The Home Machinist!

I found that when I welded my first two together the ends of the rails that extend beyond the legs wound up pulling downwards a little bit. This is hard to get rid of, the welded side will always shrink unfortunately. If you were to use two different sizes of tube, and have one go through the other...

The portholes in my F7 are made of cast acrylic and were turned in a lathe. The cut was so smooth the surface was almost glassy in appearance. There were no ill effects on the lathe.

I did fall into the trap of carbide inserts but managed to wiggle free. That's an interesting comment, one that needs to be read and understood. Those who have the intestinal fortitude to read my ravings are all too familiar with my admonition to avoid that trap. Not doing so robs an individual fro...

Some thoughts on which should come first: lathe or mill. A large number of the parts that have gone into my F7 were produced by a laser shop as blanks or formed subassemblies (e.g., the frame sections). Many others were fabricated by me using the machines in my shop: an Arboga geared drill press, a ...

pete wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 15, 2019 7:58 pm

Uh you joined up just to add spam???

It's a common problem. I'm sure a moderator will send him back to India with his ceiling fans.

David2901 wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 15, 2019 12:11 am

It is important to check the Fan Blade Number and Size to choose the best ceiling fans in India.

Buy HF tools and no-one will steal them. Or, buy a HF tool box and put good tools in it. Reminds me of the old advice about the safest place to store a violin is in a banjo case. As a retired violinist I must correct that statement. Use a viola case. ~RN Now, now. One of my music mentors was a viol...

Thanks for the reply. When I searched both lovejoy and McMaster I didn't find a coupling with a1" bore and a3/16"keyway in the L095 series. Also my pump shaft is 3/8".I may have missed something, but I couldn't come up with a working combo A 3/16 inch keyseat is not industry-standard for a 1 inch s...

I have stripped out the threads on two wheel pullers with acne threads and just picked up two others at an auction that have fine V threads. The new to me ones, with fine threads were made by the Owatonna Tool Company here in the US. I would have thought that the acne thread would be stronger but i...

I'm trying to swap a motor on my log splitter but I found that the new motor shaft is 1"and the old was 3/4" so the coupler to the pump won't fit. I've tried to find a new couple without success. The problem is that the key way is 3/16" and I am not coming up with that size in a 1" bore. The coupli...

earlgo wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 03, 2019 1:23 pm

Buy HF tools and no-one will steal them.
Or, buy a HF tool box and put good tools in it.

Reminds me of the old advice about the safest place to store a violin is in a banjo case.

Well was raining all day so I tried my hand at setting up a website for our new train track we are about to start to install. It was a lot easier than I thought it would be to set up the website. https://greysonvalleyrr.com/ andhttps://www.facebook.com/Greysonvalleyrr-314832616081116 Kind of hard t...