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- Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:26 am
- Forum: 3-in-1 Metalworking Machines
- Topic: Shoptask owners?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 96960
Re: Shoptask owners?
glad to hear that there are a few of us Shoptask owners still out there. I still use mine quite often, but not daily, mostly to create replacement parts as needed. Last I recall, the company was for sale by the original owner/founder. I don't know how that came out. If there is a new owner, I would ...
- Mon Mar 09, 2009 10:56 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: groovin'
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3036
I did a test this weekend using a parting tool that I had bought, not made myself. the overlapping plunge cuts, and then turning the last .001 worked beautifully. A textbook I have said that parting cuts should be run at about half the speed of turning, so I reduced to about 220 rpm and the cuts wer...
- Fri Mar 06, 2009 4:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: groovin'
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3036
thank you, Harold for the reply. I have never ground my own tools, but it is a skill I will need to learn. I have read the threads on this elswere in this forum, and will surely study them again. If a large number of passes need to be made, I can see that a lot of mileage would be put on that groovi...
- Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: groovin'
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3036
groovin'
question from a newbie...I wanted to put a bearing journal in the center of a 1 1/2 inch diameter rod to be made into a small crankshaft. Basically putting a moderately wide (.500) relatively deep groove in the center of a rod. Wasn't long before the tool holder was getting in the way. Problem was t...
- Fri Feb 20, 2009 4:01 pm
- Forum: 3-in-1 Metalworking Machines
- Topic: Hello, and a question probably asked a thousand times
- Replies: 16
- Views: 15785
my 3-in-1 experience
Hi from another 3-in-1 machine owner. Don't have much practical advice to give you at this time, because I am a hobbyist not a professional or semi-professional. Just glad to hear that there are other 3-in-1 owners out there. Sometimes this forum may seem a little intimidating for those of us who do...
- Thu Sep 11, 2008 5:08 pm
- Forum: 3-in-1 Metalworking Machines
- Topic: text book
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6202
- Thu Sep 11, 2008 8:08 am
- Forum: 3-in-1 Metalworking Machines
- Topic: text book
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6202
text book
can anyone recomend a good book on general machining basics? A text book or manual for us novices that would discuss tool selection, techniques, safety, set-up etc.? A machinist handbook is good for those who know what they are doing, but whithout an experienced instructor to help, I often feel that...
- Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:57 am
- Forum: 3-in-1 Metalworking Machines
- Topic: Shoptask owners?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 96960
Shoptask owner
New member and this is my first reply to a posting. I have a 10 year old Shoptask 17-20 that I bought at auction. Part of a divorce settlement and the ex-wife said her former husband had never used it after the first couple of days. Appeared to me to be in nearly new condition other than for the yea...
- Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:11 am
- Forum: 3-in-1 Metalworking Machines
- Topic: hi from a new member
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3264
hi from a new member
hello from a new member. Heard about the forum from the last email from smartflix. Think this is just what I have been looking for. Last year I bought a Shoptask 3-in-one machine at an auction. My hobby is restoring British sports cars, Triumph Spitfires, and MGB's and Midgets. I often have to make ...