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I've never went wrong with KEO. Some low-cost imports grind too much material away.

I had about a dozen years experience as a machinist when I took a new job at a company that manufactured resistance welding equipment. Up to that point, the only copper I ever dealt with was from a beryllium copper foundry which machined similar to CF steel. Imagine my surprise and...

It can pay to watch craigslist and other local sources for used older American iron. Prices will vary wildly as most sellers pull a number out of a hat. If you can be patient, a deal on a nice older Rockwell/Delta, Walker-Turner, Sears, etc can be had. Most that were sold for home shops and...

Being mindful that many on this board are working with very limited space, I would suggest getting a floor model if possible. The bench models by their nature inundate the bench, any drawers and everything on it with chips posing a high ouch factor. The other bonus besides a lot of Z and the...

Little machine Shop has a Reference page that has several calculators Including bolt circle, determining a bolt circle diameter from chordal measurements (very handy for odd-numbered bolt circles) and a change gear calculator for several of the mini lathes as well as one you can set up for ANY...

I just type 25.4 into my scientific calculator, hit the reciprocal (1/x) button and store the result which is the constant that shown above carried out to more decimal places. After that, I type in the mm dimension x MR (memory recall) = and get the result which I round to the precision...

It's an 11x36" Sheldon. I'm a little below Athens, a bit more than 1/2 way between Knoxville and Chattanooga.

I have uploaded a PDF of a 1/8" per FT shrink rule with an explanation for its use to the downloads section. I am making a pattern for a T-Slotted slide for my lathe that I hope to get cast at one of the areas small iron foundries. I'm in no physical shape to be a sand crab so I can't see...

This is a 1/8" per ft shrink rule drawing. Print it on legal size stock, scaled 1:1. Be sure to check that the O/A length is 12-1/8" when printed. Most paper shrinks asymmetrically so check it before each use. An option would be to print the mirrored version on page 2 using clear stock. Then...

The mantra in spot welding is "squeeze, weld, hold, release". This is the differing amounts of time for a cylinder or other actuator to reach welding pressure, X cycles of weld current, time at pressure to allow the weld nugget to solidify and cylinder retraction. I could get into a lond...

Mark- I designed industrial automated spot welding equipment for about 20 years. You have an excellent grip on what is needed in a light-duty, intermittent use welder. For us a "small" welder started at around 20,000 amps capacity and went way up from there. The components and current...

Excellent tip Oasanti. I'm new to the forum but have been in machining a long time and that is a new one for me. Thank you and your English is MUCH better than my Spanish! -Jerry

Thanks to all! Gus- Opryland has been closed for quite a while. DollyWood in Pigeon Forge is a larger version, come visit! I like the fish in your avatar, makes me hungry! Mark- My impression is that model engines as a hobby has a much higher per capita following "across the pond" than...

My name is Jerry and I ran across this site due to a Google search on gearing. I am in the process of redrawing some plans for an old shaper design when I found that GailInNM had already done something very similar to my plans and posted pictures here. I still plan to do that build but it is...

Hi Brian- I just joined the group about a week ago and have been getting my feet wet. I have read all the posts in this build thread in one setting. Excellent all around. I hope to start making chips one an engine sometime next year. Still setting up my shop. I've ran a little SW & a lot...