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1) Hollow chisel mortiser. 225 bucks. 2) 115 pc set of drill bits for 29 bucks. ("They'll be good enough." - They weren't.) 3) Indexable stub acme thread cutter. Just HAD to cut a stub acme thread for a project instead of a 60 deg. 125 bucks. 4) 4 inch face mill off ebay. somehow I thought...

Its all cosmetic. 20 minutes, you should be done. dykem and a scriber to mark off the top and bottoms of the relief clamp in mill vise, with the bottom of the column against the fixed jaw. 3/8 end mill to do the reliefs. Since they're just decorative, you don't need to be exact. switch...

Motor, engine, potato potahto. Very cool regardless of what you call it. -Phil

Stan, the hot and cold plates are both aluminum - it just looks like brass due to the bad lighting in my basement and weird photographic artifact. Just out of curiosity, I looked up what the thermal conductivity of brass and aluminum are. Aluminum: 1160 BTU-in/hr-ft²-°F Brass: 798...

Made this as a Christmas present for my dad. I bought a set of plans from Jerry Howell a while back but given time and material constraints, I modified them heavily. I kept most of the critical dimensions, but that is about it. Took about 75 hours to make, most of which was getting the scrap...

Hi all, I got some great feedback a few weeks ago about how to work with cast flywheels. I finished the treadle engine they went on, so I've attached a couple of pictures. Everything but the flywheels is made from scraps, and the ball bearings were surplus. If you get it going pretty good, it...

Hi all, Thanks for all the great feedback. I machined the hub, chucked that up and touched off on the OD - except I forgot to turn down the RPMs from 1500. Boy did that baby sing! All was adjusted, and in due course, it turned out great. Right now I'm going at the spokes with a dremel, trying...

Hi All, I guess I should introduce myself, eh? I'm Phil, a mechanical engineer in Boston. I've been interested in machining since I was brought to my grandpa's shop as a little kid (hence the McNeillMachine handle). I do a lot of my own machining at work on a bridgport and clausing 14". I've...