Recent content by Atzerath

I'm working on my foundry first by accident. I had the tools to build a foundry but no bits for my lathe... Thx for the input guys, i'll search heat proof concrete/cement.first i'd need a vessel to put the stuff in though...

Remember that I said prototype...apparently the steel trashcan I used is so much steel as I thought...next time do the magnet test... Anyhow, I had built it so I had air blowing up into the fire but due to the size I used a tin can that I had cut out bottom and top so I had a tube..I placed it...

I started building a prototype furnace yesterday to be used with coal...took an old metal trashcan, drilled a hole through the side to create an inlet for a blower and then built a pipe system's so my blower eventually blows upwards...to hold all this into place a took an old bag of ready...

Dude...never having read this before I have to comment on rule n1. A couple of moths ago I got into an argument about the toilet seat being up...I won it using the same argument... I won zounds of arguments using some of these rules...the sweetest words my gf can tell me are "you're right"

I like the lack of planning one... :-) Have to get one for my wife... and sometimes I think that a wack with the hammer might fix her...

Hi, I saw a couple of mini oscillating engines on youtube like this http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dka3wmoI23C4&v=ka3wmoI23C4&gl=BE Hope the link works...I was hoping somebody could link me to metric plans for such small projects...I don't need the boiler setup etc...

Where could I buy a good crucible online In Europe?? I f*ck*d up 2 steel pots today when trying to melt aluminium.... I sure did smelt it but I'm stuck with an aluminium blob mixed with coal...

Tres cool... Looks great :-)

Thx Jason b...i don't have the milling attachment though so i'll have to pull Mac guyver out of my ass or buy a mini mill...I don't see any of those happening in the near future though due to small ass and budget.. I feared the need of a mill so I guess it'll end here already.. :-\

Hey all, I'm new to all this.. First of all: I need bits for my unimat 3 lathe but I'm unsure about the size...I mailed littlemachineshop and he told me how to measure it but I feel like I'm falling between 2 sizes...I measure from the bottom of my bit holder to the center of my lathe and...

Quite an introduction...these are amazing examples of craftsmanship..

thx, i'll try my very best :)

that's what she said... :rolleyes: (i could not NOT say it...would've gone against my nature) I don't know if i'm a natural...time will tell...i understand squat about this stuff so honestly i don't know if i'll ever manage but i'll sure try untill i know for sure that i can't.. :D my...

Hi all, new member introductions aren't my favorite part of the interweb but here it goes... i'm a noob...there, i said it...i know NOTHING about model engineering and never, ever before in my life have i used a lathe.. i've inherited and restored a unimat 3 and though i know it's a small...