Organization
So, my shop is eternally a huge mess, and am in the market to really get organized here as I'm moving stuff around. I was curious how other folks are doing it so ideas could be pilfered! I don't mean...
View ArticleAnyone Good With Leds?
I was bored this evening, so i decided to take apart one of the famous Ikea led lights. I got to thinking about replacing the 70 lumen 3000k LED with a 6500k one. Anyone know much about LEDs, or where...
View ArticleBearbon Promoted To Actives (30+ Posts)
We are pleased to announce that bearbon has been promoted to the Actives (30+ Posts) usergroup.
View ArticlePatience Is A Virtue
<rant> So tired of being told "end of this week or early next week". Come on Matt, if you don't have the product, just say so. </rant> Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
View ArticleBridgeport/cutting Question
OK guys Let me state this right off the top, I am a hobbiest and a novice when it comes to machining and my Bridgeport, I am not a professional. I just got my head took off for asking this question on...
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Grizzly G0704 Cnc Conversion
I got a grizzly g0704 yesterday and am planning to convert it to cnc as soon as I can. I don't have any metal machining experience so this should be very interesting. Stay tuned for pictures and...
View ArticleQuestion About These New "computer Like" Welders
With my very old transformer type welder, if I was not going to be welding for 10-15 mins. or longer, I would shut it off (actually, not even sure if that was the right thing to do). I now have a new...
View ArticleMeasuring Threads..?
Hi Everyone! I have a small project I want to do which requires me to measure some existing threads. I'm hoping that someone might chime in and explain how to measure. I am looking to purchase a few...
View ArticleA lathe finally! Craftsman 12x36 101.27440
View attachment 37765 Here she is! I have long been waiting for a lathe. And it will continue for a while :lmao: All the grease is literally frozen, most parts have a really sticky motion. View...
View ArticleShars Clamp Knurler? ??
Anybody have one of these available from shars and others View attachment 126078 much modification does it need to work well ????
View ArticleSouth Bend Shaper
This was a very nice week. On Wednesday, I found an ad in the local paper for an Atlas mill and South Bend shaper for one low price and less than 40 minutes away. I called the number but got the...
View ArticleOt: Best Tooling Purchase?
Just out of curiosity, if you had to buy any piece of tooling again what would it be? My vote goes to parallels, no more hunting around for HSS tool bits and round bar stock to use.
View ArticleRe-purposing A Turret Lathe Knurling Head
I picked up a Warner & Swasey M-940 knurling head form a shop closing for like nothing, and was able to adapt it to my Craftsman 101.21200 lathe. I cut off the shank up into the body to the 1.625"...
View ArticleYou Won't Believe What This Newbie Made.
I just wanted to share some inspiration work for beginners, who may be in a similar situation to me. I'm 100% self taught, mainly from the L.H. Sparey book, "The Amateurs Lathe". Here is my most recent...
View ArticleE-brake Mechanism
Big question for everyone. A friend has a beatup old Lexus SUV. Old enough to be on par with Fords and Chevys now. At any rate, I'm intrigued by the emergency/parking brake engagement. It is a foot...
View ArticleSomeone Is Going To Get A Deal!
No doubt wrong forum but the Craigslist, eBay, look what I found thread is very slow since it got buried. Feel free to move but please not until 4/1. If you are in southern CA, check out eBay item...
View ArticlePm-727m Powered Z Axis
Used a discarded gear motor and parts from a liquid transfer pump to fabricate a power Z axis on my 727.
View ArticlePlus Or Minus 5c Collet Chart
Is there a chart anywhere that tells you how much above or below a collet size you can hold once again I would Google but not sure of proper terms for instance hom many thousands under 1 inch can a 1...
View ArticleNeed help with carbide inserts/tool holder
I just bought a Heavy Ten with an Alloris tool post (AXA) and I want to use carbide tools because I plan to work with titanium and Stainless a lot. I need like a beginners guide to buying carbide...
View ArticleSnagged A Belt Driven Scroll Saw From The Local Used Tool Shop
Found it during one of my regular visits to the Liberty Tool Co. (https://www.facebook.com/libertytool/?fref=ts) it was completely frozen up, nothing moved. Cleaned out a couple of decades of gunk,...
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