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That is how this operates. You must go thru low to get to the high end. This machine has been operating on the same electric for probably 15 years so I think it is going to be something wore out or going bad. It will still shift to high without hesitation but at times it does this humming / growling...

I appreciate any input. No it wasn't cold, I had been working for a couple hours off and on with the lathe, but steady . I was working about 100 small pieces with short steps, so it was in and out of gear a lot. The chuck seems to spin freely and low speed doesn't sound any different than it always ...

Please pardon me if there is something about this someplace in the forum. I have a problem trying to search. I am lucky if I get logged in properly. My Super 11 sometimes growls when I shift it to the high gear. It doesn't speed up it just growls. I switch it off and go back thru the low side and mo...

I am purchasing a Emco Maximat Supper 11 from an older gent and he has said to sell some of the attachments to get my price down. I am no machinest so I have no use for this turret.Anyway if theres any interest in it on this forum I will post a link to it when I post it on ebay.I don't know what its...

Any idea what a mill like that is worth? I am buying one like it . Thanks for any input.

Yea, its tough to try to get use to not having it. I have injured the thumb on the right hand a while back, its fine now, but at the time it wasn't. I was buffing a stainless fish gig on a bench grinder brush and knew it could grab it but thought I could hold it and had leather gloves on, well I was...

Thanks I appreciate the input. I don't know if it works or anything, so I may put it on ebay. Thanks again, Dennis

Heres another item I have and have no idea what it is or who to target to sell it and what it might be worth. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Can anyone use this? Thank you in advance, Dennis

As crazy as it might sound, I am as busy as I ever want to be at this stage of my retired life. A buddy of mine has all the tooling and machines in his shop thats needed.This was all items I picked up from an estate sale at a machine shop where the owner passed away.So now its just stuff in my way t...

Its a thing that you put a bullet or shotgun shell in and when you bang it in a downward motion against something it fires. It has no trigger or much barrel, and will not fire unless it gets struck on the end which makes the barrel slide backwards to fire. Theres 2 types, the least expensive is one ...

Got that nick name when I was around 13, so about 47 years ago. I could swim underwater and snatch turtles and ducks from underneath them before they knew what hit them. So it was for snatching turtles (cooters) underwater. The other I think your talking about I have snatch them too, and we called t...

I might try to get an idea of whats there, but theres no way I can go thru all them. Like I said theres 70 lbs. of them , and it probably takes 20-30 sets to make a pound. I'll look at a few but I don't want to piece them out. I want someone to buy the 70 lbs. and whatever I have thats threading hea...