Should I Purchase This Logan?
Hi new here. Hope I'm in the right area. I have a chance to buy a model.200 logan. 10" lathe. Wich I guess is from 1948? The lathe is missing the original stand. But everything else seems to be there....
View ArticleNew Group Created - Masachussetts Machinist Group
Nels has created a new group called Masachussetts Machinist Group.
View ArticleNew Group Created - New Jersey Machinists Group
Nels has created a new group called New Jersey Machinists Group.
View ArticleNew Group Created - San Diego Area Hobby Machinists
Nels has created a new group called San Diego Area Hobby Machinists.
View ArticlePm25-mv With Igaging Absolute Dro
I got a pair of Absolute DROs for my PM25. I'm working on the y-axis mount. It seems pretty tight to mount the scale up next to the saddle. I'm considering a horizontal mount on the top of the base...
View ArticleHardinge Dividing Head?
Bought a logan 200 and this came with it, I'm new to all this, but I hear it's a good thing ahaha from what I understand it's for a mill? Was wondering if anyone could give me some.info on use/ worth?...
View ArticleNeed Help With A Live Center!!!
I have this large live center I got in a box of odds and ends. It is much to large for my little 10" swing Sheldon. It has no markings that I can see. It also has a rough spot in the bearings so I want...
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Picked up an RF-30/HF T2119 today
I bought this Taiwan made mill/drill today for $600. It is an older HF unit. The book calls it an RF-30, and in the docs, HF is still referred to as Harbor Freight Salvage Company. I am not sure when...
View ArticleThe Denbigh Mill
Well I have been offered a horizontal mill with vertical head attachment. The seller is a friend of mine and the mill has been taken care of rarely used. I am getting a camel back drill press from him,...
View ArticleTree Horizontal Milling Attachments
View attachment 120768 Long and short with one 1/2" shank drive gear. Will fit any 3-3/8" quill (Bridgeport). The outputs have a 3/8" diameter socket, plus a 3/8" square cross hole. I suspect there may...
View ArticleBy No Means Am I An Electrician !
Long story short . Years ago I powered my shop with a 10 hp rotary phase converter . Bought it out of York Pa. from Wilke Mach . I believe for $1700 or so . I have moved and removed several times over...
View ArticleStatic Phase Converters On Ebay
Does anyone have experience with this US made converter? Any reason why it wouldn't work on a Rockwell surface grinder? http://www.ebay.com/itm/HD-1-3-Hp-S...703425?hash=item419214af81:g:Pu8AAOSwmUdUYTx9
View ArticleEnd Mill Sharpening Attempt
Recently, I was in the TechShop, which is a shared machine membership facility. Usually, there are some end mills in the mill box. They are often not in very good shape, but they do work a little bit....
View ArticleAnilam 3200mk Help
Ok fellas, I got the mill home and as expected the Anilam 3200MK doesn't "power up". I have it on the bench now and trying to trouble shoot it. The guy I got it from said it had issues with the power...
View ArticleHome Made Lathe Omg
Found this by accident while surfing utube. If you watch all 6 parts you will be amazed what some people will see in a pile of scrap and what their imagination can do, as they don't see problems they...
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...
View ArticleDemagnetizers
Who has them and what do you recommend? I am in need of one as my tooling is becoming magnetic. Does a simple low-cost chinese version work or do I need a high dollar version?
View ArticleAn Oldie But Goodie! Pedal Grinder
Check it out. I bought this wreck at an antique store this past summer. It had a near perfect stone however the frame was in bad shape. It needed welded, sandblasted and the bearings needed tending to....
View ArticleMill Spindle Mounted Microscope (aka Cheap Optical Comparator)
I had thought about building a spindle mounted microscope for the Tormach for some time. The idea was to cannibalize and old phone or adapt a webcam camera but the optics was rather daunting some the...
View ArticleProblem With Grizzly Rotary Table
Good afternoon, First post. (I am relatively new to this whole metal thing). The subject is the Grizzly H7527 rotary table. I bought one and the first thing I found wrong was the backlash. One full...
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