The Home Machinist!

There is a young couple down the street that are in the process of upgrading an older house for an expanding family, and we have become good friends with them. A couple of days ago, he stopped by for advice on extending an existing railing, which consists of 2" square tube posts, an 2" tub...

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Two options come to mind. One, make a plug that fits into the area, then drilling into it will not leave room for a burr to form. Second, I have seen neat little counter sinks for doing the inner end of the hole. No idea of where you would find one - I think I saw them at Boeing surplus many years a...

We have both Moen and Kohler faucets in our kitchen, so far, the Kohler, which does get a bit more use, has been repaired, replaced, and repaired in a time span of 14 years. The Moen has no issues.

I had a Fray for a number of years, a model 7 with both horizontal and vertical axis, it had a 30 MT taper. Could do almost anything once you got all of the angles set. It was bit small for the jobs I had but frequently by using both upper and lower X and Y axis, I could get there.

On some doors, the insulation is in panels, which can be removed, and on others, it is between two metal panels like a sandwich. Your choices probably are to replace a few panels, or if the door still works ok, live with the wrinkles until there is another reason to replace the door.

Try backing up with a heavy piece of wood, and tapping gently with a rubber hammer.

Sorry, wrong terminology.

What is wrong with setting the cross slide parallel to the ways and using it?

Look for the woven nylon strapping used to tie up bundles of wood etc- used to replace the old steel strapping. Probably a lot cheaper if you ask for strapping rather than belting. I cut a bunch of 3/4" wide straps this morning to get to some 2x6s.

I like John Evans idea of a tube. Probably not enough room to get studs through the holes in the gear and pressing on the rim of the gear is not a good idea. Save heat as a very last resort.

There are sources for thin flat belts, I have a Delta overarm router that uses a thin belt about 1" wide and maybe several feet long. I did a search for custom flat belts and found several places that make custom belts. Probably overkill for your application. For your project you might look at ...