Sensible cut for Atlas Shaper.

[David Powell]

From the 1920s to the 1960s Edgar Westbury wrote regularly for the Model Engineer magazine.
He described many i.c, engines, from utility jobs...

[David Powell]

I am a relative newcomer to my Atlas shaper. I started out using 20 thous cuts, have now progressed to 60 thous and the machine does not seem distressed....

[David Powell]

Not quite on topic but----- A few times in my rather" lets get her done" way I have cheated the " proper" ways to make gears and gearing,...

[David Powell]

GLUE ? GLUE? Surely no real machinist has any use for the stuff? . But then do I need a protector for the protector? Just kidding. The lids I used...

[David Powell]

Yet again this site has proved its worth !
. I took the hard plastic lids from some aerosol paint cans, cut a couple of slots to fit over the pointers...

[David Powell]

The new owner of my older quick change toolpost has a printer. Maybe he will help. Regards David Powell

[David Powell]

I delivered a long promised project to a friend .
He gave me a box containing several high quality dial gauges in mint condition.
.I have...

[David Powell]

I have actually seen the 10 K.
I took a ( For me) very long drive to buy a Skinner 6 inch 4 Jaw chuck , advertised as like new. The Chuck was...

[David Powell]

I have never done this before. I need help ! I have an Atlas shaper in good order, I have arranged bolts to lock the clapper box, I have made a1/2in...

[David Powell]

I had an earlier Busy Bee lathe, I think a 13 by 36. Certainly a fair bit bigger and heavier than a SB 9
. I used it in my part time machine shop...

[David Powell]

Railroads banned plain bearings simply because of the problems with them, which were undetectable by the staff on the trains who were up to a half mile...

[David Powell]

I have run lathes ranging from a relative giant of the 1890s which used to turn full size loco wheels to Unimat 200s
I enjoy my Southbend 9 inch...

[David Powell]

In a long ago job I used to machine large conveyor rollers
.To speed things up we usually made the tapers using hand feed of the top slide( Still...

[David Powell]

Your location will influence what a realistic price is. I live in Toronto. My Southbend 9 inch, admittedly not newly rebuilt, but in almost umworn condition...

[David Powell]

My workshop is not an end in itself, but a means to be able to build, maintain and run my model steam engines.
I do not usually build tools, however...

[David Powell]

Long ago I gave up on reading dials, All my machines have either dial gauges or digital readouts fitted, Thisway I KNOW how much the slides have moved...

[David Powell]

I have 2 lathes in regular use, One is an SB 9 inch with gearbox, the other is a Myford ML10 with change gears and an auxiliary drive to the leadscrew....

[David Powell]

I reckon blind squirrels could not do worse than some drivers in Toronto.
Anyway, back to the job in hand. I could have used some cold rolled I...

[David Powell]

I share the basement with my wife. She too is a hobbyist. Her woodshop is in the basement. We simply do not have room for much more stuff, let alone...

[David Powell]

Can find some nuts ! I know I could have bought some shafting and key slotted it myself, but my metal merchant is further away than Princess Auto...