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So, does Hi-Spot have a shelf life? I once had some layout dye that got so old it didn't work... I was thinking I would try to improve my imported mill vise and was trying to use some Hi-Spot and found that it was almost impossible to see any blue on the part after sliding on the surface...

I don't see an electric motor section so since the motor is on a tool I put it here. Maybe a moderator can bump it if needed? Any electrical mavens on here? I have 25 or more year old Wilton "Kalamazoo" style band saw which has served us well for years. Recently I noticed the motor...

The suppliers I've used in the past for a couple of items for my A3 steam loco have both gone out of business due to age/health of the owners. Does anyone have a good source for Stainless Steel balls for pumps and check valves and the like. Also, to make springs I need some Cold Drawn...

I built the Arduino based DRO from Yuiry's website. Seems great but had not used it much until recently and noticed changing numbers. Like with no table movement the x would jump; often by multiple tenths or even sometimes a whole inch. When left with the motor off it wasn't jumping when I...

I remember reading about casting resins for making multiples of a pattern. For example, if I make a wood pattern for a locomotive wheel. But instead of putting one wheel on a match board, ramming it up 6 times and consequently 6 pores when I want 6 of them or making 6 wood patterns, I've seen...

So, I have built Yuriy's Arduino based Android DRO. I don't have it on the mill yet but it is functional and I have been trying to get the feel of how one of these works. I have never used a DRO and don't know what I'm doing. Is there a tutorial or some such available that shows the use of...

I recently read somewhere, maybe mixed into another thread, where someone had set themselves up as a distributor of the igaging slides and cubes, etc. Now I can't remember and don't seem to have bookmarked it. I thought if I could support one of our own home shop folks instead of Amazon it...

I realized I should have posted here in the first place rather than hijacking an old thread... The recent ice cream maker thread where Bob Shutt shows his Lil Brother prompted me to look for more stuff on these engines. I built one of these from original Breisch castings and drawings back in...

Richard King is exploring holding a scraping class in either May or June in Kalamazoo, MI. Follow the link below to the original note at the Home Shop Machinist BBS. http://bbs.homeshopmachinist.net/threads/61990-Scraping-Class-in-Kalamazoo-MI

Anyone downloaded and tried Blender? Just looking at some Youtube videos. Looks pretty amazing, but also looks like it could be quite a steep learning curve. It is another open source "project" CAD as is FreeCad. Paul

I didn't know if this should go in questions and answers or here in tools. I'll try here... I bought one of those Horror Freight pipe benders; you know the one with 3 wheel dies and a big hand wheel to turn it. The dies are all for round tubing. I want to bend 1 inch square tubing. I have done...

I see a few threads on parting and the setup on the lathe but only found 1 on grinding the tool and it looked different than the tool I am trying to use. I have one the QC tool posts with the tool holder and blade (imports). The top surface of the blade has that bevel along one edge to help...

In another topic which I unintentionally sort of hijacked, Gordon from SW Michigan asked if there were any clubs or groups in the area. I haven't found any "official" groups yet but there is a small group that has from time to time gotten together to talk locomotives in general and gauge 1...

I looked through old messages and seen that other's have had problems getting this guy to run but couldn't find any details of what was done to correct problems or even what the specific problems are. I have a Lil' Brother I made from castings purchased from Mr. Breisch in about 1976 or so. It...

Joined a week or so ago. First post. I have built a Stuart vertical (forgotten he model; 3/4 bore x 3/4 stroke), a freelance stationary used a few Stuart castings and the Breisch Lil Brother. I'm working on a Pennsylvania A3 in 3/4" scale (Hiraoka book). Questions to come at some point about...