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I talked to a fellow that made the miniature nuts and bolts from allen wrenches that he annealed with a torch at his home shop. I have no further details, but he had some cool models. Davyboy

Hello to All. How about some collet blocks for R-8? I don't want / can't afford to buy a set of 5C, so here we go. I made some for R-8. A pretty straight forward piece of lathe work. I did each end separately, as the collet locates on the ends. I ended up with about 6 tenths of runout on...

Wobblers are cool! Fun to build and fun to watch. Thanks for sharing with us. Davyboy

Sorry guys, I'm one of the guilty ones. If I change it now, it wouldn't be fair... I'd get TWO birthday gifts from HMEM :confused: ... OK, I'll update my profile. The default made me much too old. Davyboy

Hi drysdam. Way to go. A good looking flywheel, and quite a learning experience. You did well. Layout and accurate hole drilling is hard for me, especially on round surfaces. More practice will help. Get the flywheel on a machine, then see how it looks. Thanks for sharing and keep the...

Hi Jeff. I got mine from grizzly.com Their model T23012 is on sale now. The good is the price. They work pretty good. The auto shut off is good, they hold zero when off. I get good battery life. My mill-drill has 6"x 9" travel. I got 2 of the 12" scales, I cut 4" off of one. A little...

Thanks, Dale for the info on the Liney and smartflix sites. There's a lot of neat stuff there. Davyboy

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Dale, It sure is a thrill to see the engines run, after all the work is done. Stirlings are one of my favorites. I looked at your album on P-Bucket, the brass engine looks interesting too. How about some more info on that one? Thanks for sharing. Davyboy

Craig. very nice design and really great looking engines. The pipes and plumbing on the bigger one look good too. I like your idea of having one of a kind. Davyboy

Ninefinger- The front clearance under your toolbit looks too much. More metal under the edge will be stronger and dissipate the heat better. Yes grinding thin bits like that is tough on a bench grinder. I've had some luck with a cut-off disk Dremel tool, to carve out a thin grooving bit...

Hi to all here. It's been a long while since my last post, but I've been watching. ;) Got an urge to get the i-gaging remote DRO from grizzly. My mill is the generic round column mill/drill from Taiwan. The 12" unit will cover the X travel. $35 USD OK Fine. Question is: My Y travel is 5.9"...

Maybe a dumb question.... Are you turning CW or CCW to lock it? Davyboy

Just think of how you'd locate it if you had to do separate setups without the 4th axis. The hard part is locating the second and third Work Offsets relative to the first work offset. As you've stated, the weldment is not a reliable locator. You need to locate from a machined feature, even if...

Hi Chuck. If you are going to get a 1/2" collet, for sure get a 3/8" collet too. It's one that I use often. I don't know about */64 size collets. ??? IMHO, I don't think I would jam an odd size shank into a R8 collet. They grip pretty much full contact on diameter split 3 places. = fairly rigid...

There's a reason they are called CNC---- Completely No Conscience!!!! :big: (Signed) A Veteran ;) DB

Steve, that's a great looking project, first-rate work. I saw something very similar at NAMES a few years back. Now I regret not buyng the plans set when I was there. It's a mystery to me how those rotary engines work. DB

Very Cool Engine! :bow: Now that is an elegant piece. :bow: Interesting how you made the displacer, are the ends pressed fit to the sleeve? What material for the power piston? Thanks for the photos and vid. DB

. I agree with what kwoodhands said. My feeling is to allow a couple hundred $$ for accessories on top of the price of the lathe. Get the ONE lathe you want, then some good tooling to go with it: quick change toolpost $100+ drill chuck 4-jaw (maybe included in lathe package) Test and dial...

Yes, Just about an hour's drive down hiway 64, tho I don't get out too often. DB