Thats right get what you want, it is sure a clean looking machine, the mill at the high school auction I was watching it was Taiwan clone with a...
Not with a pigeon, amazing you found the owner.
That is truly impressive job. Congrats
Thanks Zapins, Appreciate your advice almost to good to be true is what I thought, I was thinking I wanted it all but will watch the bidding...
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Local high school industrial arts closing. They have their furnace, heat treat ovens, lathes, flasks, etc up for auction. I have and appointment...
Yea I know but if you don't have the pieces machined down to the .018 they are not going to turn out and I am here to tell there are some pretty...
Precision cuts is key to good dovetails, Good work!
That would be a heck of a project, modifying a steady rest from another like type lathe might be easier. Steady Rests – Lost Creek Machine, Inc....
Nice work, that's what it is all about.
Sure that appears to be a Morse Taper 2 to 3 adapter that your chuck is in, there is a wedge accessory that is used to seperate them. Live centers...
Thats about what it takes to drive across Texas don't it, Thank goodness you have a truck, always have a truck is my rule.
Tapers are one of my biggest challenges, I've used boring bars and they worked for me until the holes got too small, at which point I would grab a...
Now that is alot of machine, what I always do is try and find the operator and service manual before I buy just to get an idea what I can do with...
If it functions correctly and depending what Lots of Tooling means, it sounds like a good deal.
Thats quite a journey, we are at the end of our 1914 knob and tube wired house. we went from three small bedrooms no closets to 2 larger on the...
Just a thought, I printed a copy so don't do it for me thanks.
I did refer to your My Furnace Build frequently
Great idea and great to have this resource here, FYI as AA is apparently unavailable the link takes me to the wayback machine and other links like...
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