Fastest Cheapest Way To Remove Gunk
I've got some roller bearing axles with caked on grease -- a lot of them. In the past I've used a brass wire brush and kerosene (on cleaning my SB9A lathe) but these axles seem really thick and...
View ArticleA Dividing Head By Wayne
Hi All my name is Wayne I live in a agricultural part of Spain (an engineering waste land). I have a BV20 Axminster lathe and a KTF mill drill. I have dabbled in cnc building and put stepper motors on...
View ArticlePoly-v Vs. V Belts Vs. Link Belts For Vibration
Hi all, studiously avoiding work here, so the mind turns to that other existential question (2nd to "when's dessert"): which is less likely to suffer from belt induced vibrations - poly-V, V or link...
View Article"what Is This Thing?" Running Thread
I don't see a running thread for this topic (at least not by browsing and searching through Tapatalk) and I think it would be appropriate to have one. It doesn't seem to make much sense to make a...
View ArticleOt: Best Tooling Purchase?
Just out of curiosity, if you had to buy any piece of tooling again what would it be? My vote goes to parallels, no more hunting around for HSS tool bits and round bar stock to use.
View ArticleZ Zero On Part??
I find lot of info about finding the edge of a work piece on a mill and can use my edge finder. But, what about finding the top of the piece to set the Z zero? My mill is manual but has 3 axis DRO...
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Warco Wm14 Thread
Hi all I decided to cnc my warco wm14 mill and went from no cnc knowledge to having a pretty good understanding, all from this forum and your cnc builds! This is still in progress and I'm just waiting...
View ArticleMorse taper with tang ??
I just wanted to clear this up in my newbie mind.. I have an Atlas TH54 lathe, which (far as I know) uses #2 Morse taper in tail stock. I can see there is no provision for a tang in the taper. But.. it...
View ArticleMill Leaving Ridges While Face Milling
So I recently picked up a valenite 3" face mill and just getting around to trying it today. I stuck a piece of 4" aluminum in the vise, on the parallels and took a .200 pass. Feeding from left to right...
View ArticleCentral Florida Machinist
Any Florida Hobby-Machinist that wants to join our group please just send me a PM. *G*
View ArticleCustom Stock Rest
I finally had enough of the free standing floor stock rest for my cut-off saw. So I decided on making a custom rest that attached to my tool box light post. I think it turned out pretty well, I like...
View ArticleSouth Bend 9a Restoration (pic Heavy)
A month ago I brought home my first lathe- a 1941 South Bend 9a. I didn't really intend to do a full restoration on it right away since I'm itching to start turning, but one thing lead to another and...
View ArticleErl-1340
Plunked down my deposit and placed the order for the PM High Precision Lathe with taper attachment a couple weeks ago. Sold my Craftsman/Atlas 12" to make room for it. View attachment 112757 The...
View ArticleM newest aquisition ... A #4 Burke mill
I recently purchased a #4 Burke milling machine about 3 weeks ago. It will not be getting restored as it only needs some minor work and I have a ton of projects mostly done just needing a little mill...
View ArticleMilling Bogging Down In Cut
I wonder if any of the more experianced chaps out there can shed some light on my milling problem. I have a 3HP horizontal mill (Adcock & Shipley later badged Brigeport - 1ES) - which has a...
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First Ever Actual Part Made
Well, today I machined my 1st "real" part that must be fairly accurate and work. Bought a QCTP for my new lathe and it had a blank block base to be made to fit individual lathe. It was thicker and...
View ArticleHelp Iding Lathe
This lathe coming up for auction in a couple weeks. Auction service just lists it as 4" lathe. I'm not familiar enough with Clausing lathes to ID from picture. View attachment 127951
View ArticleCutting Pipe Threads On Pm 1236
Good morning - Is it possible to cut NPT threads on the PM 1236 lathe. I am mulling over a project that I want to do that would involve cutting that type of thread. Thanks, Woodrow
View ArticleStandard Modern 1340
Hey everyone, I am trying to freshen up a Standard Modern 1340 lathe. I am going through everything and I believe I have some gears missing from the feedbox. I'm equipped enough to make one, but I just...
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