The Home Machinist!

Some of the best dumpster diving was when I lived/worked at a ritzy yacht yard in West Palm Beach.Some of the finds included 200' of 3/8 galvanized anchor chain. About 20 ft on one end was worn and rusty, the rest fine. A case of unopened Epifanes varnish.A Simpson Lawrence anchor windlas that was a...

I have five Teco FM50 VFD's to allow me to run 3ph machines off single phase 220v. They not only give variable speed but soft start, braking and the switching on/off. A switch between the VFD and motor is a no-no. Very happy with them.
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Spro, yes I built the cabinet out of 3/4" birch ply from Lowes. Essentially a box with ball bearing slides for the drawers. It is attached to a frame of 2x4 to which are lag- screwed casters. It's convenient to have it mobile. The drawer fronts are pine.

I just started with this group so here's a few shots of my collection. Got into making metal chips in the process of restoring old woodworking machines. Got this 8" Shaperite from an estate sale, where the previous owner moved on to the big machine shop in the sky. http://i578.photobucket.com/a...

Here's my addition to the thread. Got it from a local gunsmith. It had a few issues that I found after I started trying to use it. First was the Reeves variable speed drive not working very well (hardly at all). Will post a separate thread on dealing with that. The obligatory before and after shots....

I have a 10x 36 Rockwell lathe.I made a new crosslide from a piece of iron from Speedy metals. For most operations when the compound isn't needed I have a solid block that the quick change mounts on. Made a solid holder for a insert type parting blade on the backside. Thrilled with the results , and...

I worked in a pipe organ shop for a year in Charlston SC, really interesting work, the ultimate in gizmology.Keep us updated with photos. Henry