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-You're welcome, glad to help -You shouldn't give up threading if this would be something you'd want/need to do. There's a bit more to threading but, for me, it's a gratifying thing to do when I want/need better than what I have or what's available. Sometimes you want a fastener that's made of...

-Whether HSS or carbide, the application and technique for each is very important. Carbide isn't the best for every application nor is HSS either. Carbide chips/shatters, HSS can dull/burn up with too much speed or too hard a material. There is no one answer that fits for every application...

-Single point threading on a lathe always requires multiple passes. -Some of the more expensive lathes have a kick-out that needs to set prior to threading, your lathe likely doesn't have this feature. If your lathe has a thread dial you'll need to follow the directions regarding engagement of...

-Drilling a partial hole, an interrupted cut, is going to be a bit sketchy with a drill press. The excess weld/braze on the worn side will tend to push a drill over to the other side. It will either snag, catch, of go off center even if the part is clamped to the table. Do you have a milling...

-The following is NOT an attack on your statement, it is merely my opinion. I used to install carpeting during the mid 70's, some of it in very upscale homes. You can't really thoroughly clean it no matter what device/process is used because **** gets trapped in the matrix backing below the...

-A curious tool. I'm old enough to have had a few cars with points, I ran a Volvo P-1800 equipped with points well into 1985. I don't recall ever needing such a tool, I just replaced the points as needed. Yes I still have a point file. An interesting bit of automotive tool history.

-That would depend upon whether you're treating the well or the water heater. I just did this to my water heater about two weeks ago when inspecting/replacing my anode. Bacteria lives/grows in the water heater, it's dark and wet in there so it's ideal for growth. Water heater shut off, water...

-I've been an admirer of mission style and Stickley furniture since I saw a writing desk (Harvey Ellis) featured in Fine Woodworking in the early 80's. I have a potentially useless suggestion regarding scale. Most 3D CAD software can scale the lamp (and components) to any ratio desired once the...

-That's too bad. Wright was a decently made wrench decades ago, I even considered purchasing a full set after using a few at work. I wonder how many useless layers of management they have?

-In the industrial tool world it happens quite often to hire someone that's not familiar with the product/service. At a well known towing/recovery maker the new appointee to head the tooling dept. stood up after introducing herself said she had absolutely no knowledge of what went into designing...

-A decent small lathe at a good price. Congratulations

-There's several flavors of bronze alloys, all of them I've seen (many) over decades in machine shops are a shade of gold/yellow/brown or anything in between. By your description it probably is a bronze or brass alloy. You saying it's darker than "naval brass" does lend weight to it being...

-Kroil does work well but it can take a lot of time and repeat application to work. It also should be applied directly to the threaded portion, it won't "creep" under the head in enough volume to get at the threads. Is this possible or is the aluminum boss a blind hole so flipping it upside down...

-That's possible -What color is the metal in sunlight?

-Doesn't look like any bronze alloy I've ever seen, looks like an aluminum head.

-From Appalachia, welcome to the ranch. Pull up a chair and join the conversation.

-The TG collets have greater holding power but it takes less ER collets to cover a given range in sizes. If you're doing heavy cuts I can see the advantage of extra grip, if not then it seems like potential you won't use. If you're a hobbyist then taking heavier cuts (less time) doesn't seem...

-Howard Eklind had taken bad advice from his confidants. He may have been a degreed structural engineer (bridges) but he wasn't taught the ability to be creative or to innovate. Education, or the lack of it, doesn't seem to correlate the level of creativity either. I've met: Trained toolmakers...

-I don't know a lot but the few things I do know or have experienced mean very little unless I share that knowledge/experience with others to help them as I was once helped.

-You're welcome to what little I know, I'm glad to help most others as I've been helped -That's why I don't mind answering your questions or others just wanting to know. There's a couple of others only interested in being contrary or are needing the attention they aren't getting elsewhere.