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Joe, nice job on the Willy 500s. I have 2 of them (both 1971s) but painted them hammered Verde Green. But I do really like that light blue you used also. I usually paint my Palmgrens that color. Bill

Nice restoration Joe. Just need to add a couple black washer bumpers to the handle now!. Cheers, Bill

I agree Eric, VFDs are the way to make 3-phase for home shops. I could never see the point of having a 2nd (slave) motor running all the time in the background whenever you want to fire up a 3-phase tool. My entire shop is full of old industrial 3-phase machines and I have VFDs on them all. The...

Shiftless, its probably not the bore that is the problem. But it is easy to measure with bore gauges. All machinists will have them and any shops that rebuild engines. I have several Willy bullets and none have close enough tolerances to cause sticking. My guess is the keyway. Either there is...

Boy, that's real purdy brickG in Miller blue :-)

Grab that bad boy if the price is right and the screw is good. You'll love it. I have one just like it except mine is a 6" ... a Columbian 605 swivel. Here's what your will look like all spiffed up. Cheers, Bill

Kris, just stumbled across this dude ... you gotta check him out. Serious rider. Looks like he could use you to build him a sturdy ride :-) www.youtube.com/embed/xQ_IQS3VKjA?feature=player_embedded

Kris, you might want to contact Steve Wells. He's the most knowledgeable SB guy on the planet. I'm sure he can help you. Here's his page ... http://www.wswells.com/index.html Cheers, Bill

Nice find on the Heavy 10 there Kris. What year was it born? I have 2 SB 11x60 lathes ... 1929 and 1931. The '31 is in storage, but the '29 is still working like it was new. Great lathes. Bill

Those are common industrial Allen-Bradley 800 series switches in an A-B control box. Available by the thousands on flea-bay.

Thanks Bob. I'm gonna order some today. Cheers, Bill

Thanks Kris. I will order a TIG finger right away. Seems like a great add. I've been into all my local welding/gas supply shops in town and while they carry both Tillman and Miller gloves, none of them stock the Tillman 24D (or C) or the Miller TIG glove. Everything they seem to carry in stock...

I gotta get me one of those TIG Fingers! Kris, I have a question on gloves. How'd you settle on the Tillman 24D? Have you tried Millers TIG glove? This one ... www.millerwelds.com/products/welding_protection/hand_body/welding_gloves/performance/tig/ Bill

Yup, its an Asian import. I have a 5" one on my welding table that sees a good deal of welding abuse ;) They work as long as you don't need to tighten on anything too much ... or pound on the part being held. Unless you want to see what your import looks like in pieces :dunno: A rusty...

Ah, the amazing power of Photoshop ...

Nice snag! :beer:

OMG! Alright, I have my 2" Willie 920 swivel vice now for sale ... first $300 gets it! Bill

Thanks for the info Kris. Really appreciate it. I don't normally weld over 1/4" material very often, but when I do, I would always use my 225A stick welder anyway. The TIG would definately be for everything 3/16 and lighter. For sure I want AC/DC so I can also weld aluminum. A local guy is...

Kris, I love your metal shop and the custom work you're doing. I'm in the market for a small 180-225A AC/DC TIG for light use in my home machine shop and immediately thought of your thread here and wondered what you were using to lay down such nice work. So tonight I spent time (a lot) starting...

Just a word of caution guys on vice handles. There's nothing wrong with making a super-strong and/or longer handle for your vice, but keep in mind that well made vices (I'm not speaking of asian variety here) utilize handles "soft enough" to bend well before the breaking point of those cast iron...