The Home Machinist!

Howdy.

Oh, man! I have to get that stuff! Sometimes going into debt is worth it! It's even better than Shakti stones!

Right now all I have is a 6"grinder. Sooner or later maybe I'll make the one Harold recommends.

So maybe a live center is something I should be looking for.

Good advice on the dogs. Thanks.

My Clausing 5936 came supplied with two MT3 taper centers. As far as I can tell, neither is a live center. One has an end that's a plain old cone. The other one has an end that's like a split cone. In other words, only half of the point is there. The end has been divided along plane parallel to the ...

If I were a high end audio nerd, there is no limit to what I might put on my carpet. These people are insane.

My friend doesn't have carpeting in his stereo area, however.

I guess I have a while to think about it. It seems like a mill would be limited pretty badly without one of these things.

I have a friend who is a high-end audio nerd. I have some Magnepan speakers and a good sub, but he is way past that. A real Kool Aid drinker. Today I told him a guy with a lathe could make pointy feet for audio equipment. These things are supposed to have magical powers; you really don't want to kno...

WHOA!

Fifteen minutes?

I'm SURE I can find the garage space now.

How fast would it cut 4" square 1018? If the answer is like an hour, I'm already covered.

It probably is a deal. These are sad times. People's beloved tools are selling cheap all over America.

Guy near me has a used Jet for $125. I don't know if I want to give up the floor space. Maybe I should call around and see what it would cost to cut this stuff.

I suppose I could use a roughing mill and go around it.