The Home Machinist!

This worked for me and the price is right:

https://www.surpluscenter.com/Water-Pum ... 2-1436.axd

J-B weld would have us believe you could fill the hole with their metal-filled epoxy, then drill and tap it.

I drilled a hole in vinyl lumber with each bit, labeled the hole and dropped the bit in.

I'd like to see it working. If you can't drop by my house with it, how about a video?

I've been happy with my early-model Millrite VM, so when I saw the newer (Powermatic) version with the big knee and 36" table for $750 with a 5" Kurt included, I went and got it. I have to break down machinery in order to roll it down the stairs to my cellar shop, where I'm cleaning and re...

Just looked on ebay and saw three Millrites that have been on there for a while. There are a couple models. The gray ones are the original Burke models. The green one is branded Powermatic, so it postdates the Houldaille takeover fiasco. Some other outfit owns the Millrite brand now. The name escape...

I have two Millrites, one with a floating knee gib and one tapered, and they are two completely different animals. The floating gib is a nothing-special piece that perhaps even I could reproduce in the event I were replacing the knee with one from a different machine. There is plenty of clearance be...

Myself, I'd have nothing to do with an abrasive blade on my table saw or even anyone else's. I bet that dust would be the death of the trunnions. The special metal-cutting blades make chips, not dust. I'm watchful for any combustion of wood dust lying around, but the chips come off cool enough that ...

I called D.C.Morrison today and talked to Chuck, their Millrite specialist. His take was that the tapered gib was fitted to the knee and the column, so there's no reason why it should work with a different column. It was really on there - I used a pair of house jacks to lift from the bottom of the k...

I cut 1/4" steel plate on my table saw frequently. I've tried a Morse Metal Devil and a couple Porter Cable Riptide blades. When new, they chew right through it with no sparking and little heat. That changes as the blade wears, but the finish is still beautiful. I paid under $25 at Amazon for m...

Actually, knee, saddle and table transplant. I've had an older Burke Millrite for a few years now and it's served my limited needs pretty well, but a little more capacity would be nice now and then. So I jumped at the chance to pick up a new Powermatic-badged Millrite with the large table and knee f...

I get the part about moving the cutting edge ahead of the center. So if at least half of the thickness of the insert is forward of the tool's axis then the trailing edge will clear the material. In this link, the flat area seems to be tilted. Does it illustrate your second approach? http://cdcotools...