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There is another option. If you use chrome there is an extension called Photobucket Embedded Image Fix that can be freely installed from chrome extension menu, that make the photo appears. The problem is not that the author have to pay but that the viewer have to pay. Using this extension you...

Eric, thanks for your compliments, and also for the advices. The gard on the vertical part is on the todo list, but I must admit that was not high on the priority one ( maybe it should ). In my experience, being that the speed of blade is very very low, in case of break ot should not be a...

I've published a new page for my blog that could be of interest. http://pigi-machinering.blogspot.it/2017/05/a-diy-bandsaw-for-shop.html Here the basic arrangement. I hope I'm not violating any rule by publishing the link. As I told it's easier for me to keep everything inside a post...

Eric, I've tried that but this does not allow me to post comments between attachement. I should have put the photos in some place ( like gphoto or similar to be able to realize a post with comments between them thus I preferred to create a page and use that. Some other bulletin board...

Hi all ! I was really tired to hammer the drawbar to release the chuck or the collet holder for my X2P so I decided to try something read on an old model engineers workshop. The idea is to make an extractor that scews on the spindle and has a bolt that push on the drawbar. Unfortunally on my...

I must say that it's passed almost 8 months since I blued my part, and she is a boring head. I don't use her too much, but in this 8 months I've used it quite a bit. The only places where I'm having some problems are in areas where she was not completely clean before the hot bath in brass, and...

That looks nice ! In any case is a chemical solution, while my way ( well, the way I used, not my way ) does not need anymore than heat. Pigi

That's exactly my ispiration ! Pay attention to clickspring channel, BTW, it give dependency :) Pigi

No glueing solution, only what I told. Take the pieces, put in brass, heat on fire till the blue, quench in oil, clean with towel or paper. Pigi

I haven't a way to measure the temperature, but according to this image attached it should be somewhere around 285/310° C I kept the part in the cup until I've seen the blue I was looking for on the exposed side of the part. It took something around 15/20 minutes to get there. The...

Hi all. Before starting my first engine build I needed a boring head, and decided to make one as per http://www.deansphotographica.com/machining/projects/mill/boring/boring.html After finishing, to protect her from rusting I decided to hot blue her. Here the procedure that I hope may help...