Recent content by Aaron8x608

No answer for you here but it reminds me of a torsion spring story. A friend told me years ago that he new a guy racing some kind of super cart that had torsion bar suspension. He found that he could easily adapt the craftsman 1/4" drive 18" drive extensions into the frame. He bought them by the...

When I observe the various drill press feed lever issues I chuckle when I think of the "hot rod steering wheel" solution, seen it? I actually saw it in a picture of Smokey Yunick's old shop.

I've been in contemplation about selling off all of my chests and building metal cabs with a long work surface, all in the name of space. I calculate that by using the full drawer space beneath the work surface I can lose the chests on the floor and actually gain storage too. Anyway in my...

Congrats Jack! And the latest ads to the shop look great. Vice envy. BTW that's an old film editing chair, a la Moviola.

When doing any wiring on a machine, work light etc. at the switch I use a switch and single duplex so there's always an extra power outlet. More machine local power is handy for additional light, coolant pumps etc. On my over head lights instead of tying into their circuit I installed outlets...

Try using a length of brass bar stock like a chisel. Might work. Works for unloading file teeth.

That looks really nice. It must have been well cared for to start with. I've seen so many with swiss cheese for tables (I have 3, almost 4). The castings look good too as they usually crack where the motor mount stems out. Two other areas that can show wear are the front pulley spindle splines...

Its the lawyers. Because of unscripted "reality based" content they're concerned with negative reactions, thus damages etc...

Tailstock, chucks, steady rest, covers etc. could all be found from other designs (as spares or scrap) and only then adapted. BUT unless you already have a lathe and a mill it would cost way more to do that work than what you should be paying (if anything at all) for that machine. It sounds like...

It is similar to fiberglass in process. It would be possible to make it look better than it does now, but in the manufacturing process they cure it under heat and vacuum which are ideal, you probably cannot achieve that. Think of it as a patch. I'm no expert but I have used it when laying up...

I started with a 11x44" bench top Sheldon. A wedding gift of sort, disassembled in boxes and rust. So my primer in operation was cleaning and figuring out how it went together. That was a great lesson and I would consider taking it apart and letting it sit so my son and daughter could have the...

I have had cylinder heads with chipped bolt spot faces (iron). They heat the whole head in an oven before brazing. Uneven heating in the iron causes cracks I think. I read in the early machine age that Silver Solder was used to hold jigs in place on high tolerance parts while being machined...

Nice repair job. I had the same part on my Walker Turner break/wear out...yeah, it never would track right. Upon disassembly I found that it was an old repair. Looked like aluminum brazed zinc or something. The casting was on the lean side, having hollowed sides, so I cut the bad/fixed stuff off...

The Reliable Tool Store parking lot sale. They have not had one in 3 years I think. But I definitely bought "most" of my tools there. All good and so cheap.

Chopsticks, from take out, keep clean in their wrappers. Great for mixing (mentioned above) but also excellent as a non-marring scraper, especially the bamboo kind, with the square cut end. Pine carpentry shims. Medical forceps. Upholstery sewing needle for pulling seals off bearings.