Recent content by swood1

Lookup artillery X1. Has a good size working envelope. Steve

Can the Bridgeport go against a wall, in the corner? I would put your workbench against a wall.

I have been looking at the Fanuc Robodrill or the Haas Minimill. Would love a Haas TM1 but don't think I have enough room :( Out of interest do all VMC require compressed air for the toolchangers? Regards Steven

Where are you getting your ball screws? I find good quality ones expensive. Steve

I don't understand why you are making things so complicated. I have one lathe tool height setter that I use for all of my lathes. I can check it from either cross slide bed or lathe bed where the lathe bed is flat. I just used a piece of pipe painted it black popped a centre in the lathe and...

Could you use the black &Decker for cutting tool grinding and sharpening drill bits.. Steve

Really nice. Very quiet. Nice use for spare motors. You should have a go at making a small surface grinder next :)

I only just managed to work out how to post photos myself. Use the insert file button, not the image one. Surface grinding would be nice :)

My first attempt at adding a photo. Hopefully shows you what I am talking about; in this case its attached to the cross slide of my Lorch 100mm Toolmakers lathe but I have similar attachment for a Myford. Good luck.

Yes there are a few books on the Unimat SL, all of which will be useful for OP. But my reason for recommending a Unimat type lathe was based more on the usefulness of such a small machine. With something small and modular in form like a Unimat he can use this as his main lathe (drill press...

If you are going to buy tools and equipment for clock size working I would recommend a Unimat SL if you can get your hands on one with accessories to convert to pillar drill or something similar. I only recommend the SL because it was the machine I was told to get when I set out in watch and...

Hi Norm, If I remember right it's quite hard to grind a chip breaker yourself on a standard grinder as generally the wheels are rounded off. When I was an apprentice the older boys used to grind them by hand on a surface grinding wheel if this helps.. Steve

I just stop and let the swarf break then continue cutting. Dont all people do this?? Steve

No problem, I was only joking. I did some research on the Southbend lathes you talk about. They look well made, to be honest if I had one of those I wouldn't be wanting to swap it out in a hurry if it was in good condition. Steve