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I need to fabricate 4 small brass disks as shown on the attachment (metric measurements). I don/t have any brass round stock to cut slices from. All I have is a piece of brass strip 14mm wide x 250mm long x 2mm thick. Anyone have a suggestion on how to accurately make these disks from the...

I have a Sieg SX3 mill and a Sieg C6 lathe, neither one of which is a very robust machine, but satisfy my needs. I am not happy with the drill chucks on either machine, so I'm going to buy one quality 1/16-1/2 chuck for use on both machines. I would like to hear the pros and cons of the various...

LMS has a good buy on a miniature tap wrench set this week. It'd pretty tough to broach a square hole, knurl, then anodize two of these for anywhere near the cost. SEE ATCH>

I have a requirement to cut very fine external threads on a small diameter portion of a workpiece. Because interference with the workpiece is a problem, I want to use a small HSS toolbit; 5/16”. Searching in older machining books, I’ve found two toolbit shapes that seem be suitable (A & B...

If there are any Canadian members to this forum; FWIW - Grizzly now advertises that they ship to Canada. They do have a $50 minimum order but state that it doesn't apply to spare parts orders.

FWIW, if anyone's in the market for a small mill, Harbor Freight has drastically reduced their prices for the Sieg X2 and X3 mills; $220 for the X2 and $699 for the X3.

A neat trick from a 1948 issue of Popular Science

FYI...In Grizzly's 2010 catalog, in addition to the South Bend line of stuff, they list an addition to their small mill/drills, the G0704. This is not a newly manufactured mill/drill design, just new to Grizzly. It's been marketed for a number of years by various vendors, including Grizzly's...

For anyone that has a Sieg X2 type mini-mill, LMS just published a freebie drawing for a 'murphy-proof' spindle lock pin:

In one of the other forums, a member had a problem with stress distortion when he was attempting to mill some strips of brass to thickness for gib strips. In the ensuing discussions, one member contributed this URL: http://www.brass.org/Publicat/pub117/117-section-5-how-to-make-it-in-brass.pdf...

I purchsed a box of assorted taps at a garage sale recently. They all seem to be in excellent condition, a lot of them appear unused as they have a plastic coating. Most of them are marked "P&N, Australia". Can anyone tell me about the quality of this brand??

My Chicom 9x19 lathe came with a 'cheapie' q/c toolholder. Worked fine for all my turning operations [b]except[b] parting-off. I made a toolholder that holds 1/2" HSS "T-type" parting-off blades. I now get chatter-free parting-off of all the materials and diameters that I've used. I sized the...

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For those of you with smaller mills, this is an interesting lighting system: ]www.homemodelenginemachinist.com//f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/UJYaSuhiVZco0H9KJClgf77CXvlVbdlPXXLC2qQmo56kVg61G0LBrVX-LUOge3XVKx6FET-y1as8MKPJD_ME15YieFln8pM6/LightUpYouMill.pdf]

I just picked up one of these and it's sure dandy for small 'nudging' jobs: http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=62707&cat=

Most of the computers made in the past few years come preloaded with Windows Vista Home Premium. A couple of months ago I learned about "Snip", a not commonly known feature built into all versions of Vista except Home Basic. After using it for two months, I find it's one of the handiest features...

Is everyone familiar with this website: http://www.john-tom.com/html/SteamPlans.html There are so many free plans here that you'd think there would be some copywrite infringement!

Could someone that is truly knowledgable on this subject please give me some help ?? I need to replace the gib strip on the cross slide of my lathe because the original was warped a bit and impossible to adjust properly. My lathe is still under warranty and the manufacturer sent me a new gib...

I don't know if this is the right place for this post, but I need some help. I am making one of Ridder's coffee cup stirling engines and his plans call for a graphite or steel piston. I don't have any source for graphite in my area, but before Boeing Surplus closed I bought a 1" thick sheet of...