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As already noted above, the thyratron topic is well covered on the PracticalMachinist Monarch EE forum. PMMonarch Driect Link Try a search on "tubes" Here is a direct link to a post about an alternative tube that seems to work in a 3hp application. PM post about Cheap Thyratron Alternative...

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I'm pretty sure you can use MS Photoeditor, an MS Office tool) to resize photos. If you have Office you proabably have Photoeditor. Open up a picture in photoeditor and then look under help for how to save an image. The setting the photo quality in the lower range should reudce the file size.

Just stumbled onto this site while googling some lathe related items. A bunch of scanned older articles on stuff to make.

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They're in the MSC catalog. Not cheap. Here: http://www.mscdirect.com/PDF.process?pdf=1542 Actually, I looked again and they don't seem to have 5" diameter plates. 6" is the smallest. The back plate is relatively simple as far as the side that mates with the Buck Chuck is concerned. Just a...

The shapers used cast legs which appear to have been the same as the ones for the lathe. The lefthand leg for the lathes had a boss for the motor mount so I suppose the shapers may have used two rigthhand legs.

This what your talking about?

http://doityourself.com/store/4432795.htm

When I worked in a (a real) hardware store 25 years ago we called them plow bolts too. The place had grimey busted boxes of them spilling on the floor. Never sold a single one in the year I worked there. Probably went out with the trash when the place finally went out of business 5 years ago. Too ba...

I believe Powermatic bought Logan late in the game.

Look under "Subtraction and the Rest of the Integers" at the following link:

http://www.andrews.edu/~calkins/math/we ... 2.htm#NATU

For the most of the time exception(s) look here:

http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mzeroeven.html

Pete,

I've got a model 50 and I've got the manual for it. I've already sent copies to 2 other users of this board. I'd be happy to send you a copy. Contact me by email at: billsct@comcast.net