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I've been thinking of making a new cross slide and compound for the minilathe. Modeled more or less after a southbend. The question i have is what material should i be using? I was thinking for ease i would use a chunk of cast400 from speedy. Then i thought it might be to soft, but i have a...

I have always enjoyed HD motorcycles and the vtwin. So i have decided to build one out of stuff i have in the shop. I'm just winging it here, no plans to work from, just a few hd loyalist friends and my friend google. Here are a couple of shots of what i have done. Angle cutting the block. D&T...

I was given a keyless chuck, cushman c13k. I thought it was just gummed up or had some swarf stuck in it. When i got it apart it found the part that moves the jaws had been broken some time past, and poorly repaired. The chuck resembles the Albrecht in the MSC catalog and the Jacobs. Anyone know...

I think i found my next project. I would like to convert a model glow engine to gas. Not a difficult thing, but i want to do some stuff to make it a flyer, not a shelf queen. First a new head. Just so i can d&t a big spark plug hole and have some killer cooling fins. Next, since it is 2 stroke...

I wanted to see if it ran before doing the final polishing and what knot. Sorry for the terrible cell phone video. I was excited to share! http://vimeo.com/9170038

Up early..dont ask why...thought i might shoot the clock with some shop time. I chucked up this piece of aluminum, to turn a flywheel. The first side, was roughly cut with a band saw, so i figgured it would be a bugger to cut. Which it was. Made a helluva chatter then viola started cutting...

A 5/16 reamer does not use a 5/16 collet. It will not fit in the x2 with the drill chuck and the wobbler cylinder in the vise. The tool store is not open at night. The rubber gloves worn to protect my already cracking hands must be removed prior to running the machine. Cleaning swarf from the...

So it finally happened, and I broke the gear on the minimill. When shopping for the new one, i found myself looking at several measuring devices. Whats the deal with the cheap DI's, mics, dial/digital calipers? Are they worth buying, or should i save for the "real" thing that's substantially more?

I was sitting on the sofa thinking i should be building when i got to thinking about this old snowmobile i had long while ago. The sled was an OMC Evinrude, Skeeter wide track model. The engine was the opposed twin. What boggels me, then and now, was that it appears that both cylinders fired...

Hello all, newbie Paul here from Reno. What a wonderful forum to stumble upon! :bow: I was looking for info on a cnc mill and you folks have already steered me in the right direction. I am a communications tech for the city, with my journeyman in heavy diesels. Strange trade, but i have a love...

Hey Guys, I was recently surfing on a pc for some CAM software. I found some (after several links to this and that) but cant remember for the life of me what it is called. Something like BobCam, but it isnt BobCam. I am learning to use Mach 3 and Lazycam, but just to keep my mind i gotta find...

Hello Members, my name is paul and i found your forum searching for information about x2 mills. Specifically, i was thinking of doing a conversion to my mill for cnc. Then i got to thinking that i may want to spin the handles for myself on a couple of smaller "gotta have it now" projects so i...