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After saving up for a long time, I might myself a Bridgeport clone with a DRO. I've run across something weird going on when I use an edge finder or wiggler. I have trammed the head of the mill to the vise and it is within .001" in both directions. I have checked the DRO against the dials and...

I am trying to learn to single point thread. What I'm coming up with has the right number of threads per inch and looks like a good thread but when I try to put a nut on it the nut will just start a little and then won't go any further. Compound is set at 30 degrees from perpendicular. Tool is...

I have a Sherline 4000 that I would like to sell or trade for similar Taig items. I have the following accessories to go with it: 3 Jaw Chuck Jacobs Drill Chuck Steady Rest Power Feed Live Center Face Plate and Dog Dead Centers I bought this lathe about 1993. It has been used very little and is...

Do any of you have any experience or knowledge of Dalton lathes. Apparently they were manufactured around 1910 -1920ish. I've run across one that has been restored. From the pictures it looks like a nice lathe. I just wanted to see if anyone knew anything about them. Thanks, Mark

Hello, I bought a Sherline lathe 20 years ago with the intentions of building small steam/air engines. Somehow I never got around to it. Well I dug the lathe out the other day.....a little WD-40, some scotch bright pads and elbow grease and all was well. I received my metal for my first engine...

I have a set of mitutoyo 0-1" mics that are frozen. I've tried using the spanner wrench to gets things moving with no luck. Does anyone have a suggestion ? Thanks, Mark