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Thanks guys, I'll be going. Awfully hard to get into a conversation here. Sort of clanish bunch! Or is it clickity click? Bye bye boys, Bill C.

Tony, I'm feeling your agony...If I may offer another slant on this.... How about packing the upper to the cross slide and peck drill through with the lathe saddle? I also noticed in the photos of the first one that your drill chip is very long and straight as if the feed may be a bit too...

This manifold is the reason for my interest in constructing a cam grinder...The intakes are siamesed so the intakes and exhaust lobes on each end of the camshaft are reversed. This is a traditional layout for a four cylinder engine. Thanks yall, Bill C.

Will do, this afternoon; I'm at work now.... Bill C.

Amen to that! Bill C.

If You Can Raed Tihs, You Msut Be Raelly Smrat: Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteers be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it...

Anyone heard of a 'wishbone' drill sharpener? I bit and bought one a long time ago and it is a marvel in simplicity and sharpens drill bits down to your own personal limit in size. I'll post some photos if anyone may desire to possibly duplicate one - easy to conceive, fabricate and use.....and...

Gail, If your dog likes you then you're a pretty good guy but if my dog likes you, you're a very good person! I trust my dog too! Thanks Gail, Bill C.

You've already proven that without a shadow of a doubt! Most respectfully :bow: :bow: Bill C.

Does anyone need one of these? I have one similar to the one offered by MSC (maybe a bit larger) that I can offer to someone in need of a milling application on a lathe. While not the best way; necessity will win every time. Let me know if someone may need this attachment. I'll post a photo or...

Yes, I've thought about those early 'adventurous' types too that did the unknown....they were smart and bold. Even copper is up near iron in melting temperature. I believe the pursuit of artificially aging a home casting of 356 would be as rewarding as pursuing melting and casting iron. The...

140 dp? Where's my microscope? Wire edm's are the greatest invention in machine work ever! The only method that rivals it is electron beam wire fed fabrication - but when finished the part still needs to be finish machined. Good stuff!! Bill C.

Now kf2qd, If you ain't a Harley fan, why would you want to violate a Honda frame with a Harley Davidson look alike engine? Honda's are first class technology and engineering. Harley Davidson on the other hand is well suited to those who enjoy finishing out a major purchase, have dirty...

Tony, Have you seen the original drawings for the totally fabricated version of the Whittle V8? The block is fabricated from bar stock. This has always been a very interesting project to me. Now there are drawings to machine it from solid - very interesting - and a V8 too! Bill C. BTW: I'm...

Yes, very much agree - light cuts indeed with either method. Thinking; Dentists seem to use cutting edge plastic and adhesive technology. I'm envious of the UV cured adhesives that they use.... The perfect adhesive is purposely set, then purposely released... That adhesive is water. But it's...

Thanks Rick! Thanks Vernon! Thanks Bob! I'm very pleased to be here! I like show and tell! Ive scorched myself on lots of jobs and stuff and love to tell about it. (some weren't worthy of a picture so I'll hold those as secret) Thanks all! Bill C.

I found some of the old hard sheets of asbestos that I use to block some of the radiation from an iron filled crucible and still manage to smoke my jeans here and there. Looking into the foundry crucible down through the vent hole required cobalt blue glasses to protect the eyes from the intense...

The 'double sticky' works best for really precision parts because 'super glue' will harden out thick and thin. You can get the very thin stuff but it still will give grief. My problem with both is that I will diddle around with one of the nested parts before completion and knock the whole mess...

It's fun Vernon, just a bit intimidating to step up to a crucible of molten iron! Seething, glowing white hot just waiting to turn a droplet of water into a bomb of showering pellets of molten iron. Fun, fun! Thanks, Bill C.

This was in '97, I needed a small drill press and couldn't see paying $800.00 or so for one like this - so I spent about $3000.00 in time and materials to build this one. They are iron castings except for the cover parts but they all could have been 356 aluminum just as well - but I like iron...