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  1. Beachside_Hank

    I Want This Saw

    Thanks for your thoughts guys, in the end I guess I still can't get past the Harbor Freight machine for around $200. I know it'll take a bit to put it right, but they are literally just down the street from me so taking delivery is no problem either. I have taken some inspiration as to what I...
  2. Beachside_Hank

    I Want This Saw

    If ever there was a all- round benchtop metal cutting bandsaw for the home shop, this one is it. I've had my eyes open for something like this for a long time but have never seen one until now. The video is Russian, but no translation is needed, from one craftsman to another his tour of it is...
  3. Beachside_Hank

    Mako Burner

    I've been gearing up for a home foundry capability and posted my results thus far up on Instructables: http://www.instructables.com/id/Benchtop-Foundry-And-Forge/ I recently used the lower section from a barbecue cart as the mobile stand for my works after melting down the upper ally firebox :D...
  4. Beachside_Hank

    Thank you Canadians!!

    I share your pain guys, I actually had to forgo shorts and wear long legged pants the last coupla days down here in Florida, dunno if I can hang on... :rolleyes:
  5. Beachside_Hank

    what is your opinion

    I've got a 7x 16 version, I researched the same option and finally bought this one: http://www.littlemachineshop.com/products/product_view.php?ProductID=3112&category=-419988835 Other users preferred the tool's clamping method as being less likely to shift the holder under load v.s. the central...
  6. Beachside_Hank

    Greetings from the Sunshine State

    Welcome from the Space Coast. Looks like you've learned your lessons well, executed with nice aesthetics!
  7. Beachside_Hank

    lathe 4 jaw centering made easy

    Nice technique, two questions: I assume the blade centerline must match the chuck centerline? Is the blade held in a toolholder or?
  8. Beachside_Hank

    Tapped Plate Or Whatchamacallit?

    Thanks guys, went with Enco, gave me an excuse to make my first purchase with them, plus the free shipping don't hurt either.
  9. Beachside_Hank

    Tapped Plate Or Whatchamacallit?

    I’m looking for a plate, not unlike a drill size gauge plate that will have a series of tapped holes in it to do a quick and foolproof check of fastener threads. Just keep trying it in the various holes until you find the right thread and pitch. I’d like both metric and U.S. threads. Can’t seem...
  10. Beachside_Hank

    Tool grinding persective

    Just bought a drill bit grab bag from H.F. Checked for quality, and all were surprisingly good, then I noticed about half of them were ground opposite normal rotation. I pulled out the books and was going to go about resharpening for standard drill press rotation when it occurred to me that I...
  11. Beachside_Hank

    Mystery Tool

    I once ran a manufacturing plant where we had a Mubea, a German- made ironworker machine with a punch press setup in the nose and plate shear at the bottom. It was a great piece of equipment too.
  12. Beachside_Hank

    Shellac Mandrels and Chucks.

    That's a great tip, but furniture and cabinet grade shellac is priced at a premium nowadays as the last few seasons harvest are reported to be very sparse. I'm just about out of mine, it is my goto problem solver for a lot of applications and even in flake form it only has a shelf life of about...
  13. Beachside_Hank

    Cutting lubrication

    Found this tip in an Old Pop Sci or Pop Mechanics, can't remember which:
  14. Beachside_Hank

    My first engine, mostly made of Maple!

    Sure, it sucks but hey, It runs! You win against all arguments.
  15. Beachside_Hank

    Minilathe improvement

    Oftentimes it's the low hanging fruit that is easiest to acquire and is usually the sweetest.
  16. Beachside_Hank

    Minilathe improvement

    This is no small thing, good work Chuck, an important discovery.
  17. Beachside_Hank

    Linotype machine Repair

    In the early sixties I used to work at an electronics shop that rented/ shared space with a small town newspaper publisher, they had one of these machines too.
  18. Beachside_Hank

    American Precision Museum

    Two words: A Mazing. What a treat to see something like this, and usually it comes to be from an immigrant who found his place in this world.
  19. Beachside_Hank

    file cleaning

    I've seen two tips in old Pop Mechanics issues, one was about flattening the end of soft copper tube and scraping like a spatula and the other, more sensible to me, is using a chunk of bamboo, again as a scraper- great use of that cooking set of spoons, paddles, etc. I got at the dollar store...
  20. Beachside_Hank

    Rudy's Workbench

    Found this article whilst on my way to somewhere else, thought it might be of interest to the group: http://books.google.com/books?id=lNQDAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA124&pg=PA124#v=onepage&q&f=true
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