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... Immune to brake fluid, I'm here to tell ya it ain't. :D I put that MC on back in 2015, and the paint had badly curdled by the end of that summer. I've been working on the brakes again, and while I had the cylinder off, I peeled almost everything off the entire back third of the casting...

Strongly thinking about getting a CNC plasma cutter for the shop, looking for advice. Doesn't need to be huge- 4'x4' would be plenty, could stand even smaller. Two gotta-haves are automatic torch height control and a water table (even if they're optional.) Capacity to 3/8" steel is plenty...

I know I'm not quite as famous as some posters here, but I also know a fair number of you have read some of my build pages, such as the buffer stand for a Baldor. I recently reorganized some of my machine-tool build pages into an easier-to-navigate page, and collected together a few that...

A couple recent threads on old valve grinders prompted me to post this. Almost ten years ago, I acquired an old Van Dorn "valve and tool" grinder. It's a typical Black & Decker layout from the '40s, but fancier. The work head (that holds the valve stem) has an air powered chuck (switching the...

I'm going to be building a press brake to go in my 40 ton press, the usual style with a wide top blade, with a guide rod at either end. What I'm looking for is the base die. I've seen people make them out of two round bars, welded to a baseplate, and in fact I used that when I made a quickie...

I have a tricky situation for you floor experts. My machine shop is a small room off the side of my main car-bay shop. I would like to coat the floor, both to make cleanup easier (chips and such) and to resist oil drippage off the machines. The problem is, I do not have the space to get all or...

How about an air powered bench grinder? :) Why? For explosion-proofing, of course. You can't have that electric motor making any sparks now, can ya? Oh, wait... :D Doc.