I Think It Is An Atlas Headstock Help Me I.d.
Picked this up years ago just trying to I.D. i would say it is a 10" swing. Atlas?? View attachment 129155 View attachment 129156 View attachment 129157
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Enco 25% + Fs
If you missed the last 25% + FS this is good to the 31st. DS531 FF531 If I am posting to many of these let me know
View ArticleFirewood Processor
I heat my house and shop with a wood fired boiler, burn about 20 face cord a year. I buy a load of logs and cut them up by hand, this year my son helped and we were done in 5 days,so not a huge task,...
View ArticleExperience Turning And Parting 304l And 303 Stainless Steel
Does anyone have experience to share turning the above on their Chinese 7x or 8x lathe? I wonder if they are rigid and powerful enough. I want to make these bushings starting with .625 SS rod....
View ArticleI Need To Build A Milling Vise. Best Kind To Make????
Originally I had planned to save up and buy a nice milling vise. I have been getting by with a drill press vise and I am at the point where I have had it. Between breaking end mills, wasting valuable...
View ArticleSherline + Igauging Linear Dro; Possible?
I'm looking into DRO options for my Sherline setup... There are some things I don't like about the OEM solution. Has anyone successfully installed iGauging DROs on Sherline machines? On the lathe, the...
View ArticleSoliciting Ideas For The Machining Corner Of My Shop!
Hello, I moved my lathe and mill to run new electric to the machining corner of my shop. I have several ideas that I want to run past others like having a formica wall chip catch and having cabinets...
View ArticleNew Guy: Upgrade Parts Or Entire Lathe?
Hi all. New to the home machinist world. I recently purchased a used Central Machine 7x10 (SKU 33684) and I am really enjoying the process, but already finding myself wanting a larger lathe setup. I...
View ArticleBurke No.4
View attachment 127817 I am in the middle of restoring an old no.4. So far I've stripped the entire machine, sanded, and primed most of the parts. I thought I'd post a pic, this has been a serious...
View ArticleMach 3 Work Offset
I've done some reading and ran a simulation in Mach 3 but to be sure before I unnecessarily waste material I thought I would run it past the brain trust. How do I set up work offsets and apply them to...
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Anyone Recognize This Surface Grinder
In a quest to fill the space where the Logan shaper was I ran across this little grinder. From a brief email he said the chuck was 6x12, and he only used it for sharpening. I don't even know enough...
View ArticlePass Around 2016
This is the thread for the 2016 Pass Around Box. Since the previous Pass Around project worked so well, we are going to try again with a few twists. In order to avoid confusion, we will keep it to just...
View ArticlePremium Memberships
When does this start? Does this remove the ability to post pictures of project progress? Or just albums. Not sure I know what an album does. What makes you think that people that won't donate even a...
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 ArticleTrailer Decking
Time for a new trailer deck , 12 yo big Tex 7x18 10 pie ,Old wood was green PT Anyone have suggestions on wood type, fasteners, I'm in a place that everything is overpriced X 3 I've removed the old...
View ArticleBelt Drive Conversion
I am doing a belt drive conversion based off of some of the guys on this board and others, where they use the splined gear for the spindle and turn it upside down and press and weld in an extension....
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Jacobs Flex Collets ...
Have a chance to pick up a set of Jacobs flex collets 1/16-1 1/4" for $80. anyone know what sort of chuck these are held in and if this would be a good purchase. Thanks, Mike
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Jacobs Chuck Runout Expectations
I am looking for a good drill chuck for my mill. I have purchased several on eBay but am less than impressed with the runout. What should my expectations be? Here is the runout on three of the chucks I...
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