The Home Machinist!

If your looking for something easy and inexpensive ... I use an old Seas radial arm saw...yeah I know....it'll never work...But...I used a toothed belt to the Z axis crank to give me the fine feed.I keep the colum well oiled...the table is a piece of precision Al. plate...I do lots of gauging and ch...

If I was you, Id sell the millhead to a Emco user and buy two mini-mills and a bunch of tooling...the mini-mill head is much more ridgid then the Emco unit ..and available in R8. I've seen the Emco 4speeds go to $800 on ebay!! Emco uses a small male/female adaptor at the collet end to adapt a standa...

You don't mention what size machine your considering, but if handgun work is about the max. here are a few options i'd suggest. If your lucky enough to find an" Emco Maximat" series machine you will have what you need...either a compact10..V10..or super11. These are all expensive, but well...

Yeah yeah ..I know why would I want one? Well an old friend has had this thing in his barn since 62..when he bought it new. ...and he has "suckered" me into cleaning off the 40yrs of grime and setting it up for him...Its never been used!!...Anyhow the motor pulley is nowhere to be found. a...

Hi Ben This is a difficult question..I have a V10p also ...no collets though. I do have sales literature that says the spindle draw in collets can be designated 3AT. or L20. There are 2 different spindle types for this machine, a 1 1/2x8 threaded, or a 4 stud type....I don't know if the collet angle...

I you have the dimensions..stock drive Products probably can supply the belt
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But what can you do on the Clausing mill that can't be done as well or better on the Bridgeport? [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/confused.gif"%20alt="[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/laugh.gif"%20alt="[/img] You can move it,carry it...fit it in a small workshop....bring it home witho...

Whats with the skull and X bones logo?

I use a press, based on the design by" Bonnie Doon" engineering.......the "Deep draw press" I modified the design... to be a bender and press/press brake. I used a 20ton bottle jack, and constructed the frame from class III hitch tubing, and 1" plate. I have bent 1" bar...

Resitance is futile..I am assimilated..it aint that bad dude
go with it.
How do you get those Gaemlin things to co-operate?

DC wrote
"Between center to center distances and the multiple tooth combinations for either SEA or Metric threading. Your search method and expectations may be futile."

Huh???..are you the Borg?

Hey len Your confusing me with that mouse again ; ) ...Mikey/Mickey Were you the high bidder on that sweet set of gears and quadrant out of so.cal?..beat me buy$100. Anyhow I have an inch machine V10p , with the standard G'box..I thought the metric quadrant was for metric machines? do you need it to...