Never Leveled My Lathe
My only defense is that it's current location, in my basement, was only "temporary". 5 years later I'm moving it to it's new home, next to my 1967 Series1 J-head Bridgeport, in a new 28ft x 30ft...
View ArticleCheaps , One Offs & Extras (as I Find Them)
Anything and everything listed on here is plus YOUR SPECIFIED shipping . I will ship as you want . I accept Paypal , checks , cash , beer or trades . I pledge 5% of any and all sales to this site for...
View ArticleEducate Me On Thread Dials
I have an old Shepard Lathe that I am working on. It did not come with a thread dial and never had one. I found a gear from a treadmill height adjustment that meshes with the lead screw perfectly. I...
View ArticleHeat Treating Oven
Last spring, while I was still out of my house after the fire, I made a trip with a buddy to pick up some equipment from an engineer/machinist who was closing down his shop. My main interest was the...
View ArticleJust Wanna Thank All You Grizzly Guys..
Listen fellas Jim Dawson and Charles and several others really helped me along when I almost bought the 4003g see previous post.. I just wanted to share with you fellas that I finally got my equipment...
View ArticleLogan 14 Inch Do You Own One? Model 6565 In Particular
I would be interested in hearing some straight talk opinions of this lathe from those who own one. I was assisting someone with locating a lathe for gunsmithing and found a 6565 in his area which he...
View ArticleG4003g Baldor Motor With Isolation Mounts - Surface Finish Fix 2.0
1. The isolation mounts I had purchased were not hacking it with the motor mounted on its side so I ordered the much larger isolation mounts another forum member ordered. 2. It was getting really...
View ArticleArc On A Manual Mill?
I have a Repton RT1 for turning balls and radiuses on a lathe. It works OK albeit not quite as solid as I would like, especially on a 7x10 lathe, but with care it works. Can I do sort of the same thing...
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 ArticleEnd Mill Sharpening???
I have boxes of end mills that, apparently, were sharpened by a blind man at one time. I've never sharpened an end mill but would love to salvage as many as I can. It costs to much to send them out so...
View ArticleHow Do I Hook Up This Old Craftsman Motor
This is a old Craftsman 1/2 hp split phase motor. I'm electrically challenged. Am I missing some wires. Which one is hot. Does it have to be grounded to make it run. Can I change rotation if need be....
View Article24 Volt Machine Light Bulb
In case anyone else is looking for them. This works in my machine. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000TZQRAI?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s01
View ArticleDont You Just Hate It When......
Everything is set up nicely in the lathe or mill or what have you, cutting well, about half way through when you hear those immortal words...... "Honey, could you just replace those three cracked tiles...
View ArticleBest Collets For A Round Column Mill Drill?
Waiting for my King PDM-30 mill to arrive and wonder what is the best collet system for round column mills. I have no experience with mills and only recently discovered there are different collet...
View ArticleCleaning Lathe Chuck
i'm cleaning a chuck i just purchased , i was wandering what greese to use on it or in it
View ArticleParting Question: Seems Feed Is Really Fast.....
My setup is an atlas TH42 with an AXA QCTP. Using a parting blade, edge polished on a wet stone to make the cutting point as clean and sharp as possible. I've tried a curved, flat and no back rake...
View ArticleNew Precision Matthews 1022V lathe!
Well, about 6 weeks ago I was trying to use the Sherline lathe to learn to turn a piece of aluminum stock down to .5 inches and I burned out the stock motor. I guess taking off 3 mlls at a time was...
View ArticleSwarf Chips They Are Everywhere
I hope this is the right place to ask . Yesterday my loving wife was putting a shirt on and it was tangled. While helping there was a cork screw piece of swarf tangled in the fabric. I was already on...
View ArticleWinchester 94
I have a winchester leaver action 94, no barrel or mag tube just the action. It was chambered in 30 30 so I want to build a rifle around this action (Just to be different). I have been thinking about...
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