The Home Machinist!

Do not scrimp on the drill quality! Get good name-brand bits and I echo the use of a good cutting oil. The pilot hole is also a must as stated earlier.

Looking for designs for storing metal files. I have seen a knife block affair, but I want to wall mount say 10-15 of them. Like to making out of wood- anyone have any unique designs? Hitting a mental blockage on this one and if you google anything with files in it you get filing cabinets...

Darn interesting and mentally stimulating stuff! I make model patterns and this would be a big help. You guys never cease to impress me. Thanks for posting the pantorouter link.

Wonderful stuff- I use it all the time for casting pattern work and proofs. It machines easily with HSS and is very accurate on mill/lathe. Good part is when you are finished, you can re-melt the chips and parts and cast into desired shapes. I use PVC tubes as a form. I use the blue stuff. The pictu...

On those import boring heads, I have found that I have to completely loosen the lock screws on the slide before attempting to move the boring bar radially. I do a lot of cast iron and usually spin the head at ~60-120 rpm depending on the diameter with 0.003 down-feed/ rev on the heavier cuts and 0.0...

Here, try this- lots of info
http://www.maytagclub.com/

Verrrry nice! I like the tapered keys for adjusting the bearing halves. The fact that it is from stock is sauce for the goose. Keep those pix coming....

try these guys:
Cattail Foundry, 167 W. Cattail RD. Gordonville,PA 17529

717-768-7323

Amish foundry- call + leave message- they call back

As the others say, cast iron is a must. Here is a good source for rings from models upwards:
http://www.ringspacers.com/

Well, the cylinder head is finished with the valves, hot tube support and fuel mixer. Pix at http://picasaweb.google.com/myrickmachine/MyrickModelBTransitionalModel# Very rewarding albeit tedious at times.... Some of the most difficult machining I have done to date- got to learn to cut internal thre...

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Posted some more pix of the engine head nearly complete- still some bits for the gas mixer to do.

I like the use of a piece of wood to shield the legs/torso from splatters.... good safety tip!