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Anybody ever made cam lobes with the intent of selling them to a guy with a manual mill and no confidence in making them on that or the lathe.

I've been looking on-line, but can't find any data on maximum weight limit for the bed on the mill. Anybody know?

How do I mount this So I can very accurately machine this I would like to use a four jaw independent' but don't think grasping on the crank disk will give me the grip I need, and will be difficult to mount square.

when using a coaxial centering indicator on a mill, do you need to use a spindle lock?

Have watched over three hours of lathe operating instructional DVD. They use a South Bend similar to the one my uncle just gave me. Only a little bit of brain fry, but I'm enjoying it and learning a lot. Host's name is Darrel Holland.

I'm looking for plans for a low RPM engine that has high Torque for an RC car. Not interested in going fast, but want a more scale sound than something screaming along at 15k-25k rpm. I was thinking of a diesel with a long stroke. Are their plans that exist?

I finished my manual turntable, or rotary table. There is no build log because I am never certain I will finish whatI start, and there are only four parts. I drilled the holes in the side to fit the chuck tightening bars that came with my Taig lathe. The top surface holes are tapped and...

I have a project that requires cutting a large outer ring from a piece of round stock. How do I best go about doing this? The inside diameter is a little over three inches.

I am looking at rotary tables for my Taig mill. In comparing models I see a specification for "Maximum Spacing Error". What does this refer to?

I want to build an accurate rotary table. What would be a good/useful worm gear ratio?

Anybody know a provider of scale model metalworking machines? Other than PM Research please?

Using the app for the iPad how do I locate a specific thread by number? Looking for 11077. Sent from my iPad using Model Engines

I have a flex shaft carver I bought from Harbor Freight. I checked the runout on the chuck, and after some tweaking it's about 0.0015. On a bit shaft about twice that. I use this to drill off center holes by mounting it on the slide on my taig lathe. Is this an acceptable amount of runout...

Is there any way we might get a return of modelenginenews.org ? It looks like it used to be a great place to buy plans. Does it need volunteers or the efforts of individuals to make it live again? Sent from my iPad using Model Engines

When it comes to tools, I generally follow the mantra "buy the best you can afford". Well afford and best can have different meanings when money is tight. My current dilemma involves the purchasing of a mini-mill. On the one hand I would like to buy a Taig. I do smaller work, and already...

If building a two cycle turbo diesle, to find the amount of air needed for charge can you take the displacement times the RPM to get the required CFM. Sent from my iPad using Model Engines

I n my unasked opinion, multi-cylinder model IC engines just seem to win the coolness contest over their single cylinder brethren. They do however, look much more difficult to build. Not that practical is really the issue with model engines, but is there any advantage (power to weight...

Coming from a woodworking background, and enjoying a wealth of magazines, and an overwhelming amount of blogs, forums and web pages, I can't help notice the lack of the same for metalworking. Two magazines in all of Barnes & Noble. So either there aren't that many hobby metalworkers, or...

Has anybody had a problem receiving items from this company? http://www.a2zcorp.us/store/category.asp?Category=Taig:Lathe%20Machine. First order I only received half of my order. Second order I entered the wrong address. I corrected the address, but the only effort they made was to change...

Is there any difference between the Seig Mills sold under many names?