The Home Machinist!

I hear ya. I grew up with a 500 year old white oak that shaded 2 houses on the farm. 100 foot drip line. 8 feet in diameter at the narrowest part of the trunk. A season of multiple hurricanes back in the 90's first damaged it and then took it out. A sad day. The farm has never been the same even tho...

Cheers to miss Parker. My wife and I build an airplane a few years ago. She was greatly involved in the riveting so we do have the famous painting on a fridge magnet.....

Definitely a shaping tool. You think it is mounted on a mill vs an actual shaper?

There is a Honda power tool mfg plant near me. I have been told by suppliers that work with both Honda and my mfg plant that the HF predator engines are built at the Honda site.

Hi Spro, Sorry about the T-Slot camouflage in my images. The slots are "T"s although their dimensions are just far enough off that I make my own nuts rather than buy the slot, bolt and clamp kits. They are sized in between 5/16 and 3/8 nuts with 3/8 thread. The "camo" is some pla...

Hi All, I know this thread is a few months old but since Rotex threads are rare I wanted to contribute. A question was posed above about Rotex images. I see the UK site (above) has added a few images since the last time I looked. Here are a couple of snapshots of mine. It is an RM-1 Horizontal with ...