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-Did you ***** about it? Doc.

-Very slowly, sure. :) I had one similar to that years ago- the third stage piston was only 1/4" in diameter. It'll give you the...

-If you haven't already found out, that's a high-pressure air compressor, most likely off a military aircraft. It provides HP air (over...

Tapping NPT threads on a Turret lathe: Doc.

Try it as-is first. That is, check the collet taper first, and if it's not out by much- maybe 2-3 thou- try tapping it into adjustment...

Okay, right off the bat, the OD concentricity of any of it is irrelevant. It does nothing, tells us nothing. In this case, the one and...

Back in the leather-belt-drive days, it was common to make one-off machines. That is, a whole machine designed to do one process, often...

There's about 20,000 different things that could have been used for. The leg-and-base combo is hardly unique to lathes, we're just used...

Doc.

Today (Sunday) was comparatively easy. For this current run, all I needed to do was turn the OD of these parts down a few thou. So, as...

Stolen from the internet and lightly modified. :) Doc.

Looks like it'll be Monday. :) Whipped up a fresh program to round off the distal end... And ran the whole lot through. Nice little...

It's strange that, no matter how many tools you have, you still never seem to have the right ones. :) For this project I'd already...

Man, time flies even when you're not having any fun at all. :) Sorry I haven't had much by way of updates lately- it's not that I...

Anyone tried one of those cheap 'sandblasting' setups for a pressure washer? Could you get about the same results on aluminum- like an...