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Can anyone here recommend a good alternative to Waukesha, which seems to be growing scarce (7 week back-order from the foundry). Need high strength, good corrosion resistance, decent machinability, good wear resistance, and anti-galling properties.

Is it permissable in this forum to solicit input from users of a particular brand/model of CNC Lathe regarding its reliability and ease of use? For example, let's say I'm interested in the level of satisfaction among users of a well known lathe that comes equipped with a Fusion 640 Controller...

Jail is right on target. My company deals with this kind of problem occasionally, and it becomes more acute as your thread size (diameter) increases. I would suggest leaving the male threaded part as 303, and change the female threaded part to 17-4, heat treated to H1025 or H900. It's a...

My company manufactures viscous fluid governed products, and we've just been advised that someone in Scotland has gotten improved high temp performance out of some of our products using a viscuous fluid called Acrulube. I did some searching and haven't been able to find the stuff. Does anyone...

I'm a huge SolidWorks fan, and know nothing of Inventor, so my opinion is obviously biased. I can tell you that SW is extremely versatile, logical, well supported, and carries a very fast learning curve. It is a way of thinking that I believe should be taught very early in design/engineering...

Heather...ordinary paint will give you the color and corrosion protection you want, but won't help you with wear. Might be that by the time you find a suitable and compatible coating system for your 1010 channel, you'd be better off looking at a different material to make your channel out of...

Can anyone point me to a source for one of those mil spec plating charts, like some plating companies give out at the shows?  I've seen them under various companies' headers, but don't recall specifically which companies.  The charts have a wealth of info about Type, Class...