Recent content by lathedog

Tom's Techniques is another good machining channel. here's the first of a 4 part series on threading

try some of these and see if you find something you like. sketchup works pretty good too. http://www.freebyte.com/cad/cad.htm#2D3DCADSystems

I really like the rolling bench and the old table saw :thumbup:

"accidentally" drop it when you're trying to hang it.

nice work on the repair. the original leadscrew looks like a square thread which was pretty common in vises, I believe.

it's for castrating bull calves. the elastic band is placed over the pin tips, expanded and then the testicles are slid through the tool and the band is popped off. all blood flow is cut off and in a few weeks the scrotum falls off and the skin has healed. my father raises cattle and had a tool...