Recent content by Joe

Wow ! What is the function of the horizontal ring gear ?

Nicely done indeed. I'm working on an Edwards too and have pondered on the production of that very part. Very interesting procedure.

Welcome 17 year old kid in Victoria, Australia. Kind regards, 61 year old kid in Victoria, Canada.

Let me guess, you turned the shower off first. John

Yeh, PITA. Used to read the days posts at 19:30 during commercials but now the email comes after bed time so I'm over 24 hours behind when I get to them. Just being whiny here as I am old and grumpy. Easy work around is to put the page on the screeny thing and click on the lightning bolt...

I have not seen the quoted Haxby video, I have watched a few of his and respect his work. That said I have to ask, why ? I am a lucky guy in that my dearly beloved has a B&S 618 surface grinder that she lets me use. It allows me to get very nice finishes, easily achieve tight dimensions, grind...

Modern commercial trucks use very effective air driers and spitter valves, water build up in the tanks is a sign that something isn't working as it should. My truck is 4 years old now, my tanks are and always have been dry. There is just shy of 6000 hours on it and I couldn't guess how many...

The sites drawing shows 4.5x11x1.25, seems a well priced, fun little project. I like old and round (a little like me I guess) but have always cursed the SB cross slide as that is where I always want to set up a mag base. John 🇨🇦

Well curiosity got me, I looked at the site saw some things of interest and so I registered. Worked fine for me but it would appear that they are having some ongoing issues with some people. Every page is prefaced with a statement to this effect but the page is there if you scroll down. Maybe...

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Wow, that looks like one of those few great scores one gets in a lifetime. More pics please. John 🇨🇦

Richard, Thank you very much, no rush as I have too much to do before I get to tear into it. I'll try for some numbers and pics this week. Today I moved the lathe into a lean to beside the shop so no worries with weather. I want to move it inside the shop before the damp weather sets in, in...

Makeitfrommetal.com has plans for a nice little machinists vise. I made one inspired by these plans, small changes to accommodate the materials I had on hand. Not hardened but ground precisely and taken care of and I'm very happy with the results. John 🇨🇦

First of all Martin, nice score. Not familiar with that machine but it sure looks nice and seems to be fully fitted out. I don't think price comes into it, if you're happy with the unit and the price, that is all that matters. Second, my turn. So I don't do the facey face thing but my wife...

Welcome Allan, ex pat from Cheadle now on the Canadian wet coast. John 🇨🇦