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I needed a steady rest for my Logan 400 lathe for a project I am doing and I found nothing available to purchase. There were some I could adapt but they were pricey, and I am frugal so I sketched something up and began sorting through left over bits I had from other projects. I had to purchase a...

Last week the countershaft on my little Logan decided it was retiring. I looked at rebuilding it but the bushings were shot, and the shaft was destroyed so I decided I could make a new one easier and better, with ball bearings rather than bushings. It is amazing what we can do with an idea, a...

It never ceases to amaze me, being a relative newby, how I can learn while saving some money. I needed a longer boring bar than I had to fit into my adjustable boring head for my mill and I could have bought one on line, but I was able to take a large bolt and a broken tap and make one for...

I bought a box lot of metal at auction and incuded in with a bunch of aluminum and some 1018 CF was this stainless steel. Some of it is 304L and the rest is 316L. The square blocks are 2" square and the round stock is 1-3/8" diameter. I have read good and bad about it and I am not sure I...

As a relative newcomer, I am seeking help with the best way to tap for small sized machine screws. I am looking at a need to tap a few holes for 4-40 in hot rolled steel and when I look at the size of the tap I am thinking that it could snap right off and be a real pain to remove from the hole...

I have a G0759 from Grizzly which is the same machine as the G0704 and some other brands of the same basic machine. I cannot figure out how to adjust the head in the Y-axis to run true to the table. I can adjust in the X, which I have done to within .001" over 11", which for me is pretty good...

My G0759 came with a little tool for holding the quill while tightening the collet rod, which is inadequate for the task. After a brief time the little nib that went into the hole in the quill broke off. I have been using a center punch in its place, which is just as inadequate to the task. I...

Got this tip from Cogsy. A very BIG thanks to him for the suggestion to pick up LED lights and attach around the spindle. On Amazon I found a make up mirror lighting kit for $10, cut it down to just the lights I needed and stuck them under the head with the included two sided tape. They come...

I am not sure where this basic design originated but the first time I saw this style of can was on a Tubalcain video, so I will give him the credit. You can't open his can up. When I use my little brush for applying oil, I get shavings on it and I wanted a way to clean out the can. I found...

I wanted a faceplate for my Logan 400 lathe and even though I could buy one, I thought it would be good experience to make one since I am new to the metal machining trade. I didn't have any cast iron so I decided to make it from A36 hot rolled steel. I bought a piece of 3/4" plate, 6" square...

Just getting into metal, I am a former Master cabinetmaker. I will soon be retiring from my career as a purchasing agent for manufacturing. I no longer have the space to work wood and decided it takes too much space, is too dusty and noisy, so here I am. I would like to build operational...