Recent content by Roger Pry

I learned my lesson on purchasing off of ebay, I thought I was being smart but after buying a tap/die set, a complete indexed drill set and 1/2" NPT pressure regulators I found all were out of tolerance pieces. I guess you really don't get something for nothing(or cheap in my cases).

When I bought this mini lathe for my little home machine shop I knew that positioning to any degree of accuracy was going to have to been done using some other method than the screw scales. So I bought a pair of these digital scales new on Ebay for dirt cheap and made my own mounting brackets...

Thanks Olympic and Pizzoli these examples are the sizes I'm looking at.... I intend to try to build some test pieces on the order of a large pocket watch. Some holes will be in positions where setting up in a machine(mill etc) is not my intent. This testing is for skill honing. earlier I...

Is the idea behind the spiral ground (ccw) tap that the chips are worked back up and out of the hole with each reversal of the tap during the tapping action?

I want to learn how to drill and tap small holes for an undecided project so practice is what I want to do... so does anyone have an opinion on using an archimedes drill to help with my unsteady hands on a tricky bit of work? It would allow me to have two hands on the drill at the same time..

Valuable info for me. RMP