Recent content by Dave RI

Depending on the size of the bolt and how tight it is sometimes you can use the center punch to back the piece out by creating a punch mark on the outside of the dia and angle the punch to back the bolt out as you tap the punch . There is always the edm hole popper , not everyone has one of...

Manwithtools, 1st i love the screen name !! i grew up with a machine shop in the basement so anything was possible , i squared my 1st block of steel on a Boyer Schultz surface grinder at age 13 . My dad has been a Toolmaker for the past 50 years , he is now retired but still comes around the...

Hi Mike , My Tormach 1100 can handle 18 inches in the X, 9.5 in the Y and 16 inches in the Z . we have a automatic tool changer as well as 4th axis ( which we have to used yet ) In the past for larger parts we have used multiple setup working of datum within the fixturing / vise to cut those...

RI Willys That is an awesome project as well as story behind the jeep . Dave

Man with tools , ya that is to large for my machine .

Guys been off the forum for sometime making my passion into a full time job . you see i love fishing but i love taking stuff apart and figuring out how to make them work better , i am also a Tool Maker for the past 30 years so i decided to out the 2 together and opened a shop to service fishing...

Hi Guys , I may be able to help out , i have a Tormach pcnc 1100 that cuts prety much all materials . i just ran some 304 stainless parts for the company and they came out great ! I work from my home shop so my overhead is considerably less than the bigger shops . Let me know if i can help Dave

Hi , My name is David i live in RI. and was introduced to this site from a fellow member from RI. who i made vise jaws for , it looks like you guys have a great site here and i look forward to being a contributor here in the future . A little about myself , at age 13 i started working in my...