Recent content by ez-duzit

I made a convertible press brake conversion for my 50-ton Carolina hydraulic press, and have bent up to 1/2" stainless in it.

This. Guess I'm a hoarder. But these bits and pieces always come through.

Klein.

Nowhere in your original post did you quote that question. So it was taken as a blanket statement.

I think you missed the point. Don't expect Youtube to give you all the right answers to every problem. Though I have machines, such as Drill Doctors, mostly my drills get sharpened by hand on the bench grinder--for one principal reason: to keep the job going. Once you get used to it, hand...

One drill-press-type operation at which a mill excels, because of its large X-Y table, is precisely spacing holes.

Now down to just 3 drill presses, which take up less room than the mill. I customize yachts. So the work is quite varied. I keep the small benchtop drill press with a countersink in it, normally. The big drill press remains on low speed; the smaller drill press usually left on highest speed...

Attaboy for the perseverance.

I would use a new, quality (made in US), SHORT, Cobalt drill of ~5/32" for the pilot hole. Use high sulfur, pipe thread cutting oil at very low RPM, with plenty of pressure to keep it cutting. Replace the drill as soon as it shows any sign of losing it's sharpness.

My shop is a bit larger, ~750 sq ft, but I don't bother with barriers to keep things separated. However the metalworking and woodworking are more or less at opposite ends of the shop. Doesn't seem to be a problem.

The Champion AC50 is the real deal. You'll want to use Weldon shank cutters.

Auctions are usually for bare machines.

This. In my 70's I bought my first lathe, a Logan 2657V (?) 12" x 36". It was dirt simple, had the quick-change gearbox, and came with 3 and 4-jaw chucks plus a bunch of tooling. The owner had passed. Paid $1,000 for the whole deal. Wheeled it into my shop, plugged it in and began teaching...

That's turning out well.

Too small a search radius.