Recent content by Steve from Socal

Imron ain't what it used to be, a good top coat for sure. I would suggest an epoxy primer/ seal coat befor any top coat.

RV converter/chargers are throw aways. Also, did you check the battery for water? The chargers are supose to 'float charge' but batteries in RV's need to be checked for water at least monthly.

I have a Zero vapor blast cabinet I have to bring back to life! Needs glass, gloves, and a good going through.

I would try to preserve any thickness if the replacements are more than you want to spend. Grooves or ridges? If the rotor is OK exceptfor a ridge on the OD then yea turn away. Just grooves in the rotor, don't take more material off just to make the surface smooth.

One more thought on the installation. A few taps with a rubber hammer may not be seating the taper. Clean the two parts and reseat with a real hammer 16-24 oz and a piece of hard wood or aluminum between the chuck and shaft. Open the chuck so the jaws are flush or below the chuck...

Does the chuck spin true or wobble? Sideloading can displace a chuck taper. The other thing is the taper bottoming out before the taper sets? Clean the end of the taper and mark it with dye/ink and see if there is a wear mark. If that is the case, grind the end of the taper a bit...

A cold saw needs the work to be secure, movement will break the blade or toss the work

You would be way safer picking up that mill from the base of the ram.

I think ANY lathe is better than no lathe BUT, the known limitations have to be considered. If you are only going to use this for small parts of low strength materials with the expectation of spending lots of time and money to make anything. If the OP is only going to use this once in a...

Here are my general use scissors/shears. The smaller chrome scissors are medical/surgical, the smallest are eye scissors.

Here are my most used hammers the body hammers are Mac and Fairmount. The two that are unusual are the orthopedic mallet and dental soft face.

I would not trust that 'hoist' to lift more than a couple hundred pound at most. I have three half ton jib cranes and they make that look like a coat rack. The crane in the pic is a half ton jib, it is on an 8" heavy I beam that goes from floor to a roof beam.

Just use them as is, cutting four flanges and dressing them for looks?

I am pretty sure they are magnetic, at least the ones on my walls are. My guess is the screwgun magnitized the screws when they installed them?

This is a long shot but, anybody have or know of a motor pulley for a 20" 1100 mid 1940's vintage. The largest step is about 8.5" in diameter and the shaft bore is 5/8.