Drill Bit Breaking Through
Drilling a 3/8'' hole through 5/16'' cast iron, top side of work is flat but backside is slanted. A new cobalt split point drill goes through very well but catches real bad when breaking through the...
View ArticleAr15 Lower: Jumping In
Finally got one of my 0% forged lower castings on the mini-mill. Fixture plates were first machined with Ray Brandes' tutorial, and they have worked well. The mill is a HF to which I have added iGaging...
View ArticleNew To Me Craftsman 618 - Everything In Order?
Hi everyone! I got a Craftsman 618 (101.21400) off Craigslist a couple weeks ago. I posted an introduction and just finished building a bench for it out in my shed. I pretty much just wanted to get...
View ArticleWhy Am I Unable To Plunge Cut A Bronze Casting
Dear All, I am working on a bronze cylinder casting from PM Research. I am trying to get the steam chest milled, which requires that I make plunge cuts. I have tried 2 and 4 flute center cutting mills,...
View ArticleTool Post Indicator Mount
If you use Aloris type tool holders, it always seems like there is never enough of them to leave "tooled" up. Magnetic bases seems to attract more chips than I have physically made for some reason, so...
View ArticleHelp With An Older South Bend Lathe. 6' Bed
i just got my first lathe but it is an older one. Needs work on it but there are no stamps that show the model just a serial number under the tail stock 5642. I assume this tag is for who bought it....
View ArticleNew To Me, Jet 1336pbd - With Some "issues"
A couple weeks ago I found a Jet 1336PBD on Craigslist. I went and saw it and apparently my eagerness to have something big and heavy clouded my brain. It has some problems, which probably should have...
View ArticleNew To Me Atlas 3996 12 X 36 Lathe
Hi I'm new to the forum so I thought I'd at least introduce myself first. My name is Tim. I'm what you'd call an old fart, being over the age of sixty. My shop is pretty well equipped for the things I...
View ArticleToolpost Grinder Vs. Spin Fixture
Lately I've been turning a lot of metric diameters and bores on the lathe, for bearing journals. For multiple reasons I'd like to make a small 1 - 10mm pin/plug gauge set in 0.5mm increments. A 20...
View ArticleRhodes 7" Shaper - Pre-1929
I bought a Rhodes 7" shaper on Ebay and it arrived today! It took a bit of effort to move it by myself but it's in the shop. I still need to decide where it's going to live, and I need to clean it up...
View ArticleThreading Tools Keep Breaking
I've been tinkering with my new G4000 for a month now. Some decent success turning W1 to a set taper and finishing it smoothly. I decided to try threading as my next learning project. I'm trying to...
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 ArticleBelts On G4003g
I recently took delivery of a new G4003g. I got it wired up, leveled and did the entire break in procedure. This is day three of using the machine and loving it more and more each time. I'm not getting...
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Thread Killer
Ever feel like a thread killer when you are the last person to post? Ever wonder if the thread would have gone on if you hadent hit the reply button, or is it just me being paranoid? Sent from...
View ArticleDividing Head With Lathe Chuck Question
I've been trying to get things together to make a three bolt spider for my lathe . My wonderful wife bought me a indexer for Christmas but now need a way to hold material. After waiting three weeks for...
View ArticleLee Hodgeson 18 Cyl Radial Build.
That is cool Bill! Looking forward to the next installment of this one.
View ArticleG0602 Cross Slide / Compound Dial Conflict
I've got a King 1022 which is a rebranded G0602 and find there is a conflict between the compound and cross slide dials when using shallow compound angles, like 0* - 5*. The compound dial hits the...
View ArticleHome Grown Carbide Tool Grinder?
I'm really liking the Baldor carbide tool grinder. I'm not liking the $1300+ price tag. Seems like it would be easy enough to convert a regular bench top grinder into one of these. Has anyone done it?...
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Help With Surface Gage Scriber
I got a vintage Starrett 257A surface gage from a friend for free. It was rusty, but has beautiful color case hardening. The pic above shows their current version, which is dumbed down in every way....
View ArticleTrolley For Movine Vise & Rotary Table
View attachment 123179 View attachment 123180 View attachment 123181 My 8 inch vise is pretty heavy so made up a trolley to move it. The rail is about 7 feet long and the trolley runs on a pair of...
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