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Books on gears

What books are a good place to start on gears? This is looking at gears used for positioning mechanisms and rotational...
14 comments posted 19yrs
posted by ohland
14 comments posted 19yrs posted by ohland

Gearbox oil recommendations?

Took a quick look to get an idea on prices, and discovered that there is a rather bewildering array of oils on offer. I...
7 comments posted 19yrs
posted by prometheus
7 comments posted 19yrs posted by prometheus

Machining a spur gear

Here's a video on YouTube you might enjoy about making a brass spur gear from start to finish - http://www.youtube.com/w...
5 comments posted 19yrs
posted by oops
5 comments posted 19yrs posted by oops

tipping fountain pen nibs

Hi, On Fountain Pen Network I started a post about how pen nibs are made. A lot of the better pens have an iridium tip...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by Matthewk
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by Matthewk

FS: Enco 12 x 36 Lathe in Oklahoma

I have purchase a new lathe and am looking to sell my old Enco 12 x 36 Belt drive bench lathe and stand. It comes with...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by tdking
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by tdking

How to re-harden small vice jaws?

Hi all, At a recent watchmaker's fair I bought a small vice. Old, in bad shape, but better than anything I've got at th...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by robk
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by robk

Lathe Books

Can anyone recommend a good book on lathe operation. I'm new at this machine and could use some pointers on operation an...
8 comments posted 19yrs
posted by latorad
8 comments posted 19yrs posted by latorad

vinyl sign cutter

Anyone have experience, recommendations for vinyl sign cutters? I see a large price range on eBay: http://tinyurl.com/2...
19 comments posted 19yrs
posted by karltownsend.NOT
19 comments posted 19yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

Blue color on steel

What is the process called that gives that blue color to steel. Looked at parkerizing but it does not seem to be the th...
10 comments posted 19yrs
posted by skilphil.samoosa
10 comments posted 19yrs posted by skilphil.samoosa

Anyone have a good scrap bin to scrounge from?

Hello all, In the process of restoring the gigantic, ancient turret lathe I recently aquired, I discovered that it's mi...
12 comments posted 19yrs
posted by prometheus
12 comments posted 19yrs posted by prometheus

Way OT: Indentify that Font

Website asks successive questions to arrive at a match. http://www.linotype.com/identifier.html Potentially Useful. --Wi...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by Winston
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by Winston

RPM of variable speed DC Motors

After some web surfing, with HP being the same on a permanent magnet DC motor, is a lower RPM for the given HP better t...
14 comments posted 19yrs
posted by ohland
14 comments posted 19yrs posted by ohland