How To Put A Satin Finish On New Large Dials?
I am making large dials for my southbend 9a. I am going to mark 200 marks, and do a direct reading dial, what I don't know is how to get a satin finish on aluminum. I was thinking of glass beading...
View ArticleGot A Bigger Lathe...now What?....
Don't know what forum to put this in so let's try here. So I managed to scoop up a Grizzly 12x36 G4003G lathe locally and now I'm wrestling with questions about what to do with my accessories from my...
View ArticleSmaller Kurt Vises Are So Expensive!
What am I missing here? I can get on ebay and find Kurt D60 vises selling for $250 or so all day long. But when a random D50 (or D40 or D30 even) pop up, people want $350++ for them. Why are the...
View ArticleCutter Recommendation Please
I'm looking for a decent face mill 2" and 3"+ . Need the R8 shanks and holders too, or integrated. Not many of them have good reviews from Shars, BHS, Grizzly. I'm Looking for budget stuff that's semi...
View ArticleChip Clean Up
Looking for an easier, faster way to clean chips from machines. I use a shop vac on the metal parts which works OK but my ways are protected w/ fabric and the vac try's to suck it up too. I saw a guy...
View ArticlePlease Let Us Know If There Are Other Manufacturers
That are not listed in our forums... If we get enough requests for a particular manufacturer, we will add it.
View ArticleA Couple Of 1911s
Well, one is actually called a 2011, but it's just a wide-body 1911 for all intents and purposes. As I've said before, I'm no pistolsmith (nor machinist for that matter), I just like to tinker with...
View ArticleAcme 7/8" Lead Screw
Hi My 1940's Parkson No. 1NA mill has a worn ACME cross feed lead screw and nut . The size is 7/8" x 5 TPI and it is a LH thread . Been looking for a new screw in this size with no luck. I can use a...
View ArticleGetting Ready To Bore My Pulley
Ok Im sure this is an easy project but I'm just an amateur at best... and I'm looking for some set up pointers I have a G1008 and The previous owner put a 1 HP 56 frome motor on it. He shimmed the...
View ArticlePm-940m Cnc
Hi. I am a new forum member. Great forum. Great members. Great advice. I'd like to start a thread for PM-940M CNC owners. There's not a lot of model specific help out there for this machine. Is there...
View ArticleRepairs And Upgrades On My Burke #4
Recently I acquired a new (to me) saddle and table for my Burke #4 mill. It has made such a great improvement over the "FrankenBurke" setup I had, But has led me to some things that need additional...
View ArticleG4003g: Oils
I'm slowly getting together what I need for my G4003G lathe and am looking at oils they recommend. For the headstock Mobil DTE Light is recommended. The only place locally that has it in 1-gallon jugs...
View ArticleNew Handles For Pm1340gt
So I had a few free hours this weekend and decided to play on the lathe. I made some new handles like many others. I decided to make them out of stainless instead of aluminum. I have quite a bit of 304...
View ArticleA Bit More Progress On The Shop ...
Have had two helpers to do the heavy lifting on the sheet rock while I cut and measure, so have made some pretty good headway in the last week or so. Got about half of the electrical run, 125 amp sub...
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Lathe Chuck Question
Hey guys I don't know what I was thinking but I removed my chuck and then removed the cams and the screws off the back plate....3 springs popped out from an unknown location. Any ideas? Sent from my...
View ArticleIt Just Stopped ??
Was using my SB Hvy10 yesterday doing some very minor turning. Turned of the machine to swap the belt to a faster pulley, and when I went to turn it back on, all I got was a "click" and a humming sound...
View ArticleDebur Internal Taper On A Jacobs Drill Chuck?
I recently picked up a drill press with a Jacobs chuck which mounts on a 33JT spindle taper. The chuck is in excellent condition other than that is has a raised score / galling about midway into the...
View ArticleControlling Stepper Motors
I have decided my next project is to build a small cnc machine. This is just to be a learning experience for me and I don’t intend to do much with it. I already have some stepper motors but am confused...
View ArticleHow To Straigten Small Brass Tubing?
Hi all. Is there a trick someone can point out to me to straighten this pipe out? (pic below). Searched and see tube straighteners, but I cannot remove this. So it's Heat it, or some trick I'm clueless...
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