The Home Machinist!

When I was a kid in high school, we would "borrow" type metal from the school's print shop, and cast HO parts over the kitchen stove. We made the molds out of Wood Putty, the kind you can still get at many hardware stores, it worked great for making a few parts and was REAL cheap! Worth a try with ...

When I was a kid in high school, we would "borrow" type metal from the school's print shop, and cast HO parts over the kitchen stove. We made the molds out of Wood Putty, the kind you can still get at many hardware stores, it worked great for making a few parts and was REAL cheap! Worth a try with Z...

FYI Simpson Mullers: Here is what a typical portable Simpson Muller looks like. The little guy trying to push it, while the Instructors gab, today, is approaching 60! Did he go for a career in metal casting? Today, there are no more shops at the school but that Simpson 5HP Proratable Muller sits in ...

I have bought from this company for a long time.
They advertise in Live Steam & Outdoor RR.
Tho they may not be exactly to RR scale, their stuff will do fine in most modeling.

http://www.microfasteners.com/

Here is the outfit that has lots of stuff for guys like you.

They do have X-Y tables at reasonable cost:

https://www.micromark.com/

Just a over a month ago the topic was discussed at http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/vie ... 4&t=106622

Again, my opinion is: A shaper is a "Dust collector" most would be better using their precious space for other machines; do not need any more forums added to an already long list.

This subject was covered in a post about a year ago:

www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=104736

Most ye olde machines in my shop are painted a Rustolium Dunes Sand color with a Rustolium Olive Green or Leather Brown for knobs, levers, and other trim. If I wanted to be "period correct" real old machines would be all black, and the shaper Battleship Gray. The colors that appear in this jpeg, is ...

As I have written here before, one of my big mistakes was acquiring a 16" Kelly Shaper. In the late 70's it was part of a deal where I got a B&S #1-1/2 1908 Mill, a Rockwell 20" drill press, and the shaper. I took it apart, lugged it down into my basement shop, put a new single phase motor on it, cl...

If you want history, look at this site:

https://www.heidenhain.com/en_US/

They are the Rolls Royce of DRO's and also own several other brands.

It has been a few years since I used these guys, but their prices were reasonable:

https://www.freightquote.com/freight-shipping

Here is information on frames:
http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/vie ... 30#p233330