Recent content by escuchopeliculas

I tried google. Didn't find much. I find diagrams that state the same as the label. No explanation for the extra yellow wire. Yellow has NO continuity to any of the other wires or the frame. However, it DOES have continuity to terminal 3 (the upper most one). According to the label, brown...

Hello all, I recently got a new to me lathe. I need to wire the motor to the drum switch. I think I have the switch figured out but my motors wires don't match the motor label. Hopefully you can help. It's a .5 HP Dayton motor. Being wired for 115V. As you can see in the pictures, the label...

Cool. Thanks!!

Hi all, I'm in the process of pulling some old jacks from my house. I have a strange small 2 prong jack that I need help identifying. I'm pretty sure it's an old phone jack or possibly for an antenna but figured I'd check with you guys. I tried finding the other end of the cable but it is...

Hi all, I've read both here and in the Koken thread about some of you guys buying Japanese tools from Mexico. Google isn't helping... Would one of you mind sharing the distributor name or where you're ordering from? Thanks a bunch -A

I recently got to see some belt grinders made by Fein (I think) and sold as "Slugger". I was impressed with the quality, It might be too much for what you are looking for but the machines are worth checking out. They are sold as systems and can be adapted and accessorized to do anything you...

I've used this: http://www.fbibuildings.com/design-online quick and easy for layout work...

Thanks guys. You reaffirmed my suspicions... Gotta keep looking

The 30k would be for the shop contents (almost). I'd be leaving behind a HUGE russian shaper and related tooling and a few other things but tooling, big twist drills, hand tools, metrology stuff etc. would be in the deal. My theory on the absurd prices here has to do with the fact that we have...

Hello all, So I went to look at a few machines that are for sale locally and I need some input... First some background, I'm running somewhat of a job shop at this point. The focus was motorcycles and bike restoration but I'm taking on all sorts of small design jobs and like the direction work...

Hey dreamer I probably did need at least one or two but I went with the shop towel and electrical tape route. Oops... The alfa is mine. It belonged to a friend of my grandfather and it ended up with me. Its a 2000 Sprint. Just around 700 made from what I've learned. At some point in it's life...

Love that tool box. It was a present from my dad a while back. Lived in my bedroom functioning as a drawer chest full of my junk for years...

With the ordeal over I kept building and moving forward. I talked to my uncle who had a small craftsman lathe that I knew he wasn’t using so we moved it into the shop. It’s better for it to be in use and well maintained than for it to sit and gather dust. I believe all tools and machines are...

Well since I’m sitting in the shop and it’s a pretty slow day, I figured I might as well finally sit down and write my new shop build thread. I left my old shop in Brooklyn NY, a little over a year ago because it was time to move back home to Mexico City. All my stuff stayed in New York in...

Thanks guys. Plexxarn, that's exactly what happens. A bit too much sometimes.... Noballs, I tell people she's a short-haired Aztec hound. Also known as a Mexican streeter... -A