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  1. 44-henry

    New Stand for 4x6 Bandsaw

    I came into one of the lld Craftsman steel stands that were popular back in the 1950s and decided to repurchase it for my 4x6 bandsaw. These are pretty nice stands and fairly common around here. I simply mounted it by passing a piece of 3/8 ready rod through the holes in the base and than...
  2. 44-henry

    Inexpensive Work Bench

    Work benches don't have to be expensive. I found this old, solidly built kitchen cabinet. After minor repairs and painting I placed a 2" thick piece of maple that had been someone's kitchen island. I trimmed it down to size and to cover up what remained of a sink cutout on one end I inletted a...
  3. 44-henry

    New drill press and scroll saw

    Picked these up and am in the process of cleaning them up a bit. Both Delta. The first is a 14" drill press while the second is a 24" scroll saw with a variable speed drive which I plan on using as a light die filer. Have less than $200 total in both of them together.
  4. 44-henry

    New Craftsman Lathe

    Just picked this one up the other day. It came with both 3 and 4 jaw chucks, faceplate, lathe dogs, live and dead centers, and several drill chucks with MT1 mounts. I also think it has the original 1/3 horse motor. I am missing a few small parts (did find the rest of the lantern tool post parts...
  5. 44-henry

    A color case hardened & charcoal blued machinst hammer

    I thought I would share a couple photos of the projects that my students did this semester. Take the common machinist hammer project that most of us have done at one time or another and add a bit of bone and charcoal color casehardening and charcoal bluing and it turns out quite nice I think...
  6. 44-henry

    Planning a new shop space

    Last summer after remodeling our basement, my wife granted me access to the back portion of our basement giving me a workshop that roughly measures 27 x 12 feet. Though not huge, this is much better than the previous spare bedroom that I was working out of and finally gives me the room that I...
  7. 44-henry

    Hudson Bay Trade Knife Build (Photo Intensive)

    Howdy, Not sure if this is a good place to post this as it is a bit off topic for the forum, but it is machining related. Just before Christmas I had a friend ask me if I could build a reproduction of a Hudson Bay trade/camp knife for him to use at reenactment events. Not knowing much about...
  8. 44-henry

    A new furnace

    Though it is not in my garage, I just finished having this installed in my laboratory at the University of North Dakota. It is a 1980's vintage Johnson Triple-Treat natural gas furnace. It comes equipped with a high heat/forge oven that can go up to 2300 degrees F, a tempering oven that has a...
  9. 44-henry

    Filing attachment for lathe

    Some years back I saw plans for a power filing attachment for the metal lathe, I think the article was in PM. Does anyone know where I can find a copy of this article, or at least what issue it was in. Thanks. Alex Johnson
  10. 44-henry

    Color Casehardening: A photo and video tutorial

    I don’t know if this process has been covered here before, but here is a description of how I do it. Many of us have heard of casehardening, the process of adding carbon to the surface of low carbon steels providing a hard exterior shell around a soft inner core. This is a process that has been...
  11. 44-henry

    Wobbler Engine Class Project

    I teach manufacturing classes at the University of North Dakota and I thought you might like to see the results of last semester's manufacturing processes course. Our program primarily deals with training students to be managers in industry and they are given a good variety of classes across a...
  12. 44-henry

    Small Oscillator Finished

    I just finished a new oscillator the other day and thought I would share some photos of it. I'll be using this engine for a class project in an introductory machining class that I teach in the summers and figured it would work well in a class that only meets six times. Alex Johnson
  13. 44-henry

    Looking for DrO for Mill Drill

    I purchased a Jet 15 Mill Drill a few years back and now I'm interested in adding a digital readout to it. I've had some experience with the Shooting Star readouts that we use in my lab at work; however, the $500+ price seems a bit extreme compared to the $200 I paid for the mill. Are there any...
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