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DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal pieces out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, splattering it against that freshly painted project part you are working on. WIRE WHEEL: Cleans paint off bolts and...

I have an old wilton 7" bandsaw. The gearbox has kicked it. I can fix in temporarily, but when the blade grabs it shoots the pully shaft almost out of the gearbox. :'( But I remember someone posted and indexer built from one of these gearboxes So I thought I would test my luck. Thanks in...

Today was one of the funest days I have had in quite a while. I rode up to Randolph Bulgin's shop in Franklin NC with Cedge. There we met GeorgeSeal and Kvom. Such a great experience!!! Steve, manage to tear up a really cool looking gun Randolph showed us :) BTW Steve Barbara is going outside to...

I finally made me a ball turner. I didn't document anything while making the base but it is fairly straight forward. Round piece of aluminum turned knurled and bored for a tapered roller bearing I had laying around, then a slot milled for my tool holder. I also made a steel plate to bolt to the...

What has happened to the engines of the month??? I nominate Kacti's Tin can engine. Tim

I just got Gail's crankshafts in for the team build and WOW!!! All the parts I have seen are really nice. I am not easily impressed most of the time but these look like they came off a hobby stores shelf, complete with shims, screws, and allen wrench. This whole team build has been excelant. Tim

OK guys I finally have machinery! A month ago I had nothing more at home than wrenches and hammers. Now I have got a small shop started. The shop I work run for a day job is mostly CNC. I hired a manual machinist two years ago to help with the small quantity parts. Well this was intended to be...

I just acquired an old Bridgeport mill (series 1 , J-head with step pulley) with a 1hp three phase motor. With this I got a static phase converter witch will put me at approximately .66hp . I have not tried it out yet but I am used to running 2-3hp varable speed B-ports and think I will need...

Cedge and I worked on single point threading with my new lathe yesterday and ran into a few issues that we need help answering. First off the only manual threading I really have any memory doing in the past was on a Hardinge HLV which was just too sweet. And threading on this machine was just...

Yes you read it right. I finally got my lathe at the house today. The guy I bought it from has been moving a lot of stuff and hasn't had time to deliver for the last few months. But today was the day. It is a 1988 12x36" Taiwanese lathe. I will need to bring some inspection equipment home...

I didn't want to hijack Bretk's post so here we go. This is the little info I have on vibratory finishing AKA tumbling. We would use a two step process when polishing alum. At my last job we used plastic media(slightly abrasive but nothing like ceramic) to smooth out the part. Then we would...

If any of you guys can ever get ahold of one of these large commercial copying machine jump on it. Here are some pics of the components I salvaged. Quite alot of drill rod. And a length of small chain. AC and DC motors. Eight solenoids and some electric brakes/clutches. A stash of gears...

I just finished reading this post. http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/index.php?topic=863.msg5757;topicseen#msg5757 I have the option of getting an old Bridgeport at a good price and want to learn more about my power options. 1. My main concern is for tapping. I will need to use quick...

I just remembered a few accidents I have seen after reading Bob Warfields post on connecting rods. This post is about the safety issues associated with extending material out the back of the spindle in your lathe. Every material type and size will be different, but if your material hangs out too...

This is a EN 10025 Material Spec I am quoting for work. I know some of you guys are full time machinist also and also some of you are in Europe. I am trying to find out what a similar metal spec is here in the US. The other specs I have found similars listed for are: S355J2G3 - ASTM A663 and...

Kinda slow this evening so I'm going to show you guys what I'm working on. Its going kind of slow b/c the wifes making me cook ;) Here are some pics. BTW, I'm not putting pics up of the cube steaks, mashed potatoes, gravy(both homemade of course), and shells w/ cheese. Sorry for you guys on the...

Can you give details on ignition and carbeuration? Tim

I actually made parts to day!!! And got to shoot tons of $#!? with Cedge. First off, this is my first engine and I'm realizing that documenting the process is almost as much work as making the parts. Well here we go. I did the turning work on both the cylinders and the pistons today. Both...

Can someone point me in the right direction on information on how to build a carb. I have had little luck so far but I figured someone here would surely have some info. Carb size is not so critical now. I'm just trying to gather info for carbs on model engines all the way up to bike motors...

I finished my transistorized ignition a few weeks ago and tried it out on an engine today. I picked up a small trimmer engine a couple weeks ago when Cedge and I were scrap yard hoping. I got the engine to halfway run this evening (high rpm needle seat is busted so no high rpm). I mounted my...