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Looking for other Hobby Machinist in Midland Tx, would like to start a club, social gathering or something to share ideas and techniques in person. Currently use: Sherline lathe, brass bed Taig lathe and cnc mill, Grizzly Mini lathe and mill Grizzly G0602, Grizzly G0463 HMEM, youtube...

Ok, here is the situation. I sold an item on Ebay and now I have some tooling money on hand. So what do you consider great tooling to have on hand you wouldn't want to be without. I am currently going to buy the multi position V Block, little hogger end mills and a few small items.

This past weekend I had the opportunity to visit with a career machinist about a using the lathe and DRO's. He told me that the shop he worked in did not use DRO's on lathes anymore they used a device ( I cannot remember what he called it) that measured how much metal was removed as you made the...

Well I figured out how to post videos from Youtube so I thought I would share. This is the HMEM engine from plans on this site. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz-MNTElgPc I built this engine with no plans about 8 years ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbl2Z9SJ5oI

After a few weeks of piddling around I finally got my Scotty completed and running today. I am pretty please with the way it turned out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXmGIuNSkMo Just a note: The video was done after the original pictures were taken, I changed out the screws to black socket...

Anybody have any dealings with this cut off saw. I am considering getting one with a gift certificate I received, the thing it offers my portable band saw does not is relative squareness of the cut. http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00982729000P?prdNo=3&blockNo=3&blockType=G3 Here is a...

Been working on these on and off for a while. Decided to finish them this weekend. I plan on giving them to some folks that have interest in my hobby. Nothing spectacular, just wobblers.

I have been using a HF portable band saw for 9 years and it has served me well until last week it developed a crack in the front handle and the main handle has been broken for years. I decided it was time to buy a new one but I was having trouble spending $300 for a new one (I wanted a Milwaukee...

Omnimills thread on 123 blocks got me to thinking. I have seen many different types of holding devices in catalogues and I know how some of the work but I am still baffled how others are used. For instance a sin bars, cam holders,etc. Could we use this thread to capture pictures of unique set...

I just received my G0602 lathe and X3 mill from Grizzly on Thursday. I cant believe how fast it got here, 3 days from shipped to my door step. I have spent the last two days cleaning the proverbial gunk off of them. Over all I am pleased with everything, nothing was broken and everything was...

What size vise do you recommend for the X3 mill. I have a 4 inch in the shopping cart but I thought a 5 inch might be better. Any opinions on the matter would be appreciated.

Can the scales on this DRO be shortened without damaging the kit. [url]http://www.grizzly.com/products/8-x-20-2-Axis-Digital-Readout-for-Mills/H6087/url] I really don't want to have to modify anything but it looks like i do not have choice if I want a decent DRO for and X3 mill.

Ok here is the dumb question of the day, does anyone know if the 8178 power feed offered for the X3 mill disengage so you can use the hand wheel? I have looked at the owners manual on line and I cannot tell how you disengage the motor from the system. I am missing something somewhere. Thanks

As the title says, I seem to have jumped the gun. I joined the board and went straight to the shop section and posted a question. After reading several more posts I realized that was considered impolite on the board so I wanted to fix it. I have spent the last couple of years on the RC...

Need some help deciding on a new shop. I currently use 1/2 of a 2 car garage for my equipment and my wife thinks I need a regular shop with air conditioning and such. I already have a 40 x 50' concrete floor shop but I do not want to put my precision equipment in the really dusty environment...