The Home Machinist!

I wonder where he gets those big pencils?

Use it for lapping or layout or what ever suits you, just don't think of it as a surface plate, it's not.
James

Conrad, are you quoting some other thread, or did Harold mess up and answer you in your own post?

I think the U.S. officially adopted the Metric system in 1866, if it has not caught on by now, I just don't see much hope for it.
James

TheTester, If you don't want to fool with relays or timers as you originally stated, I think the centrifugal switch would be right down your alley. I posted a link on page 1, but you never responded, maybe you missed it.

http://www.torq.com/phaseconverters.htm

James

TheTester, if this link works, it might be of interest to you.

http://www.torq.com/phaseconverters.htm

James

Bill, don't have a clue, but from the source if I had to make a wild guess, I would say Myford.
James

Dave, have you got any horned owls in your area, are they taking the bird completely, or eating it on site?
James

Harold, I am using subsilver2 and I have the mark post read, at the top right of the forum. I clicked it out of curiosity, and now if I hover over the icon at the left end of the post title it reads no unread posts.
James

Bob, you have a terrible in and out background buzz in your audio, I got out before you actually got to the point of doing any machining as it was really getting on my nerves.
James

Don, the Practical Machinist site has a pretty active South Bend sub forum, have you looked at it?
James

Dave seeing how it came out cured, was there any chunks of dried mud on the rims that might have got knocked off during the R&R? That can sure cause that symptom.
James