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    Tpactools DRO Calibration

    The installation of my Tpactools DRO is finished. Now it seems comes the hard part, calibration. I’ve been going in circles. Either I’m missing something in the instructions or it’s the instructions. At this point, it doesn’t matter. If there’s anyone out there that is familiar with this unit...
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    For Sale Vintage Stuart Turner D10 Steam Engine Single Cylinder Vertical Castings

    Looking to sell this vintage set of castings and prints for the construction of this working model steam or compressed air model. What you see is what you get. Screws and miscellaneous small parts as described in the instructions will need to be fabricated or bought. The prints and instructions...
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    Shop security

    You don’t think about it until your space is violated. I guess, I knew I had some security issues in my shop. But I was busy with other things, I didn’t have time. But when you think about it, how many thousands of dollars do you have in tools in your shop? Tools can be replaced but what about...
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    Shop Vac for the Mill

    As anyone who has looked at any of the pictures of my shop, the clutter is unacceptable. I have a small space I work in with numerous projects in various stages of progress. Well, as anyone knows, organization saves time. One thing at a time, I looked at my small vac I use to clean my mill...
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    Tram table

    In my scrap steel stash, I happened to have a large 10 inch precision ground on both sides steel disc. I got to thinking this would make a perfect mill tram table. What if it had legs, even better. Then you wouldn’t have to move the vise. The four legs would have to be precisely the same length...
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    Tilt Body Indexer

    This is a new project I’m working on. In the first photo, I’m turning a large 5 1/2 inch piece of schedule 40 pipe. With the overhang, I’m turning slow and taking light cuts to true up the pipe. In the second photo, I’m cutting a piece of railroad tie steel, I found While hiking. It’s “mystery”...
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    Building a 5C collet holder

    I started this project to fill some time during the Covid shutdown. I’ve had a set of 5C collets for awhile, but they‘ve been of limited value. When I saw an article in an old issue of Home Shop Machinist for a collet adapter I was interested. I just finished the project and I’m very satisfied...
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    Round Ram Bridgeport

    This is a project I've been working on for awhile, affectionately known as the "boat anchor." When I bought it, all I heard was Bridgeport. Had I known more, I would have walked away but I'm too far down the road now. I'm putting in new screws and nuts and bearings where needed. At present I'm...
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