The Home Machinist!

Spro You bring up a few points that I have been thinking about . One of my concerns was the "banging " of the tool starting into the work . The actual cutting force while it definitely needs taken into consideration isn't as worrisome as the initial hit when the cutter hits the work piece ...

russ the beginnings of my plan are pretty simple , i'd like to build a dividing head with a center height of about 4 inches this size would fit the working envelope of both the shaper and lathe . my shaper doesn't have a very large table about 8 inches square . but the handy thing is it does have t ...

Sometimes what seems like a little to one person is a lot to another person .. as an example my current net worth you'll see in the picture . So obviously buying books and or plans isn't an option I am not complaining here just explaining . One without the means to buy must make and scrounge . The m...

Thanks for the help guys , I've wanted the gingery books for quite awhile , finances on the other hand say I don't need them that bad lol I have looked at the home shop machinist ... yet again find the roadblock to be having to purchase plans . Call it cheap if you must , but I live on aproxx $826 a...

hello i need some help . i want to build a dividing head , and i have no real idea where to start . what i do know is this , i have neither the skills or knowledge to design one myself . and i want to build one that is sized correctly to use on my 8 inch shaper . simplicity and economy is key . my g...

i have had my g0602 for a few months now and overall i am pretty pleased with it , however it has developed a an issue i could use some help with . in a nutshell i am getting an impression of the lead screw on my surface finish . this is a recent development up until now as long as i did my part thi...

hammermill brings up a good concern , my little 10x22 grizzly is not a real power house , it says it is 1 hp , but i have my doubts , 2/3 hp sems a bit more realistic after having used it awhile .
i will also be using hss if that makes a differance too.

on another site i seen a thread where a fellow is making an er40 collet chuck for his grizzly g0602 . this looks like a very handy item to have to me and not to terribly expensive to do he was using 4140 to make it .. i also found a very nice write up on the projects in metal site on this and that f...