The Home Machinist!

For instance; I removed a #2 milling machine from small box truck. There was no way to remove it. I didn't have a fork lift. I assembled and welded a gantry type grane of feet whic..... That is so over.

There is "I " beams which were heavy to assemble across a 14' span. Trolley and hoist worked well with that but needed adjustment. "C" channel of 5" X 2 1/2" is different in that it tapers to the web. I can't say it all tapers, may be flat these days. What I'm trying to say is that "C" channels are ...

I have absorbed your post and those experiences are of operations to be remembered.

A nice heavy metal cabinet with drawers or incorporated into a strong stand is good. It balances the heavy mill head because many heavy items are stored there. Since the Mill/Drill doesn't have a knee, everything is related to the head /table alignment. Lasers/ pointers help but should be hacked so ...

There is cross contamination of ferrous rust to the buffer wheel. It may show up on buffed aluminum.

The Bridgeport M head with the MT#2 taper is fine.

Providing you get the the right size bearing separator, it should work well. The inner, knife edges may need to be trued up. The clamping will bring the inner race out only a bit. Reclamp and get a deeper bite but not able to touch the spindle. Apply shims as required to bring it further out from th...

Microwave is power as is laser but the newer generations probably key sensors which follow the tip and trip if arm gets in the way. Sheeze, I don't half of what is going on now.

That set should remain intact.

Perhaps it is only because I was there at the right time to obtain a really nice Rockwell 11. I haven't posted about how it happened before. Probably won't mention it again but it was a good buy at the time. Everything cleaned up fine and it never saw rain again. Everything worked/works now. There w...

All of this is good info. In particular, mentioning that much larger ~ lathes have had the bore eccentric to the teeth. This is particularly bad as it presents a "gear forming" torque at the teeth instead of perfect pitch diameter. We know this stuff and how it wears all gears in the chain of them. ...

It became that one spot bid was the lathe, Master mill, Lincoln tombstone welder, Wisconsin powered generator and other stuff. I really wanted that Rockwell 11 so it wasn't peanuts. My lathe is the "special" model with taper attachment and every available shelf, drawer has face plates, 3-jaw, 4-jaw ...