Pm 932 Capacitor Explosion
View attachment 127577 And I thought it was going to be a dull evening. Had a capacitor go bang on my PM 932 in the middle of a small project I was working on. Definitely got my attention, as if the...
View ArticleNew Guy Here, This Is My Sb Lathe
I just aquired a SB from my dad, it seems to be in pretty good shape (after a ton of cleaning) Ser.# is 48546 NAR10, does anyone know what year it was made? View attachment 125553 View attachment...
View ArticleMill From The Top Or The Side?
I have 2 pieces of 2 by 2 angle iron, 3/8ths thick. I'm using my gorton 9-j mill. Is it best to mill on the vertical leg, with a cutter or the horizontal leg with a rougher. I need to remove 1/2 inch...
View ArticlePm1228vf
Hello All, So I've seen the model number PM1229VF in a few posts here. Are the spec's published somewhere and has anyone taken delivery of one of these lathes? John
View ArticleAtlas Mfc Mill Arbor Drawing ?
Does anyone have, or can make, a drawing with dimensions of the M1-560L 1" arbor for the MFC Mill? My newly acquired mill does not have one at this time and examining photographs it should be easy to...
View ArticleSo Lets Talk About Mandrels
Getting ready to machine some pulleys. I do not have any mandrels. I'd rather have solid ones as opposed to the expanding variety. I can only find new production Chinese stuff. Besides old US made ones...
View ArticleNew To Me Rong Fu 40 Mill Drill Questions..
I am new to the forum and this looks like a great group of folks! I am a former machinist and tech school machining instructor, but now just kicking around in my man cave. I thought I could help from...
View ArticleHelp With Central Machine 7x10 Lathe Post Upgrades
This is a continuation of a similar thread in the "harbor freight..." machine section. I am posting these questions here because I hope to get more traffic thus more answers. I am new to home machining...
View ArticleSome Help On Threads
Hi everyone, i just bough an old lathe, i guess it should be around 1950 manufactured, and i cannot figure out the threads on the spindle. I need to make a new back plate for my new chuck but i don't...
View ArticleHuanyang Vfd Basic Input Wiring
I've seen a few different ways of wiring the 220 single phase input of these units. Mine has R S T terminals for input (I think). The only ground (w/ ground symbol) is on the 3 phase side next to the U...
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Those Spacex Guys *really* Are Steely Eyed Missile Men.
Absolutely amazing. The landing back at the Cape was one thing, but this is astoundingly cool. http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/04/0...ating-platform-after-station-resupply-launch/ Reports are coming in...
View ArticleAnother Tool & Cutter Grinder
I said a couple weeks ago I was going to start another tool and cutter grinder. Well , it is starting now. This was idea was started by myself and a friend of mine discussing tool sharpening. We came...
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Dro Install Grizzly G1008 Knee Mill
I purchased this older Grizzly mill a few months back.... I decided to go with a 3 Axis Dro with Glass scales. and use a Igage absolute for the Quill.... I went with this for the Main 3 axis... Dro...
View ArticleAhp Alphatig 200x
I just ordered the AHP AlphaTig 200X from Amazon, $719 + $30.50 shipping, $20 off gift card, total $729.50 to my door. Supposed to be delivered around March 8th. That was one of the deciding factors...
View ArticlePressure Washer
I need all the help I can get when it comes to keeping things clean. Was given a little portable electric pressure washer years ago. It only worked long enough to convince me the gas one was a pain,...
View ArticleLogan 12" 2957v Restoration
Hi...I just purchased a Logan 12" 2957V lathe and am beginning to clean and restore the lathe. I had been able to use the lathe a little before I started so I knew it need a lil TLC. It needed a rack...
View ArticleHelp Identify This Mill
This image is on a auction site. I plan on going to bid but would like to be prepared. If I had an idea on the Mill I could look up weight, tooling etc... View attachment 128043 Any ideal.
View ArticleLathe/mill A Converging, Internal Angle Deep Inside Part
Attached is a schematic I was given by a friend to lathe up for him. What I need is essentially a cone on top of a cylinder, but cutting a 30(deg) angle deep inside the part without a cnc lathe is.......
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 ArticleNewbie Questions Re X2 Mini Mill
Hello everyone, Wanted to introduce myself and also had a couple of questions re setting up the Seig X2 mini mill I just bought. Sorry in advance, but this ended up being a little long. I'm a welder...
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