The Home Machinist!

What a way to end one of the worst years ever! Insurance companies -- yuck! I've been cleaning and reorganizing my basement shop, uncovering a few things I'd forgotten about, tossing/recycling other things. I'm gradually feeling my energy recovering following Anne's death last February and I was con...

Descicants do have differing characteristics. The "bead" forms are generally reusable after being dried in an oven, and often have at least a few beads with a color indicator. In my experience, these are most frequently found in electronic equipment packaging, and are labeled as "sili...

Welcome aboard! I don't have much to say about this topic, but you've come to the right place!

Happy New Year!

Pipescs wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 9:41 am Thanks for all the advice and hoping for a year of no Drama for everyone.

No drama would be a welcome respite!

Happy New Year to a great group!

I might use a water-based degreaser, which I can suck up with the shop vac crevice tool, followed by alcohol to wash the water out. Then over-oil it a few times, wiping up the extra with rags. I use full strength 'Spic n Span' liquid or 'Simple Green', though I've not used it to 'flood' clean anyth...

Yes, "carrying" in my case means winching it down on a good strong wheeled dolly, with a plywood ramp covering the stairs. I moved my 480 lb Millrite column this way, although I would recommend something heavier than plywood -- I made two 'tracks' using 2x6's. I had no issues I also recom...

NP317 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 15, 2021 1:22 pm I need to stop eating those desiccant packs...

Dry mouth?

TimTheGrim wrote: ↑Tue Dec 14, 2021 10:05 pm ...those little cylindrical dryer packs and put one in each drawer.

Good idea! I've been stocking up on silica gel packets from computer shipments for ages.

Thanks!

Re-glued some loose joints and added new felt to the drawers. I still need to line the upper compartment:
Any thoughts on how to help keep the contents from rusting?

Okay, I found the original. It was in the last place I looked -- on the pulley shaft on the lathe. :lol: It does have a part number -- 3809 -- but that might be a LeBlond number. I think I found one from McMaster that will work. All of $1.89. Now I just need to find a few other things to buy to just...

I'll have to look at it. I don't recall if it was marked. It is currently buried somewhere.

Thanks, Bill! "Bearing lock washer" got a lot of hits, but most are spec'd per specific machine. More digging!