Recent content by jduncan459

We discovered a display of these USA made tool sets at work today. It's a nice display, sad to see that it's a one off. I'll probably pick one up.

That's the stuff, right there. Kroil is ok but Hoppe's is king.

Will do.

My lathe has a 2hp motor. The mill has two 1/2hp motors. I doubt I'd ever run them both at the same time so I am going to use a pig tail on both so I can only have one hooked up at once. Now I am off to search for the voodoo! :)

Thanks guys, it's nice to try not to feel guilty about a purchase! Lathes are all that common down here in the South so I had to jump on it. The power feed on the BP turns but won't move the slide so there is an issue of some kind. It's 3 phase too. A friend was telling me to go buy a 3...

Here's the shop boss polishing the lathe ways....

Well, scrap price for the mill was $250. I intend to go through it and it's already partially disassembled. It has the M2 taper, not the other odd one. I do like to obsess on photos (apollosaturn.smugmug.com) so no doubt there will be an expose'. I gave $1K for the lathe. It's hard to get a...

I brought this 13" 6foot bed Southbend home this past week. Found it on Craigslist at an old tech school. It was made in 1974 and is in pretty good shape. Runs quiet. I have some adjusting or repair to do to the cross slide. I have been using a Sherline mini lathe for about six years so...

Why am I not surprised that there are SS members here? LOL. I bought a generator that will fit in it and intend to eventually put tools in it for convoy use. I have to finish my M37 first. I am thinking of painting the trailer Strata Blue to match my AF M37.

I have the full sized version and admit that there is zero info out there for us who want to restore the contents to "AS-Built" condition. Here is mine: The last time I dug into this on SS I was told the info on the contents was still restricted.

I voted while collar, as I am a Quality Assurance manager in a manufacturing environment. The employees I work with have always been surprised to find I like to tinker and rebuild things.

Wow, incredible shop. More photos would be nice!

I tried cleaning both valves and it didn't help. Believe me, I would rather do that than buy parts if I don't have to. :)

I 100% appreciate all help! After reading the comments on the Master tool website, they described my problem almost exactly as a check valve and unloader valve issue. So I ordered both parts. Hopefully I can get busy in the shop soon!

I see what you're saying about the reed valves, but the pressure only comes out of that hose when it's running. There would be no difference in operation or the leak whether the reed switches were allowing bleedback or not as the path is the same. Nothing leaks "out" of the switch when it's...