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  1. FSG

    South Bend 8K photos

    Did Grizzly tech service give you any indication if the grease in the spindle bearings was something they are seeing a lot of? It seems like the kind of thing that would have been done to every machine coming off the assembly line for that batch. I've been giving very serious consideration to...
  2. FSG

    Wobbler Improvements (Or General Improvements)

    Yes, well, clearly there is lots of room for improvement. I've only built 3 sets of piston/cylinder on this project, with any luck it will run on 25PSI by revision 12. It was never my intention to build model engines ("It wasn't my intention to exceed 100MPH, Officer! I swear!) but sometimes...
  3. FSG

    Wobbler Improvements (Or General Improvements)

    Hi Nerdz: I built my first wobbler as an exercise in basic machining, to demonstrate that I can actually machine parts that go together and do what they were designed to do (all of the other things I've built lately have been delivered to customers). As I made improvements (larger flywheel...
  4. FSG

    Welcome to the history room

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maudslay As far as I've been able to find, Mr. Maudslay was the man who started the progression from mere good handwork to real precision. He invented the micrometer, was the first to combine the leadscrew, change gears, and slide rest to make the modern precision...
  5. FSG

    Hey y'all from Fresno, CA

    Hi Tin: The SB is a 13" X 5', it was a barn find hibernating under a generous layer of fossilized lubrication, with what I believe to be a layer of khaki paint from the Big One over the factory black. The apron is having a nice long soak in the solvent tank, the bed, headstock, and legs in a...
  6. FSG

    Hey y'all from Fresno, CA

    Hi Tin Falcon: I go by Patrick, and yes it is a definite advantage to be able to ride the motorcycle in any one of three National Parks any day I choose. The 1935 building is a fine setting for the ongoing restoration of the 1928 South Bend lathe, and the recommissioning of the 1945ish...
  7. FSG

    FSG #1

    Modified from Little Machine Shop plans, with crankshaft bearings and a larger flywheel. Clocked at over 1500RPM's at 95PSI air. Currently running as a draw to machine shop classes at local hackerspace, an interesting counterpoint to the gee-whiz 3D printer.
  8. FSG

    Hey y'all from Fresno, CA

    It all started innocently enough. I needed some spacers to mount a larger than stock headlight on a motorcycle that I was overhauling, but everything I could find that might fit was just wrong. The setup that was close, but not quite what I wanted was outrageously expensive. Then I ran across a...
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