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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.

Use the same setup you did the first one with, just rotate the screwdriver 90° and use a square off of the table butted up to the blade of the driver to get it aligned vertically. Cut the first side, rotate 180°, **** square up again, cut second side. Set up a part stop if you want to maintain...

What is the horsepower of the mill? 1.5hp and under can be powered on 110v by an appropriate VFD.

My guess is you’d telescope the right side out (the reverse reading side) into a jamb or opening, two points, then the number at the joint is your measurement. Kind of like using a caliper for an inside measurement. Here is a cut from their 1920 catalog.

Long time listener, first time caller on your thread here Mike. Have you looked into running snowblower tires up front if snow removal is going to be the main use of the Wheel Horse? A friend of mine did that on the front of his Gilson that is used solely for plow duty about five years ago and...

Huot would be my guess. A small archive of their old catalogs

Wagner Electric. Example of one on Vintage Machinery