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I've just got a lovely surface table. Not much evident wear but surface rusty so needs a clean. Problem is I bought it more for a workbench rather than surface table. I would like to mount a vice and would also be wanting to clamp stuff to it for welding. This means drilling holes. good idea...

I am in need of a tool holder for my mill as all I have is a Clarkson auto that takes upto a 5/8 dia tool. I am looking at an ER40 as it has the widest range, upto 25mm. Being new to this I am wondering about the lack of thread in the collets like the Clarkson has into which the tool screws, is...

;D ;D Not long ago I Got a Beaver VBRP mill and have now got it into it's final position. I made some box section lengths with some angle brackets welded on each end which bolt to the mill base ( couldn't bolt direct to box as i needed a little extra width to accommodate a pallet truck) and...

Hi I have eventually got my mk2 VBRP up and running in the workshop, still need to level and sort some suds but that will come very soon :) But... Having now run it and removed some metal from a test piece I have noticed the handwheel on top the machine is getting warm after a short time. It...

Well after asking around, friends and whoever else was around at the time, I struck lucky and found another old friend of mine was selling his milling machine ;D After a couple of phonecalls and a whole weekend waiting ;) i went and viewed it tonight and agreed to buy it ;D It is a Beaver VBPR...

My Student is now clean but it really needs a coat of paint to make it smart. Is it ok to go wild with the colour? It's just that I have a gallon of golden yellow in stock which will do the job. Or should i get the wallet out and get some more of a standard machine colour ??? depending of the...

Hi from Gloucestershire UK ;D Found this great place while searching for info on grinding and sharpening lathe tools, plenty of that here ;D I am not really a keen machinist in the way you lot seem to be, just a chap with a a lathe who enjoys a play ;) I would like to make an engine but it's...