The Home Machinist!

This is version 3, version one was the smaller hoses, swarfs clogged the hose inlet so went to the 2.5" hoses. Version 2 duh??? didn't fit the hoses, (let my son measure, didn't double check him). Version 3, 6 gallon bucket and a plywood added to the lid. The baffle is my idea to see if I could...

the reason the cap has a 250v rating is when the motor spins it block the counter-emf the motor develops while running with out using a relay the cap takes the start winding out of the circuit. I would disassemble the motor/pump make sure the pump is clean and lube the bushing or bearing, most likel...

hmmm your right, maybe more installation info? I didn't notice cause I'm looking at the electrical part. I think I have my answer the KBIC controller uses a 5k poteniometer. Thanks for the help!

Thanks Ron! it will help!!!!
John, Thanks for the offer, I'll let you know if I need something.

I'd appreciate it, have no paper work at all, if you can post if for all here or send it to oldgoaly AT gmail DOT com. I recently repaired a rocklinizer, no corporate support, nothing online, I was lucky a part was physically broke or it would have been pure heck to trouble shoot. Thanks!

Would like a scan of the schematic or the value of the rheostat/potentiometer/speed controller, I'd like to have one on hand when I take it apart to clean and lubricate it. Thanks!

you could use the wood to generate gas then melt your metal.
http://www.woodgas.net/ plus you can make charcoal also this way. Good Luck and keep us posted!

if you want to tell how hard something is a snap punch and some known pcs of harden steel to reference. It's cheap way to tell if something is hard, I did this cause my neighbor was bringing me stuff to work on and dulled some tooling. Now I have had a pexto and still have a diarco, the pexto were n...

will this take care of the swarfs? not have them go thru the paper filter?

Thanks for sharing your project! very well done!
How many of them are you going to make?

How early? mine a early 1930 models. tt

update, I took a old worn (well worn out) blade to try it out on, applying the carbide easy! real easy! cuts not bad for a worn out blade!. So did the better blade, cuts the same 1 3/4" cut in just over 1/2 the time, does not appear to be losing it new coating after 6 cuts. We will see how long...