chucks
           Mill Drill, Floor Drill Press, Drill Chucks, Z-axis DRO, Indicating 1, Table Work Stop, Table Clamp,
           Toe-clamp Set, Super Chuck, Bench Drill Press, Indicating 2, Fence, Machine Work Light,
           Micro Chucks, Miniature Drill Press, Dremel Drill Press, Mortising Attachment
          
   How to Drill a Hole

           Scribing, Center Punching, Drilling, Deburring, General Deburring, How to Drill the Center of a Rod, Edge Finder,
           Drilling a Rod

    Layout Tools
           Layout Tools, Scribes & Automatic Center Punches, Precision Gage Blocks, Surface Plates,
           Surface Gages, Height Gages, Universal Gage, Transfer Punches, Protractor, Optical Protractor

   Precision Mensuration
           Indicators, Z-Offset Gages, Height Gage, Inside Diameter Gages, Pin Gages, Runout & Bore Gages, Calipers,
           Micrometers, Dial Test Indicators, Coaxial, Indicator Holders, Thread Gages, Angle Meter,
           Angle Gages, Radius Gages, Infrared Thermometer

   Pens & Wine Bottle Stoppers
           Pen Body, Pens, Arbor Press, Wine Bottle Stoppers

          
   
Punches
          
   Router Table Lift

           Router Lift Animation, Router Table, Router Lift Jack, Table Locks, Bit Changing, Saw Gage
          
   Sheet Metal

           Shear Animation, Gage, Gage Table, Shear, Press Brake & Slip Roll Tool, Slip Rolls, Tin Snips
          
   Sine Vises, Bars & Plates
           Angle Calculations, Sine Vises, Gage Blocks, Sine Bars, Sine Plate
          
   Tapping Threads & Reference Tables

           Hand Tappers, Tap Handles, Tape Guides, Tapmatic 30X, Die Holders, Drill-Tap Sets, Drill-Tap Chart,
           Thread Measurement, Bolt Head Grade Identification

          
   Vises
           Mill Vises, Indicating Animation, Drill Press Vises, Screwless Vises, Sine Vises, Bench Vise,
           Bench Vise Animation, Soft Jaws, Pin Vises, Hand Vises, Anvils
          
   Personal Safety Equipment & Disclaimer

           Full-face Visor, Safety Glasses, Flip-down Magnifiers, Breathing Filter, Hearing Protection,
           Anti-fatigue Mats, Leather Gloves, Shop Vacuum, Disclaimer

   Manuals, Tables & Schematics

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