Recent content by costerjr

You get what you pay for!!!! There is not enough machine there for any kind of rigidity. So when you have all sorts of trouble and chatter and you can't figure out what to do, then you will be disgusted and give up metal working. A decent mill vise (NOT the best) will cost more then this...

You might want to look at the PM 25MV. It is bigger then the Sherline, but as stated above you need room to clamp down the material. It is also big enough to last a long time in a hobby shop. Watch Blondihack's videos to see how large of stuff she can work with. With that said, I have the next...

Any advice about accessing John Tom? I have visited there in the past, but when I just tried I keep getting a Cloudflare error message. I saw a post about the #35 steam pump and thought I would get the plans and look at it. No luck. Both Firefox and Safari keep getting the same error message...

As above. I make separate sheets with the DRO settings and end-mill, twistdrill, TPI and depth size. I designate the 0-0 point and everything possible is done in one layout from those coordinates. With the piece in front of me, I recheck the coordinates and radius to make sure I am at the...