The Home Machinist!

I have had the same thing happen , twice , the second incident necesitated a proper fix , the repair was handled exactly as described above. The machine I had at the time is a version available in Canada from the house of tools , other than paint colour it is the same as what can be purchased from G...

Jim:
Here's a link to some info , to get you started with grinding HSS cutting tools ,....................

http://www.sherline.com/grinding.htm

Is this the same Jim for Badweb ??

That helps , how about finding a wheel , say one that has a damaged rim and then respoking/truing that hub to your rim and spokes. I do lots of insurance /collision repairs , most of the time if the wheel is damaged it gets replaced , this leaves the original wheel and many other parts that can be b...

As mentioned above , it would be helpfull to know what type of motorcycle it is , as well as what style of wheel , as in , is it a cast wheel , a spoked wheel with a separate hub / spokes or a wheel that is bolted / riveted together or built up from a number of parts. How much meat is available to a...

OOps ..................... http://busybeetools.com/pictures/B2229SB.jpg

Fred: What Bob said , .................. These machines are very much alike , me being a Canuck , I have not paid a visit to either of the Grizzly or Harbour Frieght stores and looked at them. The 44142 , based on price , sounds like a good deal though. A tooling package sweetens the deal , thats wh...

Britt: Very creative !! . I just browsed pen tools online catalog , quite a selection. Here in western Canada we have similar machinery available , just "rebadged " versions of what is available elsewhere , a couple of local stores , House of Tools, carries " Force " machine tool...

This is my first post , I have been quietly observing for a short time . I own a machine quite similar to the grizz , I believe the bed is a bit shorter ( 20" ) , the swing is more than it can safely or accurately handle ( 16.5" ). I'm not complaining , just stating the facts , I am happy ...