The Home Machinist!

Godspeed your recovery Harold. Stay strong Susan.
--earlgo

BINGO!
Thanks, jfx, for your help! I sure was barking up the wrong tree.
--earlgo

I am looking for a source for the (relatively) thin sheets of white close celled foam similar to Kaison foam. I have looked on all the obvious websites and have not found what I think I am looking for. It is the stuff one gets from the VFW to help prevent damage to the various pens etc. that they se...

It is absolutely mind-boggling that you are able to do this kind of work in your shop. Motivation is everything.
More power to you!
--earlgo

Your location isn't shown so I have no idea what cities are within driving distance, but there is a shop in Euclid Ohio that deals in used equipment. It is HGR Industrial Surplus. HGR Industrial Surplus 20001 Euclid Ave. Euclid, OH 44117-1480 Phone: (216) 486-4567 - Fax: (216) 486-4779 Toll Free: (8...

Ha, we bought a Whirlpool about a year ago because SWMBO wanted a freezer in a bottom drawer. It works much better and stuff is easy to find. It came with an internal ice maker, but we do not have well water that is suitable so we did not connect it. Unfortunately, every once in a while when it star...

I can't see your fitting but if it is like this one then it was intended for a special lube gun for way oil so one couldn't use a standard grease gun. This is on a Producto-Matic small horizontal mill that I have been told was typically used for typewriter parts. Zerk fitting special.jpg I replaced ...

Dang, wish I'd said that, but then I always do things the hard way...
--earlgo

Steve, have you considered buying a large door hinge https://www.mscdirect.com/product/details/89087738?rd=k&tg=Recommendations&tpp=false&searchAhead=true&searchAheadTerm=door%20hing&typahddsp=89087738&hdrsrh=true and mounting that and then adding "shims" to get the correct angle of view? Just anoth...

Not a problem with a horizontal mill. Perhaps you should consider buying a stub wheel mill holder with an R8 shank for your vertical mill. https://www.mscdirect.com/product/details/08450116 Then you could mount a 3/8 width wheel cutter and avoid the wobbly problems one encounters with end mills. Jus...

I'll pass the word along to Mr. Washington that his principle has become a Home Machinist Topic. He will be amused.
--earlgo

You might take a look at the Tool and Manufacturing Engineers Handbook V1, although it is expensive. I had one when I was rowing the corporate galley and it was a very good reference. https://www.amazon.com/Tool-Manufacturing-Engineers-Handbook-Vol/dp/0872630854/ref=pd_sbs_14_1/146-3724460-8174909?_...