Should I Use 60 Degree Cutter For Fine Threads?
I am cutting some fine 8mm x 1.0 threads and my 60 degree cutter "looks" like it is too wide for these threads. Should I be using a different angle thread cutter for fine threading? Only thing I find...
View ArticleG.a. Planer-seeking Advice.
Hello, I have also posted this request on other sites for assistance. I apologize for the redundancy. I am an advance newbie to machining, if there is such a thing. I have been hobby welding for years....
View ArticleLathe Head Alignment
I had a suspicion that the spindle on my 12 X 36 was not exactly parallel to the bed ways so I used this method to check. I found it was over 0.020 out at 24 " from the chuck. By adding some shims to...
View ArticleRepairing A Gear
The gear in the top of the picture is what the damaged one is. My plan is to order a gear close to the small one and machine it to size. Then I will press it in the good big gear and weld the face to...
View ArticlePeerless Power Hacksaw
View attachment 124695 The View attachment 124693 Hello Everyone, I have been given a power hacksaw made by the Peerless company ,Racine,Wi. This has a pat. Date of May 7,1912. It looks fairly complete...
View ArticleGenerator Bearing Support
Can't find the guidelines to publish pictures recently posted here. Tried copying and pasting - no luck. Help finding that information again would be greatly appreciated. View attachment 128729 View...
View ArticlePotd - Project Of The Day- What Did You Do In Your Shop Today?
This is a new thread that I am starting. As the good weather of Spring and Summer rolls around, many of us will go back to the shop to do something. We want to know what you did in your shop today. No...
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Worlds Smallest Ball Peen?
Might be the worlds smallest ball peen hammer, fits inside a penny. Handle is made from aluminum tig rod and the head from mild steel. Little nib on the end of the handle I still have to polish off
View ArticleAnd You Thought You Were Having A Bad Machining Day
One of our new helpers wasn't having a very good day today. He forgot to take a Holematic bore gauge out of a bore he was measuring before hitting cycle start. The boss was already gone for the day....
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Atlas Horizontal mill
I located a horizontal mill, model MF, ser. number 000556, for sale about an hour away from me and am curious if anyone would have information they might be able to share. I realize it's a small...
View ArticleRenegade Prints (build Has Begun)
What you are seeing is not one days work but rather six days work. I don't like CAD programs so I do everything with pencil and paper. There are 31 separate drawings for the Rail Gun I plan to build. I...
View ArticleEnd Mill Sharpener ?
I have been watching mark_f's post (Another Tool and Cutter Grinder) with great interest. He makes some beautiful useful tools and this one just caught me. Maybe I could make something that resembles...
View ArticleIndex Plate Size Used On Bs-0 Or Bs-1 Import Dividing Head?
Hi If anyone has one of the import BS-0 or BS-1 import dividing heads- could you tell me the dimensions? I ran across an old L-W dividing head – with a 5” chuck. It only had one index plate. 1.125” ID,...
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 ArticleWhite Smoke From New To Me Mill Motor
This past weekend I bought an old Bridgeport mill off of Craigslist. The seller was selling all his machinery. He claimed to have not used the mill in over ten years and looking at the ways it looked...
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 ArticleSelf Watering Green Bean Machine
I scored 12 food grade 55 gallon barells for free.This is my seconed build project. lf anyone is interrested I took pictures as I went along and can post more. *********Gator******** View attachment...
View ArticleCincy #2 Tool And Cutter Grinder
I see some great threads on here about folks making awsome T&C grinders. I've taken another route (perhaps a longer one) - picked up a "Hippo" - quite a chunk of iron and needs a fair amount of...
View ArticleError
is there a problem with the site ?. When I tap forums it comes up 'error page not found ' I loged out and back in same thing happens. Sorry for posting here , couldn't get to site issue .
View ArticleOk, I Wat To Play Dc Motor Swap On My Lathe!
As the title implies, I wish to modify my 10x22 gearhead lathe from a 1 HP ( 1725 rpm ) AC motor to a 2.5 HP (4000 ) rpm DC treadmill motor. The mill I picked up today was operational except for the...
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