Recent content by sailah

I got a free 3 year subscription to AutoDesk Inventor Pro and included was HSM. I was an instructor at Tech Shop and they were giving them away to anyone with a pulse. I just installed Inventor 2016 and the HSM is a free download. Being in education you should be a shoe in for a freebie...

I flipped my tubing bender to bend vertical. Added a air/hydraulic ram. Mine is on casters, rolls out of the way. Mine is a JD2 model 3. Was fairly cheap to implement and the hydraulics makes bending and drinking beers easy. I don't have a pic of mine but this is basically exactly what I did

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Pffft, milling the fender? C'mon I see a surface grinder, let's do a nice job now...lol. I have shop envy, sweet job

I use my lathe. I machined up an arbor that holds both size hole saws and that goes in the 3 jaw. I made up holders out of heavy wall tube for all my tubing sizes, these go into my Aloris toolpost. You set the angle of the cut using the compound. The height is set with the toolholder. You...

If you want you could laminate the runners by clamping semi thin pieces over a form. Make the form by cutting a piece of plywood that was traced by the original good runner. Hole saw makes a good opening for clamps. I would replace both runners off the same form so they match rocking. I...

You got three phase power? That sure looks like a 3 phase motor

I bought this set a couple months back from Germany using Amazon Prime. Good experience and save a ton. I'm also a big Knipex fan must have a dozen assorted Knipex pliers. I got tired of my interchangeable tip version when tryin to disassemble the head on my Bridgeport. The first use of...

Yes, it's pretty necessary unless you like the vise swiveling all over the place when you don't want it to. Possible to find the part. Most likely a standard thread. Depends on your skills. I have a lathe and can single point threads so I would find the thread pitch using a known bolt, turn...

I have my Powermatic 1200 running a TECO FM50 VFD. The press is a 1HP, 3 phase motor. I used FWD/REV switches, JOG and a speed potentiometer to control the VFD remotely. Works awesome, highly highly recommended over a single phase motor. Probably cheaper too. Still need to build a cover or...

Mine does, got it from Harbor Freight. They own Snap On now so you can get air rated CPVC from the truck too.

I ve been watching Tom for about as long as Keith and Adam. When he first launched that project I was like cool maybe I'll build one to his plans. As the series went on I was like eff that lol.

Looks slower than smoke, heavy as hell, and worth more in rigging fees than scrap. Lol just kidding Im still a little bitter from my "sweet deal" on a Tsugami swiss machine. After $850 to fork lift it on my trailer and 2 $800 Fanuc services calls, 90% of which are travel time, and it still...

Got my Knipex snap ring plier set yesterday. As long as you know the shipping is more like 7-10 days, totally worth it. Couple more steps than simply ordering on Amazon. But to save 35% including shipping on Knipex, I'll take it. Since then I've also ordered a Gedore wrench set and a pair of...

I taught myself TIG and am pretty comfortable welding almost anything. Done a ton of aluminum, carbon and stainless. even did some really heavy cast iron with bronze rod. I am far from an expert but my welds are good enough for what I do. I started with a $300 chinese welder I bought off...