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Since the passing of Bill Ross, the Olympic Peninsula casting club has not met. I would like to invite anyone in the area to meet at my shop at a time to be arranged. Contact me (Jim Wright, 360-275-8550).

I recently was given (yes, GIVEN wa hoo!!!!) a sheldon 11" lathe, it has a lot of attachments and etceteras with it but is missing most of the metric change gear set-up. I need to either 1. obtain a set of the change gears, the main compound metric gear is a 127/110 gear, the others are...

I'm looking for plans for a grinding wheel balancer. I seem to remember seeing plans in HSM or one of the mags but can't seem to find them. Help? On ennay they seem to be made of pure gold.

If you, like me are missing the spacer for the point splitter for your Black Diamond Drill Sharpener, I have found an original and copied it. I have four of them for sale. The originals are made from malleable cast iron, I made the copies from 7071 Aluminum. I tried the copy on my Black Diamond...

I have a Black Diamond Drill sharpener that is missing the master collets (9/16) (47/64) I have a 3/4 Master Collet. I need the collet adapters for the drills. The ones from Black Diamond are still available but they cost in the area of $30.00 each and the Master Collets are around $200.00 each...

Well, in that we are all bored and searching for something to do. My wife bought a DRO kit (Chinese) for my lathe. (14 X 40 Yam). I installed the X(Y) axis and the Z Axis scales and powered it up, It worked well except that it was a pain to get it to finally read as a Lathe. The directions are...

A friend of my wife has a small South Bend Lathe for sale. it was her husbands who passed away a few years ago. While he was alive it was well maintained and he used it for a number of years. Since his passing, it has sat in storage (3+ years). it has surface rust on the handwheels and other...

I bought a new chuck for my lathe and it came with a D1-6 adapter for a flat back chuck. I needed a D1-5 adapter (chuck was a good deal) I bought a D1-5 adapter for my lathe, fitted it to the chuck and "bobs yer uncle". Now I have a D1-6 chuck adapter for a 8" chuck. Complete with studs and...

I just finished building a muller for my foundry. I kinda got tired of mixing petrobond (actually K-Bond) by hand. Turned out pretty good. As for the Semper Fi label, Hey I'm a Marine, what can I say. (LOL)

I have been looking for plans for the 1886 Benz Motor. Anyone out there have a set? Willing to share or sell? Know where I can get a set? The company in Germany that makes the model kit won't sell the plans and won't ship outside Europe.

I have acquired a Die Filer, the only problem is that there are no files with it. Is there a way to re-make standard files so they can be used with this small machine. I think it could be quite useful if I can make files for it. I have found on ebay files for sale but they seem to be made of...

I'd be willing to adda pin to a map of members but when I try all I do is go to the Home page for the HMEM. How?

Does anyone have a set of plans for the PeeWee V4 they would sell? I have castings but no plans. Jim Wright