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As a confirmed and unrepentant recycler I thought to pass along this hint. If needing small oil lite bushings maybe looking no further than an old drill motor, electronic appliance, or similar for reusable bushings. Remaching free material is a small price to pay.

I bought the Wife a battery powered chainsaw for Christmas. She loves it. ;) The drive pinion broke the teeth off. I tried to buy a new gear and no spare parts are made for this model. About 4 months old. I would like to cut a gear and have never done one yet. The dimensions are .748 OD X 17...

Grab a cuppa of Joe or some popcorn as this is a bit long. I have a 15" x 50" Clausing Colchester lathe that has a prblem that has Me stumped. Since when I bought it used it has been out of alignment and I cannot figure out what the problem is. It turns a taper of .002 in 2" and I cannot seem...

I have an old meter like dwell meter used to set the point gap on 8 cylinder engines. Can it be used on a single cylinder engine?

Cannot access all week. Any one having the same problem?

Since troubleshooting small engines seems to come up regularly, I was wondering if a compression gauge would have any meaningful numbers? Such as spinning an engine over with a drill motor. Might help someone find a problem.

14 1/2" X 60" South Bend Lathe to sell. 3 and 4 jaw chuck, taper attachment, 4 way tool post, steady rest,parts and owners manual. 220 single phase, will run on dryer outlet. Can furnish labor to help load and unload. $1900. Lancaster,Ohio area

I had to assemble a dial that was friction held to be resettable to "0" with 3 ball bearings. Could not hold all three at the same time and had to come up with something. This works turning a frustrating job into an easy one, zip tie all together.

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I made a TT and tried it on some Hard Maple parts for a customer.I hope that it is not heresy to mention wood on a metal working forum!:hDe::fan:The results were very good with very minimal sanding required. I have a bigger South Bend lathe and was not running near top speed, around 450 RPM...

I would like to design an electronic switch setup to move a small - 6V- electric motor a small distance then stop and turn on another small electric motor to start a small low speed motor. The original motor would then have to move back to "home" position. How could I accomplish this? My non...

I have 3 BXA tool holders to trade. What I have is 2 7/8" long. What I would like to trade for are 3 1/2" long. Trade even up, will pay postage both ways. There are 2 different sixes being sold, one is for the smaller lathes, which I don't have.

I have 2 books to sell, They are : Model Engineer Vol. 84-1941. Model Engineer Vol.142 (part2) $40 + shipping, no handling charge. Should go in a Priority Mail box.

I have almost no electrical experience, I can (usually) diagnose house and some Auto problems. Could someone point me where to get started in learning how to diagnose circuit boards. Have to start somewhere. Thanks.

Did not want to hijack another thread so started this one. It was mentioned not to use suflurized cutting oil on Aluminum. Never heard of this before. What say ye?

I have broken off a dowel pin in a part. It's 1/8" diameter, (3mm for Imperally challenged ;) ). Alum has worked for about 1 1/2 hours and the bubbles have stopped. Solution is simmering. Does it still work or does it need something to restart it? Have done research on the Internet and here...

Now and then I can run across LawnBoy 2 cycle push mowers for cheap or even free. The electronic ignition fails quite reliably with no known parentage to Lucas. I was wondering if the electronic ignition module mentioned in a couple of posts down could be adapted to this engine. People here seem...

I have several setsof various pipe threading dies to sell. Landis C 806 1 1/2" 6 sets. $50.USD Rigid 12R 2" 6 sets. Rigid 12R 1 1/2" 4 sets, all the Rigid for $50.00 USD. Oster 1/4" + 3/8" pipe Oster 1 1/4X 16 NS Oster 1" + 1 1/4", All Oster for $50.00

Have a kit to sell. $45 USD. Will do overseas shipping if the details can work out.

I am looking for a Sterling engine to make for a woodstove. Quiet one would be nice, does not need to move much volume, self starting desired. Any plans available? Am I asking too much in self starting?