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My grandfather was a quartermaster machinist at the Brooklyn navy yard for most of his life. He passed away about 50 years ago when I was 10. All of his belongings were dispersed throughout the family. For some reason my mother got his machinist chest. I got it about 10 years later. Everything...

I'm glad to see the turbo encabulator is still around. I worked for Chrysler for 41 years, and about 20 years ago I was sitting in on a training class with a bunch of young technicians just starting out in the business. The instuctor put a tape in the vcr and told them that they should pay...

About 7 years ago I wanted to get into working with metal. I had limited space and funds. There wasn't an american machine or machines out there that I could afford, nor a combo machine of American manufacture of any decent size. I purchased a Chinese made Smithy 1220xl and a text book, Machine...

I think you are right. It should be there. I had no idea that it wasn't there. Never thought about it because when I'm on line it doesn't tell me where I'm from. Just added city and state. Ken

I'm glad this came up. I lurk around here and on other machine shop forums. What happened to me on another forum of a different topic probably has shyed me away from saying anything unless it's a necessity. I'm 58 years old and have always had a hobby. I built model cars, planes and ships for...

Had a fellow in the shop install a wire cup brush on his right angle air powered die grinder. Was using it to remove some hardened gasket material in a tight spot. First, you never put a wire brush in something that revs that high. Second, you always wear safety glasses when using a die grinder...

I see that this fellow at modelengines.info uses a microscope attached to his lathe for machining small parts. The way my eyesight is going I'd need a telescope. He has a nice website with beautiful live steam tugboat model that he has been building. This is the first time I'm trying to post a...