The Home Machinist!

basement shop also, can be seen here

www.plastikosmd.com

gotta put the garage shop on too, welders, torches, plasma cutter etc. newest additions not included in tour is sherline cnc mill, rockwell hardness tester and stuff i have yet to remember
scott

Picked up an Airco mcm heliwelder 200amp. I paid bit less than a dollar an amp..also got about 300lbs of steel stock thrown in, some rod, etc. older gentleman was moving..and had a bad deal fall through on welder so I bought it for even money to help him out. While waiting for a tig to fall into my ...

Also, may have been tippy due to not placing the feet i discussed on ground. One who requres a power wheelchair, this may be a task. Arms are swung into position, then each screw is turned by hand until good ground contact. Then as i said after load is in vehicle, it is hard to unscrew these pads. Y...

Dunno, didnt really have any trouble, I did have to clean up one hole that had little too much paint in it. Regarding tippy, i would suggest they follow the instructions to strap things down. Also the oven and my welder outweight a power wheelchair by about a factor of 2 or 3. Agreed prob didnt use ...

For those that have not seen, I posted on few other boards I frequent, practicalmachinist, homeshopmachinist, bbssystem etc. A few months ago I posted regarding anyones experience using the harbor freight liftgate. As seen here http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=47591 I...

well it is small, but i figured it was a good place to start to learn...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 5990869104

will be pesterin you guys/gals a bit in the future...appreciate the patience!

scott

Picked up an Airco mcm heliwelder 200amp. I paid bit less than a dollar an amp..also got about 300lbs of steel stock thrown in, some rod, etc. I have not done much welding in a few years, mostly just tacking with my lincon 155 mig. Any opinions on machine...was holding off for a tig but older gentle...

I know there are plently of plans out there...but the one that I plan to use was in a HSM mag that used one of those 55 gal blue plastic drums, cut one end and added door/hinges, ran a small light fixture, plexiglass window and glove holes, bought gloves and nozzle from HF i think. He also added sma...

it is the weldpak 155, for 150$ was a good deal, not what I would have picked but for the price I could not resist. Thank for the info..just hate to farm out..not because of cost but loss of a learing experience. What size welder (TIG) would I need...amp wise to do a job like this...(fill dents in b...

problem = piston and valves where introduced in rather abrupt manner in head (4stroke 4 valve, single piston) then re-introduced several times once valves detached and imbedded into piston...so several large gouges in alum. head surface. Will be re-macining the head and need to bring up the low spot...

mill is very stout...bout a 1000 lbs more than bridgeport 6 hp 3 phase motor for spindle and separate table motor, 10x48 table, 40 taper spindle etc. When in horizontal mode it is pretty short bout 5 1/2 feet ...taller in vertical mode .It is up and running ....I have not pushed limits, and do not k...

new mill pics uploaded... it is an abene vert/horz mill table is 10x48 or so, powerfeed on all 3 axis and rapid, If anyone has any advice on taking down the spindle for bearing repacking let me know...Otherwise Ill figure it out.

scott