Recent content by Mac McCaskie

Thanks all for the replyies, I checked the dovetails for parallel and found the bottom slide was spot on according to my dial calipers. The top slide was off a bit. I worked a coarse eze-lap in the side with the adjusting screw holes and after a bit noticed high spots near those holes. The...

ShopShoe, Thanks for the notes. In spite of the fiddling, I'm enjoying this Chinesium lathe kit. What should I look for on: "seating of the gib on the adjustment screws". The screws and nuts are in good shape (er, new), not tight but slight pressure. Each has a little rod, or plunger, that...

Hey All, I was adjusting my cross-slide gibs, again, with hopes to relax the friction I get when cranking it all the way out. I had just put it back together after honing the gibs and dovetails, hoping to remove stickiness. Now, I think the dovetails are not perfectly parallel. Am I right or...

Thanks for the replies. Hum, I did not think the piece was too long, but I suppose I should start smaller. I didn't hear any comments that something is wrong with the lathe, so that's a plus.

I have just started practicing on my Grizzly 9 x 22 lathe and get chatter when I'm turning, but not facing. In the photo I have a 2" steel cylinder, the end is good when faceing, but shows chatter when I tried to use a parting tool, also marks from the tool bit (the picture shows the second...

chatter marks

Thanks Jack620 & Mousetrap, I found what I hope is similar at https://www.carbideanddiamondtooling.com/ I sure wish the vendors used the same terminology. Reading the following requires a college education :confused: 1714-TBL632C P, T, Type Cut Off Blade,High Speed Steel, Cobalt, M4PM, T15PM...

I have pretty much the same concerns with a 1/16" "P" style cutoff blade (about $8 US) I got a bit ago. Got to looking at it and it has a very slight concave groove just under what appears to be a honed top edge, but otherwise top and bottom thickness are very similar, no noticeable taper...

Happy Birthday Norm! Good luck with the eyesight, my late wife battled a similar problem due to diabetes and I know it's a struggle. I'll see if I can find Walter B Mueller's 'A Very Much Improved' Quorn T&C cutter. BTW: how does one become a Haggis Breeder? Thanks to everyone for the...

According to "Internet Quorn Lore" I am now a member of the "I'm building a Quorn" club since it isn't required to actually have done anything yet. I hope I will get into the "I built a Quorn" club sooner rather than later. Here's my question: The book suggests using Precision Ground rods for...

Oh, thanks. That will make life a bit easier.

I just built a table for my grizzly small mill with two layers of 3/4" birch ply for the top. While moving stuff around I found a sheet of "formica" that will fit behind a book shelf (actually it was an empty wine rack). Is putting plastic on the mill table a good idea or not? Currently I'm...

Update: The vendor will refund my money for the maligned vise. Big shout out to them. As for keeping the Kurt, I can't justify it and can return it for the cost of shipping. If sometime in the future I do get a larger mill, I'll either have to move to a place with ground floor shop space or...

Thanks Swarf and Wizard for the reply's, I will look into the screw-less vises. As for the POS vise, I was not under the impression it was used and defective, maybe it was returned. I ordered it over the internet and inspection was not possible. How would I get a replacement screw if the...

Question in brief: what's a good size vise for Grizzly G0619 - 6" x 21" Mill / Drill? I'm tooling up a new mill and purchased a "distressed" vise from a shop specializing in smaller machines. Along with the tail-tail witness marks, it came missing a bearing, the clamp screw was too short and...