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With router down and WiFi dead for 2 days,I have time to window shop for Mill. Apple to Apple comparison between a Sieg and Rongu RF 25, I am about to pick the robust RongFu over the Sieg. Fotos are attached for evaluation. Your 2 cents worth is seeked to guide my decision to buy a robust vee...

When you buy a cheapy $100 MIC aka "Made in China" Bench Drill Press,please do not expect spare spares on the shelf from day 1-------12 years later. After 12 months of living with a ''Bush Engineered'' Quill Return Device made of two mini tension springs and cable which could never give a full...

Was planning to build the Howell V-4 Engine but had to give up due to machine-tool limitation. The mini lathe will make it but I have to go for a bigger miil to handle the V-4 CrankCase. From LittleLocos came the '' PIP '' Radial Engine Fotos which I could not resist. Plans arrived via...

SOS SOS SOS. Need expert advice,how to align gear hob and gear blank. I have a total of 15 gears to hob. Set up foto attached.

This came in today in bits and pieces. In between breaks building the V-2 Engine,will knock up a plywood housing to hold above. The housing will serve as hand-held Tacho. Copy Cat Gus needs some suggestion and ideas. Am told that some HMEM Members have done this Tacho. Help.

About to jump in to build this engine later this year. But before deciding to so,Gus has to get some assurance that he is not alone and there must be forum members who done so and succeeded and he can view their threads and ''Monkey see,Monkey do"". Drawing bought on-lineand now being studied...

The Sea Water Strainer for the genset on my boat require a gasket replacement. Cork Sheet gasket is very hard to cut perfectly/neatly w/o gasket cutters. Gus is no good using scissors to cut same. A Japanese Circular Cutter cost me $40.00. I was surprised a cheapy $8 set M.I.C. Hole Saws did it...

Gus could never free hand stamp letters and numbers using the steel stamps on his project pieces properly/orderly during Trade School days. Some how my classmates did a better job than me. The Power Feed need to to be labelled for Forward--------Reverse and Slow------Fast on the selector...

DIY SANDER Sander done with a few instrument casing done and sander fine tuned.Gus now not too bad a carpenter with mitred corner joints. POWER FEED FOR MINI MILL Been drooling at a ''Made in Taiwan'' Power Feed for years but nobody makes one of these small enough to fit my Sakai Mini Mills...

I gave away a brand new mini lathe to a good friend that stood by me during the Registration Audit for ISO 9002 in 1997 to cheer him up and hopefully his speedy recovery. However this was not possible. This lathe is located in Campbellsville,Kentucky and available free of charge to a young...

DIY Magneto As a young kid,I have seen Magnetos on Matchless MotorCycles and been fascinated by same. Saw one Webster Engine powered with MiniMag Magneto. Bought the export kit which is cheaper less the bulky items.But it still cost me half a bomb. Plan to start work next or next. The next...

Our Twist Drills are not designed to drill brass and copper. Just how many of us will take a gamble not regrinding a 8 mm drill to drill a brass job piece which had a lot of work done and drilling the same hole to complete job. There is a very good chance that the drill will get snatched in and...

Saw foto of Taig Boring Head which is good size match for my Sakai Mini Vertical Mill which is not much bigger than Taig's. Sakai BH is about same size but will cost Gus a ''Bomb'' courier in.The existing BH is a bit chunky and clunky. I happen to have the 1 1/2" Bright Mild Steel Bar stock on...

DRO was urgently required and must have latest today/tomorrow to mill the Inlet and Exhaust Cams for Nemett-Lynx Engine now very far behind completion. DRO from LMS would cost a bomb landed in Singapore. Same from ArcEuroTrade cost 54 British Pound and DHL not included. 1.Had tried using a...

My 6 year old Fishing Tackle Box cum Poor Man's ToolMaker Chest life was cut short by excessive vibration while manually activating the ''Hitting & Missing'' mechanism of the Rupnow H&M I.C.Engine. Was about to put on Governor to auto operate the H&M.Perhaps Gus did put on too much rpm. Tried...

Hi Barnesrickw, Just wondering whether motorised chainsaw has spring return throttle to cut-off engine when dropped. Ski-jets are required by law to have a lanyard attached to driver and engine so that Ski-jet engine stopped when driver is thrown into the sea. This to prevent the haphazard...

Hopefully my second attempt at building a Rotary Table will end up with RT that can table heavier milling cuts w/o vibrating/shaking. Visited ASME air receiver fabricator that used to supply all the air receivers to the Singapore Ingersoll-Rand Small Air Assembly Plant. The owner was very...

Gus is still very much a beginner in building model engines. Am sure there are many HMEM member belong to this category.As we progressed,picking up new skills and making some unforgiving projects,we will need to buy/make some tools and accessories. Please feel free to add on following list...

Hi Members, Just wondering is Gus the only/lonely stubborn guy who tried very hard not to regrind rake angle to eliminate drill snatch.Reason was fear of the unknown. Took me more than 15 mins inserting and retrieving snatched drill while drilling the brass cam and getting no where.Gave up...

Plan to build this engine next year .Bought plans and the Best of Model Engineer,100 Page special Autumn 2013 Magazine. Still wondering am I chewing off too much more than I can swallow and digest.Have I the all the required skills/determination to complete from scratch. Have not jumped in yet...