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We have seventeen bathrooms in our house. We have a lot of silicone caulking to do so it is not a bust. No need to apologize!

1st lathe? They're a neat little machine, I got one when I was 12 or so. I let it go a few years ago, but ended up with Unimat 3 shortly after so...

I’m so sorry it didn’t work out, the one I had was great, however I squirted mastic with it, I suppose somthing more viscous requires pressure...

I read (about a year ago) that I.E. is no longer supported. I changed to Chrome because of IE problems. Could this be your problem?

Paybacks are hell my friend, anyway Boslab is almost Irish & you know what the say about Irish diplomacy is telling a man to go to hell & make him...

Jeeze, it's good to hear you made it! You make sure to look after yourself and give your body time to heal.

I truly am in awe of you who can live and work in such high heat and humidity. Our highest temperature here in Sask was 45 °C / 113 °F set back...

That "wild cherry" looks an awful lot like a plane tree ;).

I don't think you should have any trouble running an ER11 chuck at 8000 rpm. You should be able to run one faster with proper bearings. Here's an...

Good to read that you're on the mend. As for not noticing the lack of postings? Well, being summer it may have been that you were away somewhere...

I'd suspect that the ultimate in smoothness is the sort of thing you'd need on a watchmaker's lathe or one of those dentist's drills. Yet I do...

I had some major tree work done on my property Thursday. First down was the wild cherry tree: ...

Those things did run from a foot operated speed control too. Due to my father and his shop I was fascinated by mechanical things even as a...

I've got one of those dental motors out in the garage (the cheaper version that's painted black). It's spec tag says 1/8 HP and 14000 rpm. The two...

Just a thin flat belt with a fiber core would probably do it. Comes to mind that two smaller motors might work well- both have the same size drive...

I think the trike is cool

There's something my dad did a long time ago- cops were chasing him and he turned the pickup off the road, through the ditch, and across the field....

I was expecting to hear that you poured the rest of the scotch into the fuel tank, and that gave the snowmobile just enough extra oomph to avoid...

Mike, I think it takes a CR2032. I have had it for 4 or 5 years I think. Had a Milton dial before that I guess got dropped and went out of...

Just a few clicks finds this, among others: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speccy

The belt drive limit is due to the belt not driving because the centrifugal force reduces the friction on the pulley too much. That would seem to...

Certainly one might think that trees were a "distraction" to lightning. I would. However, conditions are different, and are changing, around...

I think you did fine with the gage blocks. Did similar with a set of B&S a number of years ago. While some may sneer that the blocks are...

I have followed the Hunley because of my research on the USS Monitor Ironclad. The articles lack all the discoveries on the Hunley. First is the...

Yikes! Glad you're on the mend, Ken. A good friend of mine recently had a scare when her father went through the same thing. Luckily he has...

I replied to a add on Craig's List. He had a photo of a pile of lumber and wanted $30 for it. When I got to his house and told him I would take...

I ordered 1/16 spring pins. I figured I would drill near the bottom of the screw so as to still have a fair amount of threads engaging the hammer...