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Anyone check how square their column is with their table on their bench mills? If so is there anything you did to straighten it up if it was out? I have a precision Matthews pm-30-mv that has been converted to a CNC mill. I was able to put a tall granite square on the table and check the...

A couple of years ago my dad and I were able to pick up a 1950 south bend 9a lathe. It was in really good shape for it's age, but at the time I didn't have room for it. It sat under a tarp in my dad's woodworking shop collecting dust literally. I finally have the room for it, but I figured...

What do you guys have in your shops, and do you have any input on your setup? Is your band saw taking up more space than it's worth, do you wish you had more options? I'm trying to decide what I want to put in my shop. I'm leaning towards a horizontal but I could be swayed.

I've been looking into getting a gear cutting set. Is there a particular sized set that I should invest in first?

I'm building a shop\ mother-in-law suit right now. I'm excited to have my first real shop, but I'm realistically a year away from having the thing finished enough to put a shop in it. So now I have a year to try to figure out what I want to put in the thing. I have a taig lathe that I've been...

It's going to be some time before I can get back into the hobby as I'm building my shop, (with a mother in law suit up top). In the mean time does anyone have recommendations for books\articles relating to engines and this hobby? Half of this will be a garage but here's where I'm at!

Our analog amplifier at work stopped working, and because of it's age my boss decided to buy new instead of trying to fix it. I was able to grab it before someone threw it in the trash, and with a little super glue it is working again. Right now it loses accuracy beyond the 5s on the readout...

I recently decided that I am going to purchase a Taig mini lathe. Even though I'm not planning on making the purchase till the end of the year I want to plan out, and possibly even build some modifications, so that they are ready when the machine arrives. My first project is to hopefully...

I decided to try and make the Holly Buddy engine. It's going to be my first IC engine, and with it's well designed simplicity I figured it would be a good stepping stone. I started with the crank case. It slipped my mind to take pictures of the work in progress, so my only pictures are with...

I'm talking about sherlines, taigs , or other brands around the same size. I really like the look and precision of the cowells, but for now that's a dream that is many dollars away. I'd like to know what you feel their capability is when it comes to precision, attachments, and abilities. The...

Anyone have tips for polishing aluminum to a mirror finish? I have alot of experience polishing hard steels and carbide, but the same techniques don't work for aluminum. So far I've been working my way up to 3000 grit sandpaper and then I polish using #3 diamond paste (yellow). It gives...

Hello everyone! I've been reading this forum for awhile now, but this is my first post. I decided to attempt to make J Jonkmans 60 Sterling engine that I found on this site. It's the first engine I've made, and I'm having problems getting it to run. I was wondering if you guys had any...