Recent content by duckman

Its not as bad as a chuck key but I got distracted 1 day while tightening the collet in my Bridgeport, left the wrench on the draw bar, and when I brought the quill down to check the depth of cut got whacked on the top of my head with a 3/4" X 7/8" double box end wrench, only did that once, OUCH.

I do not believe in the do not touch, its not quite the same but I have an expensive kit car and I love to go to car shows and its the same thing the kids are TOLD NOT TO TOUCH!!! well when they get to my car and there parents don't know what kind of car I have and the kids tell them I ask do...

My great grandfather was a pick man his hands were so callused and hard he could not make a tight fist but he could grip a pick handle and 4 guys couldn't pull it out. He died from black lung not a good way to go.

Is that a surface plate your lathe is bolted to, or a very flat piece of steel, if yes and its not a 5 day job strip your lathe down to a bare bed, clean your table top and turn the bed over then using as big a surface gauge as you have indicate the bottom of the bed mounts, you will probably...

If you can use a 12MM shank its probably not a bad deal just don't try to take a lot off at a time.

I have to many ro tabs my 18" B&S in excellent condition for sale asking $300.00, its heavy . will deliver within 100 miles for an additional $40.00 or pick up in Winchendon, MA. If not sold it will be at the Yankee Engine-uity Show in Orange MA June 25-26 space #37

Granite weighs about 160# per cubic foot simple just do the math. ;D

The only thing you have to remember, is the clapper box has to be tilted more than the compound (down feed) when cutting a dove tail.

I personally would not have put so much packing in the clamps, now when you tighten the clamps you are bending the bolts. I would have put in about .010" then drilled and tapped, remove the clamps and relieve the surface where you had the packing, all but 1/8" on the outside edge this will give...

I realized that I didn't specify needle bearing type .

Why when I go looking for a 3/4" X 5/8" u-joint none can be found , but you can get just about any size over 3/4" :'(

If your driving a spindle with the motor and your not dead set on DC steal the motor out of a vacuum cleaner power head they are AC with a ton of torque then a simple rheostat to vary your speed and they run about 6,000 to 10,000 RPM. ;)

Just make a "D" end mill with the radius ground in with relief on the back side . You can make virtually any shape you want JMHO :)

I'm looking for a source of small hex head bolts #2 to #10 various lengths , brass or steel

Just looked at CDCO web site they have DRO's with glass scales , little more than $400.00