Recent content by eightball

thanks Tom i never knew thats how numbered bolts are sized

A friend at work hit two hammer faces together when he was a kid. He still has a piece of one those hammers imbedded in his heart. Sounds impossible i know, but 40 years ago heart surgery was always a risky business. I have to assume that this sliver of metal would have deteriorated by now but i...

very nice !

Those are really good indicators Looks like your missing a few of the pieces that comes with the set. I use mine to indicate the vise on the mill all the time.

Thanks all! I am just kind of lurking here a bit. I never thought i would want to do machine work when i retire. The closer i get to retirement age, I really dont know what i would do without access to a lathe and mill. I am starting to look around for a lathe and a mill to get my home shop...

Hi everyone, I have never built a model engine b4 but it seems facinating. I have been doing maual machinist work for a living for 27 years now. I work in the paper industry and not only have I ran all the shop equipment, Lathes Mills,Horizontal boring mills. radial arm drills, heck years ago we...