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A ”wiggler”

Maybe? Cruzan beat me to a reply, functionally they are fairly similar, being both parametric. The workflow and environments are somewhat different. In trade school (PMT/Precision Machining Technology) we started on Mastercam doing both modeling and cam, then switched to solid works for...

I used to use Fusion and even considered paying for a license, then I discovered that Solid Works offers a makers version for $50/year. They often run sales for 1/2 off. At $25 for a year, I think it’s an excellent value, even at $50 it’s worth it. It seems that fusion keeps rising in price, I...

Thanks guys! I was quite pleased to get them. They need a little cleanup and love, but that’s easy enough. I’ll add in my Humpty Dumpty sad ******* ‘Reedsman’ project I have been slowly working on as time allows. It was a $5 buy from a friend (I shrewdly got him down from the $10 sticker...

Picked up a Prentiss No.21 and Reed 404½ from a friend's father a few weeks back. About $50 each is what I gave for them (sort of a package deal with other stuff). He had saved them years ago from Curtis-Toledo where he had worked. They were going to end up in the scrap bin along with some...

That Jet mill appears to be a RF-45 derivative/clone. That basic machine is sold by many others in varying colors and probably quality to some extent. I believe Precision Matthews sells it as their 932. Shop around, you can likely get one with a DRO and other accessories for a fair bit less than...

Learning to set wire speed based on measuring a 6 second trigger pull, times 10 to get IPM. Determining the desired WFS based on material thickness and wire diameter/burn off. Along with having an understanding on how those variables play with each other and the compensation needed to make...

Touching on the subject of spindle and bearing sizes, here is a comparison photo from the late Bob Vaughan: With that though, I have two Delta HD shapers myself, and for the most part cover my needs. One big [potential] downside of big shapers, is those large bearings are not cheap if they...

I’d be interested in that.

The production tables featured a table lift. The standard tilt table did not for the 14” drill presses.

Sears Companion ‘bottle capper’ drill press. Made by King Seeley/Central Specialty (103.** source code). About 1937-39. Here is an example of another one with a catalog cut.

Per the manual it states 5” swing over the cross slide and saddle. With a 6” chuck you cannot move the saddle beyond the face of the chuck, probably not even past the jaws, even at a zero or small diameter grip. The issue worsens trying to grip larger stock. That would require longer stickout of...

What lathe do you have/what swing is it? If it has a 3” chuck on it now, a 6” might be on the big side. Personally I’d go with 2pc jaws as it allows for the use of soft jaws bored to the application if needed. For getting a scroll chuck jaws in time, each should be numbered 1-3 (or however...

A Foredom or Foredom styled rotary tool would probably be mostly inline with your desires. A dental drill might be an option too. Just some ideas.

Don’t toss all of the smaller/lighter rate springs, they work nice for parallel keepers on the mill. As does a piece of shipping banding (spring steel) bent into a ‘V’ or ‘W’ shape.