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by Mike of the North
Fri Apr 16, 2010 7:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Tiny Rotab in Vise
Replies: 5
Views: 3034

Re: Tiny Rotab in Vise

That is what I did, I mounted mine to a piece of aluminum I had it works great.
by Mike of the North
Fri Nov 06, 2009 6:53 pm
Forum: Milling Machines
Topic: 1/2 to 2/3 size knee mill ???
Replies: 19
Views: 10699

Wholesale tool caries a small knee mill.
http://www.wttool.com/product-exec/prod ... _WT_Import_
by Mike of the North
Tue Oct 20, 2009 11:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How to chuck the chuck?
Replies: 8
Views: 3002

Hey Jeff are you getting ready to add metal work to some of your wood working projects? If you want to be able to use 5c collets an adapter that goes in to the inner taper of your spindle would be the best way, the less sticking out of the spindle the better, the draw tube that threads on the collet...
by Mike of the North
Fri Feb 27, 2009 11:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Need advice on running an air line.
Replies: 17
Views: 10129

Post no. 3 in this thread has pdf of a copper tubing hand book that might help answer your questions.
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/show ... ght=copper
by Mike of the North
Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:23 pm
Forum: Milling Machines
Topic: Looked at Millrite and Bridgeports Today
Replies: 23
Views: 8786

on CL in MI

If you live in MI this Bridgeport is on CL
http://detroit.craigslist.org/tls/1033769052.html
by Mike of the North
Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Removal of a J33 taper chuck
Replies: 8
Views: 7423

I just got Doall drill press, and the the chuck has a jt33 taper on it, there also was a ring with three holes in it above the chuck I turned it and it popped the chuck off, the ring was attached to the chuck, I read on-line somewhere this was done so the chuck could be removed easily and other atta...
by Mike of the North
Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:31 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Got the Bridgeport home
Replies: 12
Views: 4338

You will want to take the Bridgeport off the trailer in parts if you only have a engine hoist available, I removed the head first, then removed the ram, than the base, just the base taxed my engine hoist, I used a cloth strap to remove the head, an eye blot to remove the ram, and four eye bolts in t...
by Mike of the North
Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Natural gas conversion
Replies: 5
Views: 2468

Ford LP tractor

I have a Ford 3910 tractor that runs on LP, looking at part schematics the difference between gas and LP is, different head, intake manifold, and carb, I was hoping to convert mine to diesel, but I did not want to sink any money in to it, now I going to give it a coat of paint and try and sell it.
by Mike of the North
Mon Sep 01, 2008 8:50 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: FIRST TIME HERE
Replies: 5
Views: 2305

Try

I look a lot on Craigslist for deals, I just missed a variable speed drill press that went for $75, looked it up on a machine dealers web site and thy want $900 for the same drill, so you can find some good deal if your lucky.

http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites
by Mike of the North
Thu Jul 10, 2008 11:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Tell me about this grinder
Replies: 6
Views: 4085

Thanks for the info. Are there any good books on how to use this thing to grind cutters and such? The previous owner had the flat belt that drives the head just running on the shaft of the motor, should I make a pulley for the motor? The whole table moves up and down and moves around the spindle, it...
by Mike of the North
Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Tell me about this grinder
Replies: 6
Views: 4085

Tell me about this grinder

I just bought this grinder it is a Gallmeyer & Livingston No 1 1/2 universal grinder, I think it is worth the $100 I paid for it.