Recent content by Wheat47

Yes, Very impressive!! Encourages me to get going on some crane plans I have!! Jon K

Looks good. We each have our own solutions. As I said before, I have three, 3 ft. eave troughs with my smaller brass rods, hex and small flat bar in them. One of the troughs has small steel rods, hex, and such. Out in the "big shop" I have some shelving similar to Costco shelving, but...

I agree, but I have the stuff (somewhere) so I thought I'd give it a try.

Not sure where else to post this: I ran across some "recipes" for homemade cutting oils/fluids in some older posts here. Some interesting things out there. Anyway, my thoughts are about using raw crude oil for a threading oil. Seems like I heard/read that crude oil was/is a good cutting fluid...

This is what works for me: I put three (so far) 3 ft. lengths of plastic rain gutter on the wall on shelf brackets for my small brass stock. One has 1/4" and smaller rods/squares/tube etc. The second one has over 1/4" up to 1/2" rods/squares/tube etc. The third one has OS.... Other Stuff...

I believe I have those plans someplace, the question is where. I think mine are in imperial. Let me do some searching.

Some time ago, someone told me that raw crude oil was a good machining cutting oil. Long story short, I have a gallon of Bakken crude I use SPARINGLY!!! Yes, it is good, but it smells to high Heaven!!! I believe someone told me it is because of the Sulphur in the oil. When I'm not using it...

I would suggest just keep running it on compressed air. Simple, easy, safe. I have two steam tractors I'll never fire. You have to stay with them all the time using steam. I built a "stationary road" that I can put one tractor at a time on, basically two rollers that the drivers sit on. Just...

Thanks for the pic's. I've been there a couple times and I need to go again. Those guys don't make models, they make jewelry!!! Maybe I'll make it next year, as the date seems to be a week later. Should be done cutting corn and before beet digging!!

The small pointed ones look like something you would use to transfer hole marking to another piece. Screw them to a stud that needs to be mated to another piece. Lay the piece that needs the holes on the pointed tips and lightly tap on each one to make a mark. Then center punch the new...

No, sorry, I don't. The kids are doing clean-up. I'm not even sure where to look to find a price. Do a google thing I guess. I'll do some checking and see what I come up with. Thanks for asking. Jon P.S. Do you know what it might be worth?

A friend of mine is downsizing. He had a miniature Railroad at one time, that is all gone. However, he has around 900 feet of small aluminum rail for sale. Never been used as far as I know. Still all bundled up with angle bars and hardware. I am not familiar with such things, so here are the...

I like the multi-sized pully you have on the output shaft. I never thought of that. GreenTwin, I agree with stepping away from a project for a while. I usually have 3-4 projects going at once. I get stuck or tired of one, and move to another for a while.