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This question isn't so much about a lathe as it is about price negotiation. I've all but decided to buy a WWII-era Reed-Prentice lathe (my first lathe) that not only saw light use in the Navy, but also was fully disassembled, cleaned, painted, and reconditioned by the seller when they...

My shop-made and commercial examples of adjustable feet have the same basic design: puck (foot) welded to all-thread that screws into bottom of leg or whatever having a welded nut or similar threaded fitting so that turning the foot adjusts it up or down. Each has the same problem: the threading...

I'd like to learn from someone else's headaches rather than make another of my own. ;) Here goes. I'm fabricating a single metal drawer (~ 27" x 13" x 8") to fit an existing frame. I'm using 1/8" mild sheet because that is what I have on hand. Yes, it is overkill for a drawer. I have a HF...

Last year when I wanted to fabricate some metal and wood furniture, I had to figure out how to cut curves in metal plate. I stumbled across something called a plasma cutter. I had no idea what it was. Then I learned what one could do, and I had to have one, and I wound up with a PrimeWeld...