The Home Machinist!

All-- Like many of you, I have hundreds of end mills. When I first started off, I bought end mills from Grizzly. Cheap or at least cheap ish . I have had good luck with them. As I learned stuff from experience and you, I began buying from McMaster-Carr and such places. Not cheap or cheap ish . But t...

Firelance and All-- Firelance , I have one of those levels. I tried for months to get it calibrated. First, I let it sit for hours after flipping. Eventually, I went to days, always returning to the same place and orientation. I did get it somewhat better, but not good enough to use, in my opinion. ...

All-- Well, this has been a fascinating thread. I read three pages before I got a little confused and looked at a date! If I may re-hijack--or would it be un-hijack or maybe just unjack the thread?--I would like to say that I've also looked at the Grizzly boxes in the Springfield, MO showroom. I agr...

All--

Two set screws should hold it.


Thank you for the help.

--Bill

Harold--

Thank you. That is what I will do.

But we are off to the city for a few days . . .

--Bill

All--

There is no set screw to hold the key in place. But there will be when I reinstall it on the lathe. (There isn't one under the paint or in a pulley grove.)


--Bill

Harold and Bill and jcx-- It turned out to be too simple. The bore of the pulley is much longer than I thought. I had been tapping the key back into the bore flush with the face of the pulley. Dumb. It was barely in the keyway of the motor shaft. I tapped it all the way in and now it is fine. Bill a...

All--

Low level question to which I do not know the answer: The key on the motor pulley of my lathe keeps working loose (outward). What do I do to prevent that?

Thanks!


--Bill

All--

Thanks for all the advice. I'll stick with what I've got!

--Bill

All-- I have the 8" version of this machinist level . . . https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08ZCW2YTX?ref=em_1p_9_im&ref_=pe_27541350_702864840 I have never been able to calibrate it. The adjustment screw is simply far too coarse. I am tired of screwing with it. I am thinking about the Sta...

All--

Thank you for the help! That will get me going.

Bill S, solder is how I've always done it in the past. All my soldering stuff is in a box I have yet to unpack. Looks like that box might be next.

--Bill

All-- Another dummy question, this time concerning pipe connections. I need to connect a male 7/16"-24 to a male 1/2"-18. How do I do that? What is (are) the proper name(s) of the component(s)? (I got lost in the weeds.) Picture of what I want to connect . . . 7-16-24 to 1-2-18.jpg Thanks!...