On Thursday 19 November 2009, Leslie Newell wrote: >I would be concerned about having a very fine needle sticking out. It >would be very vulnerable. I have no problems with a piece of 1/16" OD >tube and a needle valve. You are going to need a needle valve anyway >because some jobs need more oil than others. > >Les
Without a doubt. The so-called needle valve I got from Lowes didn't want to shut off, so I took it apart to discover there was nothing needle about it. The reason it wouldn't turn off is that the threads in the body weren't tapped deep enough, and I had to force it the last half turn to actually get to a seated condition. ATM it is open maybe 2 degrees from screwed down tight, so the oil is just sort of seeping through it and that seems to be more than enough to keep the mill and work wet. I also thought of soldering it shut, then using the needle to bore a hole in the solder, then glue the needle into the bored hole. Cut it off a sixteenth proud & polish that to just proud of the solder should work. The needle itself is only 3/8" long once pulled from the plastic. However, if I could find a _real_ needle valve that would be even better. All I need is a good method of adjusting the flow anyway, which this valve sure as heck isn't. 10 degrees off the seat and its effectively wide open. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them. <https://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/accept-membership.asp> <dark> "Hey, I'm from this project called Debian... have you heard of it? Your name seems to be on a bunch of our stuff." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
