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I looked at this lathe today....150x800. Can’t see it run because he doesn’t have three phase power. Quite a bit of rust on the less used areas of the bed, cross slide, and chuck. I think it could be cleaned possibly with the exception of the extreme right end of the ways. Has a couple...

Managed to get the SAIMP mill situated where I want in the garage finally and Hooked up the VFD and had the motor spinning as expected on the bench. Earlier today I went to reinstall the motor on the head and get the pulley setup etc. after getting it hooked up and the belt on, the motor...

The last thread I made had me looking at some potential upgrades from my current X2 mill. First I was looking at a rong fu style round column mill, before I could get it someone else scooped it up. Then there was a generic 28x6 small knee mill. I bid a little low and the other guy got it. A...

Hi all, Haven’t been active in years with a career change and a baby, but have got back into it a few months ago. Still using my Grizzly 8689 and it hasn’t been too bad. I found a generic round column mill/drill on Craigslist that claims to be never used/brand new, just sat for a while. I’m...

As luck would have it, I broke my plastic gear on the mini today and of course LMS is no longer carrying the belt drive conversion. Is there anywhere else it can be purchased from? I'm not so sure about my ability to make one at this point, but I'll certainly try....although I'm in a catch 22...

It seems no matter how careful I am with set up, I can't get my stock cut nice and square. I'm working on something that requires a block of 6061 5"x3"x1-1/2". I'm using a 3" screwless vise, a parallel and a peice of wire on the moveable jaw side. I've also tried it in a 4" drill press vise...

Hello all, I have a little project I'm working on and I've already ruined a nice block of aluminum due to a mistake when drilling a long through hole. needed to drill thru 5" block of 6061, and I don't have that much drill length, so I tried to reposition and drill from the other end and meet...

Hi guys, I downloaded Emachineshop software for a design I'm working on and I can't find a way to make holes at anything other than 90*. Do any of you use this software and know of a way to do this? If it can't be done, what's a alternative software that's low cost or maybe a free trial...

Looking for a small beginner lathe about 7 x 12ish size. At this point, I figure looking for a good deal on a used lathe may be my best bet, especially if I can get something that will already come with some tooling. If not, I'm leaning toward a grizzly 7x12. I picked up a g8689 mini mill...

Hi all, My name is Darrell and I'm essentially brand new to this hobby. Starting about 20 years ago I got into building electronics. I was around 11 or 12 years old at the time. Simple things at first, like crystal radios and such, and it progressed from there. As I grew up, I became more...