The Home Machinist!

Any photos?

I am opposed to using Github for this sort of thing.  Github is a confusing mess and I can never find anything on it.

rmac wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2024 12:19 pm I guess this is where us obnoxious bastards from Arizona are supposed to gloat...

Yes, but how’s the “migrant” situation in sunny Phoenix? 

The “atomic” clock in our family area says it’s -11° F right now, and it’s 11:07 PM as I write this.  Supposedly, temps will go down at least another five degrees before the night is over.  Cold weather didn’t used to bother me...until I got old. 

Blame it on global warming. 

Not unexpected.  The average American blue-collar worker has priced himself out of the market.  We are seeing a sped-up version of this right now in the fast-food industry in California.

I have a Railroad Supply 4-4-0 that’s set up for propane. I have a stock car to hold the propane tanks but it’s not tall enough to hold a 20 lb tank. I was thinking of using four 3 lb vertical tanks as they would fit and daisy chaining them together. I was wondering how much propane an engine this ...

(you can't weld through mill scale...) Says who?  Mill scale vaporizes in the intense heat of the arc and if using the SMAW (stick) process, fluxing action by the electrode coating with entrain scale and with certain electrode types, rust.  I weld steel with mill scale all the time, usually with th...

Better if you attach the files of interest to a post here.

Lazz wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 10:00 pm Here are 2 tool post grinders to test the waters to see if they have any value.

https://imgur.com/a/W5E9c9L

Is there supposed to be an image there?  All I see is a dark, grey screen and a bunch of extraneous websites being accessed, probably to generate advertising nonsense.

daves1459 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 8:30 pmI have old, 2006, calculation program called HOBIT. It is used to calculate dimensions and hobbing machine change and feed gears for cutting helical gears and worms.

Dave, PM me on this.

It doesn't appear to have any mechanical issues other than...it needs a 6 volt car battery. Mention of it needing a six volt battery is interesting.  There is no description of the mechanicals, but the above suggests it’s pre-1955 machinery, which is around the time 12 volt electrical systems becam...