Hi all, I picked up a Harbor Freight milling machine like this, except this one was in a building damaged by a hurricane. So it has some pretty heavy surface rust on a lot of it. Is there a... Read more »
Ok... I've talked about them before, but what is the advantage of a long belt grinder over a short one. I imagine heat build up in the belt, but you would have to do a lot of grinding I think fo... Read more »
I'm sure most production flat wrenches are punched out of a piece of sheet, and deburred. I need to make a couple flat wrenches for some collet chuck tool holders, but I neither have such a huge... Read more »
Until Caster's good pal Mark Wieber oozes back into the group after a long absence. Suddenly, the political posts start pouring into the group like a shit hemorrhage, but Caster holds that shitb... Read more »
and I have in hand one 340-408 Mfd start cap . I'm pretty sure it makes no difference but ... is there a reason the mfr would spec 2 caps in parallel rather than one bigger one ? This is a 2 hp 2... Read more »
So when I retire in a few years I want to build a sports car from scratch. I have the equipment and knowhow except for the bodywork. Which means I would get to butyand learn how to use an Englis... Read more »
Last minute - closes tomorrow at noon. Inspection was last week, so pig-in-a-poke. https://www.bidspotter.com/en-us/auction-catalogues/timed/quaker-city-auction/catalogue-id-bscqu10152 Heavy mach... Read more »
No, its not one of those two story monstrosities with its own staircase. Its cheap. Even if it was the low quality of the old HF tool boxes I don't see how it could be so cheap. https://hegje... Read more »
I recently converted one of the little 24K mills from a straight ER collet spindle to an ISO20 spindle nose. I LIKE IT A LOT. I haven't even taken the time to enter all the tools into the tool ... Read more »
...since Wieber died. Read more »
Some company is offering me to take a large number of barrels full of worn out steel shot blast. It is a all steel powder with grains the size of regular table salt. I took a sample to a scrap yar... Read more »
I need a pulley, no go in grainger, MSC, and mcmaster carr. where would you try next? If it matters, A only(or 4L) size belt (everybody has went to dual A and B on same pulley), 3.15 OD, two groov... Read more »
i have a mityoto on my bridgeport. it seem to take 9v plug in, it believe the unit is a digimatic. i could be wrong with the name. Read more »
I was recently given an old Delta Drill press (see photo at address below). The serial # is 49-6326, anyone know the model and approximate year of manufacture. It's missing the chuck key and it see... Read more »
Saw this on Redding CA craigslist: http://redding.craigslist.org/tls/1516395131.html This is a milling machine with a bridgeport milling head and a wells-index frame. The frame is much heavier than ... Read more »
One of my scores this week is a 7 Emerson horizontal bandsaw. Anyone heard of them? Its big, fairly beefy, and appears one step up from the usual Taiwanese import. Ive not cleaned all the spooge off... Read more »
I picked up an old D/R drill press that has variable speed cone drive problems. The pressure bearing under the front cone is VERY bad. Some damage to the bottom of the pulley and significant wear... Read more »
I just got a call from the guy I buy my compressed gasses from wanting me to weld up some cracks in a stove grate . I'm thinking plain phosphor bronxe filler might not take the heat , and am lo... Read more »
I'm trying to use the NthreadsP program to generate gear trains for oddball threads (like 24.57 tpi) for my 6 a/C lathe. The problem seems to be that the A/C gear train starts out with either a 16... Read more »
I found a wooden box that has several drill bits in it. It says Janc Roto Bor on the box and the bits have never been used. I called Janc and they said they had sold that selection to Kramer Air To... Read more »
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