The Home Machinist!

That engine must have a gazilion parts. Mauro, Including hardware, nearly 14,000 parts per engine. I'm working on two of them right now, and having both of them apart at the same time is a bit more interesting! I usually only do one at a time. I started on a third, and decided to hold off on that o...

I keep and oily rag can, one of those triangle shape red cans with the flip up lid, near where I am working. It gets dumped into a 55 gal steel drum with a heavy lid that is supplied by the environmental waste people that I use. When I have an inspection from the Fire Marshall or EPA it makes them s...

I would make the tap match the barrel threads since that is what needs to screw in there.

That's for sure!

The rotary table King!

The bigger the wire is, the more music can crawl through it!

is there any general advice on keeping such a part flat ...minimize springing ....machine out the springing. Rough the entire part out within about .030"-.040" and then go back and make your finish cuts to the required dimensions. I'd probably flip it a couple of times when roughing it out. The bes...

Thar's a standard 9/32" square socket for 1/8 pipe plugs.

Assuming that you are referring to a fabric/rubber laminate, I have a sheet of 1/64, but that probably won't fit your needs. I'm pretty sure I bought it here back in 1985... https://www.hswhite.com/products/rubber-and-gasket-products/sheet-rubber-products/ I told them I needed diaphragm material and...

Either would work as long as the cutting edge is on center.

A lathe with a threaded spindle may not like running in reverse though. If the tool digs in it could unscrew the chuck and make a bit of a mess.

I shot it Saturday morning in the monthly match and didn't really like the way the trigger felt. I could feel when the sear started to move, then a little creep, and then the shot broke. For that reason I found myself occasionally "staging" the trigger to get past the initial movement and anticipati...

Very well done!

I have a PM 2Z and it is a multi speed spindle using a serpentine type belt like this one.
I just got home, but can post more images next week when I'm back at my shop.