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I'm getting to the age (55 this month) that lifting a 10" rotary table and the 10" chuck up on the mill table is getting harder and harder everytime. After much searching, looking and even more procrastinating I started a jib crane to do the lifting. I made a mounting pad to go on the...

I just bought the Harbor Freight model #97686 desiccant air drier, $40, that uses #97924 desiccant media, $5 for 2.2# (1 kilo). Its a 34" long piece of 2" pipe, it has 2 screw on caps and 2 media support baffles. When assembled there is about 24" of desiccant supported in a vertically mounted...

When I bought my Jet JVM-836 milling machine, I was very happy with the machine, the only drawback was the unit only has 5 spindle speeds (240-1550 rpm). Only 5 speeds and wide gaps between them, was somewhat limiting. I ended up making a "transmission", adding another set of pulleys and a...

My name is Jack, I live in central NY state, near Syracuse. For 30+ years, I've been an industrial boiler service technician, at one time traveling the world working on boilers, now concentrating on the northeastern part of the country. I have a machine shop in the garage, and make obsolete...