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Those of you who have installed and used the optional power feed unit for your Sieg X3 or SX3 (Grizzly G0619) bench mill, have probably been disappointed to find that it imparts a most aggravating drag on the x-axis feed screw. This is due to the fact that, unlike the power feed units generally...

What home shop would be complete without one of those Taiwanese 4 x 6" cutoff band saws? In an effort to lengthen blade life and get a smoother cut, I've taken to using a cutting fluid ("Tap Magic") on my saw blade, and it really seems to help. Unfortunately it also tends to make the chips...

Hi all, I built one of these many moons ago (more moons than I will admit to), and always had a soft spot in my heart for it. It's a "wobbler" of the most fundamental design, and was the first engine I built that actually worked when I finished it. I even fancied it up a bit by making a...

I was kind of surprised to see that someone paid $427.85 for one of Phil Duclos' "Odds'n Ends" hit & miss model engines on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/hit-and-miss-model-engine_W0QQitemZ200279729710 Not that some of these finished models don't go for MUCH higher prices, but given the apparent...

Hi! Though I joined this forum some time ago, work/family obligations have taken most of my spare time lately. I've posted a couple of times in another thread already, but thought I should make a formal introduction. I got involved in model engine building back in the late eighties, but have...