The Home Machinist!

Yesterday I was at the local country store getting a drink, and covered in wood shavings, one of the old timers asked me what I was doing? I told him turning a piece of wood on my lathe to use for a pattern for a cylinder jug, So I had to explain the whole project. and that I was scouting some scrap...

So a link to flickr would be okay? K.

To day I started turning a piece of maple that was cut 3 years ago and has been in the cold frame drying, Since it was from a large limb I expect to have some issues with it, but wood filler or bondo can be used to pretty it up before painting and sealing. I expect that with the freebie wood lathe i...

do you have a pattern?

I was using alumna bronze years, ago, I have a small pile of it now. Cast iron pipe seems to be a rarity in my area now, None of the big box stores have it. I suppose I could drive an hour south to B'ham to Mcwanes and maybe buy 1 piece of ductile iron pipe. But the alumna bronze is really good for ...

After looking at prices of HM engines, I decided I would build one from scratch using salvage parts, and castings from the scrap I have picked up. The cylinder will have to be cast and bored. The piston and rod is a JD E scored off ebay for 10.00 bucks. The timing will be tricky but i think i can pu...

your mill project is looking good!!! years ago, maybe 20? i built the Gingery Blast furnace, and then the electric furnace. I built the lathe. I was casting stuff like pistons for a 1923 Dodge Brothers business coupe and some other old odd stuff. Then I got married and everything sat. My current pro...