The Home Machinist!

There has alot of discussion on PVC for compressed gases, but one thing I have not seen discussed is PVC sensitivity to UV. Over the years PVC has been used for watering systems and the pipe underground seems to last; but the pipe going out of the ground is made very brittle by UV exposure. Even sch...

I believe It is a Myford based on seeing several during my stays in England but if you have found some ID information check to see if it was modification or is original equipment of the flat belt drive lathe. I think I had some pictures around of the Myford lathes. I try to find some and post in the...

Hi All, I'm in the southern San Francisco Bay Area in California. I have a shop with tree mills, Jet lathe, sheetmetal 3 in 1 machine, bandsaw, 4x6 bandsaw, and a fain amount of wood tool and machines. I'm currently working on (reworking) an 1.5" locomotive started by several hands on a piece b...