Recent content by Pappy Frank

I may be late comming in on this, but there is a product that refrigeration men use that is called Sil-Fos, I am sure that is a trade name, but clones are available under other names. I use it for anything that requires silver solder. It runs cool, and if you have your brass clean it requires no...

You should be able to find a used Bridgeport or clone for that price. I bought a used BP and it had been a CNC machine. I retrofitted it to acme screws and sold the ball screws on ebay. I also had to put some parts in the quill housing, but I found a used head for a cheap price and replaced...

I have two lathes, one is a South Bend that was made in 1928 and originally was a 16 inch swing. Someone put 2 inch riser blocks on it and it now swings 20 inches. It runs on a flat belt and a cone type step pulley and I have rigged a motor on it with an intermediate shaft so I can get the RPM...

I don't kow, some are but I have actually ran into a few that could not even spell CNC :big: :big: :big: But then I remember having trouble spelling CPRonce. :big: :big: Pappy Frank

So I bought all these things and then I bought a tool box to put them in. Tool Box A box made of either metal or wood with multiple drawers in varying sizes to place all tools in when finshed with them. Unknown to the owner who would never leave a tool someplace other than the proper drawer...

Hi all, I have just signed on for my first time and am delighted to be here. I have never built a model engine, but it is an area of great interest to me. I will be doing so in the future. I went to Machinist school in Arkansas a long time ago and worked as a machinist for several years until...