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I know copper, steel, etc. can't be used in a nickle acetate bath because of contamination. What about stainless steel clips and wires?? Thanks, Pete

This scraper has been recently overhauled. All ball bearings were replaced, cord was replaced, recip. guides surfaced and adjusted. The gear boxes were completely disassembled, washed out and inspected. All parts are in excellent condition. The motor was taken apart and the bearings replaced...

I have Richard Kings CD on scraping. I've been through it and don't need it any more. Original package and papers. Perfect condition. $35 includes shipping in the U.S. Pete

http://www.metalscraping.com/ I ordered his CD a couple of months back but have not received it or any replies to emails since. The site has no contact information. Any information appreciated. Thanks, Pete

Hokay, I've got one for ya'll: I have a hand held power tool I'm resurecting and it's missing a capacitor. See the schematic attached (I hope!) Parts are not available for this unit. It runs off 120vac and draws 2.2A. The parts illustration I have for the tool show a 'triple' capacitor 'can'...

I'm looking for the parts diagram for the hand lever tail stock used on 9" and 10" machines. This is NOT the tail stock with the turret built in on the front but the tail stock with the hand lever mechanism AND the hand wheel on the back of the tail stock. I don't even know the part number or...

After a few hiccups over the last few days it seems that the ModelEngineMaker site is broken. Anyone else?? Pete

I run AutoCAD 2000i in WIN7 and recently purchased a Brother MFC-J6920DW printer. The 'puter is a Dell laptop working through our wireless LAN to the printer. I'm OK with printing from other applications but can't seem to find the right stuff for 2000i. The printer driver is, of course, not in...

I figured this was as good a place as any, so here goes: I want a timer for intervals up to, say, 5 or 6 minutes. I want to be able to set it for an interval. Then I want to set it going and at the end of the interval have it beep a couple, three times and shut off. I want the interval setting...

Gear tooth gauges are available but are extremely expensive, like $100 for a set. Can't afford that nor do I need those. Silly prices for some bits of stamped sheet metal! Where can I get a printed, or printable, gear tooth chart I can use to identify various gear pitches? I've been all over...

I was reading The Home Shop Machinist sit just a couple of hours ago and now when I tried to go there Firefox shows a warning indicating that the site has be blocked as an "Attack Page" !!! I know little about such things. I read Mozillas info page and now I'm afraid to go there again. How can...

I have been using a brownish way lube, since about 1983, on my 10K. I don't remember the brand as I was given a couple of gallons back then by a guy who bought it bulk. The problem is that it stains everything brown and the machine looks a bit 'rusty' on the bare metal. I rebuilt the lathe about...

I've asked around here (Port Townsend area) but haven't found any leads on a guy/shop who does machine tool rebuilding work. Specifically I'm looking for someone with a good size mill who can dust off and straighten/square up the ways on my Benchmaster mill. It's not very big but it's probably...

Ok guys, here I go again.:hDe: I'm thinking about how to supply the proper electrons to the ignitor on my future hit 'n miss. I've read a ton of stuff about low tension coils and batteries, battery savers, etc., etc...... I'd like to get rid of the battery. But I want to stay with the ignitor...

After benefiting from a ton of knowledge on this site, doing a bunch of research on different engines and casting kits for engines (expensive!!!), this financially challenged hacker is closing in on engines made from what's at hand in the material heap, or mostly so. I've found three engines...

I've seen a lot of posts and pics showing spark plug ignition systems on hit and miss engines. Some with Hall Effect pick-ups, some with points, and most using a neat little electronic unit. Those I understand fairly well. But tonight I saw a couple of pic of engines without spark plugs. There...

I found a 9 page thread from 2009 about this Little Book he put together on his engine which was put in .pdf by rake60. But the links to the files on rake60s site are no good as the site is up for sale? Can anyone provide a way to get to those files? Thanks, Pete

Maybe that's not the right term. I'm working through various aspects of this hit and miss stuff and, through this board and others, have pretty much figured things out in general. There is, however, one detail that I don't have firmly in my mind; the various mechanisms use to 'lift' the push...

Another question if you please. What is most commonly used in table-top steam piping: Model Taper Pipe threads or straight threads? Thanks again, Pete

When I received my Stuart casting set for their ST oscillator, about 8 years ago, I failed to realize that the kit did not contain their "Oakenstrong" gasket material called for in the instructions. Well, I started machining about a week ago and now need the gaskets. Stuart is in the middle of...