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I've got a shop made QCTP on my little lathe. As I did not make the thing I have no idea if it was made to a pattern. Two of the toolholders appear to be commercially made and the other three are shop made. Anyhow, I want to buy a knurl holder and I see a ready made one to fit the 0XA posts...

Just wanted to pop in and once again say hi and re-introduce myself. I've been away for about 3 years. Things got pretty hard for me when I stopped coming around. Thankfully I'm alive and sorta well. Still interested in making perfectly good metal into bits for the junk box and tinkering...

Spent some time scouring the Intarnet looking for plans for a horizontal finger engine. I finds lots. And man, I mean LOTS!! of hits for the NAMES vertical finger engine. While I could likely modify that design I'd actually like to see an existing model. Any links to such a beastie? Thanks!

What sort of cutter to mill an HSS bit? Carbide? I need to make a fairly accurate form tool for for a job in my workshop. I am not steady enough with a Dremel to get the kind of shape I need. The tool is too small for me to attempt on my bench grinder. A small endmill would be perfect to get...

Not sure if this is the best forum to post this in... I think it would be a good idea to add a link from the 'Project Of The Month' pic on the top of each page to either the build thread or the thread announcing the winner. If the latter I'd like to see a link in the first post of the...

Metalworking, Woodworking & Blacksmith Swap Meet There is a huge collection of antique metalworking and blacksmithing machinery on display to paw over. Nice fun event. Facility is an old Iron Foundry. 200 block West College St, Guthrie, Ok, 73044 8 AM or so till sometime in the afternoon...

I hope this is not too silly of a question... I have some of the brazed carbide tooling that fits my lathe. I've recently tried to use these on some aluminum and steel with mixed results. Mostly not good results. My little Chinese lathe came with a carbide cutter like the others I have in one...

This evening I spent some quality time in my workshop. Earlier today I took a trip to a buddy's shop in OKC to use his bandsaw. I cut me off a half dozen 1" long chunks from a bar of 1" 12L14 hex. Hiding in one of those chunks was this spindle adapter. This is for the old Craftsman/Dunlap model...

Ok, I understand how to make knurls. At least I understand about diameter and such. The thing that mystifies me is how do you make knurls that are longer than the knurling wheels are wide. scratch.gif Do you advance the carriage toward the chuck or do you retract the knurling tool and then...

Some time ago I was foolish enough to buy a silly little Harbor Freight 3-in-1 machine from an eBay vendor that sells their returns. Anyhow, that was a fiasco. So I made the best of it by utilizing some of the not destroyed parts. I decided to try and fit the stock 50MM (~2.5") 3 jaw chuck to...

My other expensive hobby is flying R/C airplanes and crashing R/C helicopters. As my vision is deteriorating I cannot see well enough to fly the smallish planes I've been flying for years. So now I am looking at bigger planes. Up until this I've flown nothing but electric powered craft for the...

I have never been able to get a flycutter to make a good smooth finish for me ever. I've asked loads of what must seem like retard questions in other venues but still in spite of the help offered been able to achieve anything that does not look like poop. I saw John's (Bogstandard) radiused...

I need to raise some cash to pay rent. I hate to part with this. Anyhow, new in box P. M. Research #2A steam engine unmachined kit. $30 plus postage. Thanks.

In a Thread by Brian Rupnow Marv posted the following... I will have the following to make my parts with: 30:1 ratio head. 50 hole plate. I need to make a part with 50 divisions.... So, using the above.... I end up with the number .6 (1/50 x 30) So would that be 6/10 of a rotation or 30...

Yup, the funny little fluid filled gadget with a bubble for making leveling devices. Any idea exactly what they are called and where I can find them? I've got an idea for a gadget. Searches I've made come up with tons of not what I am looking for...

One of the ways I support myself these days is buying used treadmills and parting them out. The motors and controllers in some are great for powering smallish home shop machines. Anyhow, I bought a treadmill over the weekend that was not the usual type/brands I buy. It actually came with a...

While reading a couple of threads here and elsewhere recently the comments were made about a good hard grade of aluminum being a suitable substitute for mild steel. The aluminum mentioned specifically in one post was 6061-T6. I've made more than a few parts out of 1018 CRS and am now wondering...

My neighbor tossed out an old Japanese sewing machine last trash day. It's mostly cast iron so I picked it up to take to the scrap yard on my next run. I was about to toss it in the truck when I looked inside and saw a bunch of things that really had my imagination rolling. First, a crankshaft...

Perhaps I am being my usual dense self here. I was looking at the koolmist systems on a tooling website recently. They seem to be priced inexpensively enough. What I cannot seem grasp is what else does it need to operate? Does it need shop air? A pump for the liquid? Solenoids, relays...

I recently built a new workbench to mount my Atlas lathe on. It's good stout thing. However the floor in my workshop (garage) is awful. Far from level. So I made a set of feet out of junk treadmill parts. The disks are leftover plastic wheels from a pair of treadmills I gutted for...