The Home Machinist!

First of all your ad originally said you wanted to deal with someone who was local to you in CA. You lost a lot of possible shops by requesting that, yet now you are considering going to China????? I own a job shop here in NY.....and have heard my share of complaints from other shop owners, friends ...

Glenn,
This is a G16 power truck,

Glenn,

I don't believe those are G16 trucks, they are a homebuilt set, but it does give you an idea of what you can do.

Nyle

Glenn,

Check out surpluscenter.com for shafting, gear boxes, etc....all sorts of stuff that might help you with your trucks, and other projects.

Nyle

It's very simple, have one computer running XP for your Rhino software, and your other computer running Win 10 for everything else. I have Mastercam V8.1 (2000 vintage) on an older machine running XP. You can get the older machines for next to nothing, or in my case it came from someones trash. It i...

" All we ask is that you wear a mask when inside the roundhouse and are within 6' or less of other volunteers." Rob, so if there is no one else in the roundhouse or your 6'3" away from a volunteer you don't need a mask?? You need to change your wording/policy a little bit to protect e...

Gee how tight do you make the collet....it's much the same as tightening bolts, spark plugs or anything else...tighten it till the threads start to pull , then back off a quarter turn.... All kidding aside, I was told many years ago that 3/4" is the maximum diameter end mill recommended on a Br...

Harold, when I first saw this post I thought the same thing, there is no D1-2 taper....but I too stand corrected. There is however something wrong with the chart attached above: http://qfguides.tripod.com/american_lathe_spindles_specific.htm The chart says the D1-3 taper "B" dia is 2.5&quo...

wow that's sm..all Small

What I need is a bimetal crosscut saw blade that cuts in either direction.....yeah, that's the ticket.

If I do that then the blades will uncoil in the opposite direction....I'm doomed!

Born in the North, maybe I need to move south, or hang upside down....go figure!