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Some K&T thoughts on the matter.
Hi Ewan, congratulations on your most impressive new addition, (especially when price is considered), I suspect that it would have been good buying at 10 times the price, and just shows what is possible if you are patient, and keep your eyes and ears open. It also helps to have some great mates letting you know what is around too:wink:
As I have yet to take delivery of a milling machine , you may wish to take with a grain of salt, my thoughts on milling, but in the absence of wigglers or other edge finding devices, thin paper, tally ho's, old phone book or whatever sounds like standard practice from years ago, and I seem to recall reading that even marking out blue has been used, but as it is only a couple of tenths of a thou thick, you sure would have to sneak up carefully if you were not to mark the work piece.
Some time ago I downloaded a K&T manual and if you are interested and feel that it may prove useful, I will try to find the link for you, but in the meantime I will post the relevant pages on their take on feeds and speeds circa 1940. All the best,
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