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Hello to all. New member here. Hope to learn much and share a little on this forum. Got booed off the Practical Machinists site by posting an Asian...

With the end of every project, I declare that I've had enough machining, and I'm going to take a break for a couple of months. Then I lay in bed at...

I am an old newbie to machining. Have a 10x22 lathe, with AXA QCTP with maximum half inch shank tool holders. I have managed to ground a 3/8 in...

I am going to build a model drag saw. The power for this saw will come from the second i.c. engine I ever built--The Kerzel hit and miss engine....

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/oct/14/sears-bankruptcy-mall-stores-closure I did like there tools and have a lot of them, but you can...

In all the years I've worked with machines, it seems you are always limited to the capacity of your machine. Aren't these mill drills to small for...

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"About 20 tonnes of lead was taken from All Saint's Church, Houghton Conquest, Bedfordshire, over "a prolonged period of time", police said. The...

This article is from the current issue of Stanford Engineering, which I get monthly. It describes a technique for catalysis which does not require...

My new shed was delivered and built today. They started at 7am, unloaded the wood, ply, some pre-made walls, pre-made trusses, etc. They were all...

Hello, I think that I've seen a post or two about guys here getting stents in their arteries or veins. I joined the club yesterday. For the...

Hello all, I have been a longtime lurker but never had much to contribute to the discussions. I have slowly been acquiring tools and machines with...

Winters here are very hard on me so I'm looking to escape to the SW to do long range precision shooting with mainly 308s, 6.5 CMs & 338 lapua Mags. I...

Didn't want to drift off other topics focused around fuels right now but I do want to ask. I see a lot of people giving advise where to find Ethanol...

A small bottle of upholstery tacks, square nuts and screws cost 10 cents, and you could buy a small 7 ft. roll of solder?? When paint and...

After building the dog clutch for the drag saw, I asked for any friction clutch plans that people could find. Mike, from another forum sent me this...

The US Navy is talking about spending 15 years and $1.5 billion to part out the aircraft carrier Enterprise. That is our money not theirs. We spend...

Well it's monsoon season here in az and I have a swamp cooler. so I am constantly wiping down the lathe, mill vice , drill press, bandsaw etc etc...

Several ideas (likely more than I have listed) are out there: - simply anchor with a set screw. I know this galls the shaft but how well (or poorly)...

I'm sitting in my home while watching this f@+#ing hurricane come ashore and thinking of this and that. I have a small generator that, of course,...

Does anybody have experience using a tool post mounted chuck for drilling holes on the lathe? Something like this:...

I assuming I'll need: - a height gauge for determining vertical distance - a dial indicator for determining round out - a micrometer for...

My wife and I travel a lot but have never visited NYC. Been thinking about Flying in and spending a few days or so. I read years ago about flying to...

Many others I suspect? Pick and choose. What is Your perfect HSM lathe?? JR Ahh.. Sheldon.

So I have an alignment machine. Over winter the hard drive has failed and now the puter won't boot up. I stuck the hard drive in another computer as...

I’m sure a lot of people on here already knew that Bridgeport heads and maybe others? have Asbestos in the Motor somewhere. I discovered Asbestos...

A friend brought me his Craftsman lawn mower that has a Briggs motor on it. He couldn't get it to run. If you keep pumping the primer bulb you can...

Hi, This is my first post. This site was recommended by the folks at Practical Machinist, since people here are said to be more familiar with...

Done many off gris cabins in the northwoods & only used 1 panel to keep the batteries charged while no one was there. I used a generator that ran a...

A couple of days ago I was turning a piece of unhardened 01 steel 1" diameter in my lathe, reducing the outer diameter to 0688". I was using a...