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[Toolguy]

A tow truck driver once told me that if you're in a wreck in a Smart car, they just dig a hole with a backhoe and drop the car and you in it. He was probably...

[Toolguy]

I think those are made so you can drill through sheet goods (plywood, etc.), then cut out an inside hole. Maybe a sink cutout in a countertop, for ex...

[Toolguy]

My solution to the whole thing is a Chevy Tahoe. All kinds of lockable indoor space for people or things. If I want to haul something, I hook on my 5...

[Toolguy]

That would be a great HSM machine! Never seen one of those before.

[Toolguy]

To get the base exactly parallel and centered on the spindle, I set mine up with the spindle on a 123 block on either side of the casting, and the base...

[Toolguy]

I just cut the sides of the base parallel and perpendicular to the spindle and put them in the mill vise or on the mag chuck of the surface grinder. That...

[Toolguy]

Nothing on the Induma is interchangeable with a BP. They are 2 different, but similar machines.

[Toolguy]

One place I worked had one of those. Normally, Italian machines are pretty good for engineering and build quality. I didn't care for the Induma that much....

[Toolguy]

Now you will have to change your screen name to BSRider...Band Saw Rider.☺

[Toolguy]

Experience is what you get right after you need it. We've all been there. Knowing what not to do is valuable experience. Sharing it multiplies the value...

[Toolguy]

That's a lot of machinery for the money if it's in good shape. If worn out, not worth it.

[Toolguy]

You could make 3 pins and do as shown in post #5, only make them tapered so when placed between 2 teeth the side of the pin is parallel to the axis of...

[Toolguy]

Get a piece of pipe or tubing with an OD larger than the gear teeth. Bore the ID to be a close fit to the gear teeth OD. Cut a slot through one side of...

[Toolguy]

I like 1215 the best for free machining low carbon, 0-6 is the easiest to machine tool steel, 303 (not 304) for stainless.

[Toolguy]

I do. I use a cement mixer with a plastic "container" for lack of a better term. I made some plastic paddles for the inside and use ceramic...

[Toolguy]

I do. That was one of my favorite songs back then. It's about a poor girl everyone calls Patches. The guy is in love with her, but his parents won't allow...

[Toolguy]

Easier to just pay each one half the wages. Their arms may not be long enough to cover 2 stations.

[Toolguy]

The Maker bunch uses an angle grinder for everything these days! What will they think of next?

[Toolguy]

You can also use the lathe with a dial indicator on the toolpost or cross slide. Set the indicator on the middle of the part diameter. Measure the big...

[Toolguy]

I was having this problem on an old, abused Hurco mill at a place I worked. First off, it didn't want to boot up on initial home, then would lose steps...