Recent content by jones988

Story of my life.... Just short 6"

I can't remember for sure if it was last year or the year before, but I replaced the old telephone pole at the edge of my shop with a new one as the old one was pretty rotten. I could have swore we put it back in the old hole, but I guess not. I don't normally have to use the big sliding door on...

I started a chat with them on their website. It pops up asking if you have any questions.

Snagged this for how cheap it was. Thanks!

I definitely plan to take things slow once I am up and running. I'm excited to see what my father in law can show me, just listening to the stuff he used to make and be able to do is extremely fascinating to me.

That is very nice! And it is similar design to what I came up with. I still need to add the 3/16" steel plate on top, I need another person to help me with that, and I am normally a one man show in my garage. But I wanted to get the lathe on top to see what it would look like. I am thinking...

I am not personally interested in their comfort grip ratchets, I did message them asking if they plan to introduce a hard handled ratchet version and they said "We currently don't have any set plans to offer our ratchets in the hard handles at this time." So that is kind of unfortunate.

I got mine last week and I'm excited to use them! They are my first gearwrench tools so I'm curious to see how they do. And mine was only $37 shipped, I must have gotten lucky with the HD rep I chatted with online.

I got a 64"x30" sheet of 3/16" steel plate with a 1" bend on one side for $160 from a local steel shop. This was my first time buying a steel plate like that, but I didn't think that was too bad of a price. I guess, I am a little confused on how exactly "sturdy" the lathe is supposed to be in...

I must have gotten lucky then, I don't believe it was in stock at ACME when I got HD to price match.

Thanks for the tip! Ordered through Home Depot like you did and they price matched ACME.

Well I've gotten a little farther on building my stand for my lathe. Was able to reuse most of the wood from my old reloading bench I no longer needed thankfully with wood prices now! I do have a few questions though. When I finally "mount" my lathe on top once it's finished, should I measure...

I definitely appreciate all the tips and suggestions! My father in law came over this morning and pretty much told me word for word what your first three paragraphs say. I will look into the twist of the bed also. And I do have the original manual for my machine thankfully as well! I also have...

This is all what came with the lathe. Not sure what the two big round things are on the left. And I believe the two white pieces in the middle are some kind of holders maybe for longer pieces? Looks like enough stuff to get started and play around a bit. I've been working on a stand for it a...

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/fs-spring-cleaning-thread-starrett-craftsman-sears-kirjesl.494732/