The Home Machinist!

Thank you Harold , Im talking aluminum , I need the pieces made slightly larger as ill be milling them for exact size and finish polishing them, The parts I need are end plates for a pedal steel guitar and the pickup bracket and maybe pedals.

Would someone be willing to make some castings for me, Ill make you patterns you cast them, contact me as soon as possible if you are interested lets talk .

Hope i explain this right , here goes , if you have two metals same metals rubbing against each other how much ware occures even if its lubricated ,steel against steel or aluminum against aluminum, lets say a 3/8 inch hole with a 3/8 shaft going into is slightly smaller so it will fit inside the oth...

I had posted a few questions weeks ago and finally getting around to my projects i went and got a new rotary table 6 inch with accessories and a new 6 inch mill vise from grizzly tools, The vise is very nice it looks great on my index milling table , havent got the rotary table yet should be here tu...

I have a large mill which to do the rounding off , thank you for some ideas to try , harold . i guess a jig is in order or some kind of fixture , thanks for the ideas.all ten fingers have to be the same exactly . Russ(rooster)

Flat bar is one inch wide, roundness has to be from side to side, center of 1/2 inch hole is right smack dab in the middle , i need 1/4 inch from edge of the hole to the outer edge when finished, this is a finger 10 all together for a pedal steel guitar , called a changer finger. I have a milling ma...

whats the best way to make a 1/4 inch thick by 1 inch wide flat bar with a 1/2 inch hole drill on center 1/4 inch away from the end , round on the end? did i explain that right Russ

aluminum is what im needing to polish, seems the best and only way for me to get the job done is hand sand then maybe in a tumbler or viberating type polisher then finishup on a buffing wheel, im after a super shiney finish , parts are for a pedal steel guitar and some new creations of mine . thanks...

Whats the best way to polish aluminum amd most cost effective, i was considering a rock tumbler for hand s free operation any comments or advice would be welcome . Russ

just like casting in a wood box , wet sand works very well

Do you have to have liscence to make guns, im just curious , i seen some work and it looks like it might be enteresting

I got my mill wired up and running today :lol: made my day now i can do something with it, got the vice paralell with the head, one thing i still should do is get it level its off a few degrees from side to side , probly a 1/16 shim under one side might do it , i used a small bubble level to see whe...