Favorite Threads

[George Bulliss]

Shop Made Tools – Hundreds of great ideas from our members.

Has Anyone Made an EDM – Long-running discussion on homemade EDMs.

Deep Hole Drilling 101 – The title pretty much says it all.

Involute Shaft – Using a button cutter to cut an involute spline.

Sine Bars – Most everything you would want to know about sine bars and their use.

Acetal Machine Nuts – Making leadscrew nuts the easy way.

Compressed Air Distribution – Materials and layouts info for shop air systems.

Workholding in a Different Light – A resourceful way to get the job done.

Tramming a Mill – A wide ranging discussion on tramming a mill.

Gears, Gears, and More Gears – A discussion of Art Fenerty's "Gearotic Motion" software.

Rust Resistant Surface Treatments – Various surface finishing methods.

Let's Parkerize Something! – Great description of DIY parkerizing.

Setting Compound Angles

Bridgeport Rebuild Book – Be sure to read the copyright information.

Torque Diagrams for Single and Three Phase Motors

Homemade Belt Sander

What Did You do Today? – Interesting posts from our talented (and busy!) board members.

What Did You Machine Today? – Another long running thread, getting a little more specific...

Jokes and Stories – Some good ones in here.

Buying and Using Servos

Churchill Grinder Restoration - A great restoration project of a very interesting machine.

Brian Builds an Atkinson Engine – Another detailed build thread from Brian.

Expanding Foam Drawer Liner

Boiler Clock Project – A unique project by a very talented member.

Heat Treat Oven Build

Case Hardening

Modified Spindex – A very nice modification of the ubiquitous "Spindex" indexer.

Knowledge-Bases-metals-machine-design-etc

The Geneva Hours Clock – Discussion with the author of the clock project that ran in Digital Machinist magazine.

Setting Up and Running 4-cycle Engines – How to get that model engine up and running.

Engineering Calculators – A calculator for just about any situation.

Making a Valve for Model IC Engines – An excellent write-up by our resident model IC engine guru, Brian Rupnow.

3D Printing Superthread! – The place for questions and answers regarding 3D printing.