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Very nice Dave. I like your idea of using an old hacksaw blade in that manner. I recycled hacksaw blades into similar cutoff tools, small knife blades, scrapers, and other bits and pieces. Good quality blades are made from good quality steel and can be annealed and rehardened. Same goes for...

For the longest time I have used nothing a HSS cut off / parting tool and have never had any real problems. That is until I was working some titanium a couple of months ago and ever since the HSS parting blade has just never been the same requiring seemingly constant resharpening and touching up...

I first tried the threaded stud method on my chucks too. I was always dropping the nuts and washers when changing out chucks and then I had my better idea. http://madmodder.net/index.php?topic=2372.msg24948#msg24948 The one thing about the studs and nuts solution is that you can't lay the...

Yes indeed Jason, that looks like a pretty tight space to try and get my big fat fingers into. Sounds like changing chucks is something you don't want to do very often or at least makes you think far enough ahead to plan your work to minimize the changes. Still, looks like a pretty nice lathe...

Yes indeed, I have used that source in the past for a few bits and pieces. Also, the tynes from a leaf rake - the ones with metal tynes if you can still find them are pretty tough spring steel as well. I have used bits of these to make simple flat springs and other assorted bits as well. I...

Good day Ken, I don't have a Warco lathe and I am not sure what Jason refers to "as big thumbs making chuck changes a bit fiddly" as I don't know how the chucks are mounted on this particular lathe. If the chucks are mounted the same way as they are on my lathe ( a Busy Bee 10x22 size which is...

Nicely done. There is a certain joy one gets in making their own tooling. Its not being cheap or frugal but rather one of accomplishment. I see you went with a rather thick cutoff tool 4mm. Any reason you picked that size? I decided to go this route as well - carbide insert cutoff tool that...

I have purchase from CDCO and have no complaints. His name is Frank - at least that is the name he goes by. He sound pretty much like a one man show - does everything and spreads himself pretty thin; at least that's the impression I get when I have spoken to him, he has been the only one I have...

Cool. I hadn't run across that web site before. It has got me thinking of something. I have in interest in tethered cars (or tether cars if you prefer). Some of the older designs would look a lot nicer with a replica of one of the old design engines in it - can't afford the real thing these...

It's for holding a piece of emery or crocus cloth for polishing a workpiece on the lathe. One end of the cloth strip goes under springy part on the end, round the end and back towards the hand grip. I do much the same thing with a strips of emery or crocus and and old smooth file - but no...

1.5" of rain is about 15 inches of snow - usually about 10:1 depends on temperature and how "wet" the snow is. There isn't a day goes by here in the winter that I don't have one of the car's windows open some, usually a couple of inches - unless it is snowing. cheers, Graham

I guess I have just been lucky. I grew up with imperial measurements and in school it was imperial except for science which was Metric. So, when Canada went Metric it was an easy matter for me. Besides, I have always had a head for numbers, add, subtract, multiply, divide - decimals or fractions...

I see others have already posted a couple of pictures of collets and draw bars. Kevin's picture is quite intuitive and shows a simple draw bar. I tend to over engineer simple items like this Two pictures - one shows a 4mt - ER32 collet holder I use in my lathe with it's drawbar attached the...

I looked at that picture for quite some time, something just didn't seem right and I couldn't put my finger on it. Of course, as soon as you said it I had one of those "head slapping moments". It is always nice to be able to figure out how to adapt something from one machine to another in...

Hey Sid, Seasons Greetings! I am at a bit of a disadvantage as I don't know what thread to which Steve and yourself are referring. It really doesn't matter. I hear you and have said the same things many times. You have to prioritize your life and set your standards and never let anyone chid...

Greetings Steve. Where about in Ontario are you located? cheers, Graham in Ottawa Canada

QCAD - I heard of that but never looked into it, I will now. cheers, Graham

It always for me, that is unless I am not signed in. In which case it does not who I am and therefore cannot what posts I have not read since I last visited. cheers, Graham in Ottawa Canada

Ariz, You obviously like challenges and problem solving otherwise you would not have this among your hobby interests. Maxwell Maltz said "We are built to conquer environment, solve problems, achieve goals, and we find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and...

Yes indeed Jim. My conclusion it is but in the end it really doesn't matter. Fit and finish is good and operates smoothly with little backlash right out of the box; I am pleased with my purchase and it is time to get on with the job. cheers, Graham