The Home Machinist!

You can, and need to, be flexible; depending on what you have and what you can find. I started with a 14" Jet bench drill press 50 years ago and it is still my primary one. I finally got a floor mount Wilton drill press two years ago - a mill can also double as a drill press. First air compressor wa...

Most ingenious. Takes all of the hard work out of it.

Hope he follows the doctor's instructions better than most of us!

Possibly a zinc alloy.

Most machines have a considerable range in blade take-up. You might want to check yours at minimum and maximum settings to find just what the allowable blade length range is. My machine will accommodate an 8" range in blade length.

Check MSC, McMasters, etc, loads of knobs and clamps available, look under the heading of tooling components. You should be able find something that will fit and look acceptable.

Shavings of magnesium are very flammable, the chunks not so much. Story about a machinist who could not be bothered to remove the shavings from his lathe, had a real meltdown.

Consider your handy little fire starting tool, scrape off a few shavings, put some sparks into the shavings.....

If you want confusing, I have a three speed, three speed, reversing motor on the drill press.

I have successfully fixed sanding belts with regular white woodworkers glue, most of the time it works, sometimes it does not. Apply the glue to the joint and clamp between a couple of wood blocks.

That would do it. Not mice?

I cannot recommend black pipe, galvanized, yes, for air service. The compressed air is saturated with moisture and as it cools, you will get free water, unless you have a really good air dryer. Check the low points first,where the water or debris would acumulate, probably got a bunch of rust somewhe...

Besides the blade, work orientation is also important. If you cut angle stock with the 90 degree edge up and the two tips down, then all of the cuts will be in a thinner orientation of the stock. If you are cutting flat bar, stand it on edge.