The Home Machinist!

I bought a HF sheet metal brake and I am making fingers to make a more versatile. I bought some 3”d1/2” flat bar at the scrap yard and would like to know what sizes would be best to make the fingers. The total width is 30”, I have made 1,2,3,4,5,6,12 & 14 inch pieces so far. The fingers will be ...

I have a large quantity of 22LR ammo that was under water from Hurricane Katrina that I wanted to salvage the components. I swage 223 bullets from 22LR brass, so the cases are of value to me, and the bullets are a consistent weight so they are useful as cores. I made a shell holder on the lathe and ...

Nice site, thanks for the link. I found a helpful chart with milling speed & feed chart.

I can do that! PM sent

NAPA sells open gear lube that looks like it has moly in it.

Hello and good afternoon, It’s getting close to that time of the year again, time for the 5th annual Shilen Swap Meet. We hope that you will not only attend but also post the enclosed flyer in a visible location and help to pass the word to interested people. ANYONE can set up a table or just back t...

Being a newbie I would check out the Home Metal Shop of Houston club.

It just goes to show you he couldn't get a job with that Ph D!

The muzzle gets worn from the cleaning rod rubbing against the barrel. This is eliminated by using a bore guide and cleaning from the chamber end It can be repaired by recrowning the barrel. If you reload and you neck size only you should have no problems with the brass failing. I would not ask a pi...

I have been having a similar problem with a Remington 700 and a Turkish Mauser and I had thought of trying that fix.
How did you determine the thickness dimension?

Look at this site:http://www.saubier.com/forum.html

CDCO has one for $139 for the chuck and $39 for the back plate, you still have to fit the backplate but it is a little cheaperm I got mine to .0005'' runout.