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I'm playing around with some ideas for making a internal threading tool to thread 3/4”-16 internal threads. I would like to make the threading tool from 0.500” W1 drill rod and a .125” x .125” HSS cutting bit. My first idea is to cut a slot in the end of the half inch drill rod and secure the...

I have started my first complicated project. I have done a little wobbler, and a few simple odds and ends, I think it is time to dive into a more advanced. I decided to build a three cylinder radial engine. If you follow the this link and scroll down to engine 11, that is the one...

Well, I did a nice one this morning! My little Sherline 2000 mill doesn't reside on the bench in a permanent fashion. It is stored on a little table out of the way. So, this morning I pick it up carefully and place it on my workbench. It looks like the first thing that I will need to do is...

The first thing that I made when I got a new Sherline lathe and mill was Millie, the plans are in the back of Table Top Machining by Joe Martin. I think it took me about 4 or 5 days to make it. The first thing that everyone I've show it run to does it start giggling! Not much to look at (in fact...