Mike Burdick
Senior Member

This is why I have a shaper... An end mill costs around $12.00; a HSS bit for a shaper costs around a $1.00 or less. I can sharpen a shaper bit;...

jr45acp, Make your own! Here's how... ...

Tandy Leather sells solid rings in various diameters and thickness... ...

Randy, Do a Google search for "Dumpy Level" and you'll find lots of info on them...

Oh? All the horse would need to do is push on the flap and he's gone! The mechanism changes a forward movement to a sideways movement which is not...

I have a 35T log splitter that I've used to shear boards with no stalling. It has a 1-inch wide wedge cut to a 30 degree edge and pushed against a...

gt2ride, Now if you keep practicing before you know it you'll be able to make furniture! :D

Enco sure gets lots of FREE advertising from this site with these kind of posts. I sure hope they buy ads with HMS!

As long a the hole in the chuck is larger than the spindle's thru hole I see no advantage. A larger chuck simply means one can hold larger objects. ...

Hmmmm... "paw bracelets", never heard of them so had to do an internet search. I came up with this... http://www.pawingbracelet.com/ $49.95...

If you want to make them, try making them from 1/4" diameter brass welding rod. If those keep breaking those under normal loading conditions, you can...

mikem, Did you contact Jacobs and discuss the problem with them? I would think they could give you ideas as to the probable cause of why it won't...

From an internet search it appears these are the parts that come with a repair kit. So.... these are the parts that one can basically destroy in...

Is it hollow, and if so, what is its wall thickness? If it is hollow and thin walled, then I would rough cut a hole in the sphere with a nibbler -...

Brian, Your wife needs to have her clients sign a "work order" or a contract stating what work she will provide or do BEFORE SHE DOES ANYTHING....

Jeremy, Maybe the problem isn't in the distributor but rather the spark plug gap. What was the spark plug gap the manufacturer recommend to...

Brian, Squirrels? Some of us can only WISH that was our problem! :(

I know seeing the fire adds an "ambiance" to the room but .... What about replacing the glass with a steel plate insert the same thickness as the...

Here's a tip for anyone making a backplate for a threaded spindle... Thread a short piece of easily machinable steel, like 1144 stressproof, to...