The Home Machinist!

My first mill I took apart to put in the basement was a new 1968 Bridgeport, then in the 70's, a 1908 B&S#1.5, in the 80's a 1924 B&S#2 Universal, and finally, no more room, a 1956 B&S#2 Universal. B&S basically used the same, but upgraded designs for each table, but the drive went f...

I have Heidenhain on a mill, maybe browsing thru this information may help:https://www.heidenhain.com/service/downloads/brochures

They now own several other DRO's.

I counted about 14 control levers, it is a Universal Mill, and probably dates from the 1940's.

The double supports replaced single support in the 40's in most horizontal mills.

Probably 5 HP.

No relation to the B&S I have: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-sfBZWdyPA

Black Smiths may always exist, so may this outfit selling Black Smith Supplies:

https://www.centaurforge.com/Blacksmith ... ducts/277/

Here are the commercial expansion collets. not that expensive.

I have Royal that i bought a long time ago:

https://www.mscdirect.com/browse/tn?sea ... on+Collets

"Do you need to scan?" Micro Mark and others are not 1/8th scale, you need some way to convert 1/25th scale into 1/8th in the right format. Micro Mark sells scanners I believe. It has to be used in the computer that runs my 3D Router or maybe a 3D Printer if I ever purchase one. Too much ...

From Micro Mark I purchased three truck kits in plastic in 1/24 scale. My idea is to scan the parts with a scanner I'm yet to buy, and reproduce some, not all, of those plastic parts on the 3D Router I have. They would be done in 1/8th scale. When will I do the work, what material will I use, wont b...

Here is the Rail Bender in a previous post.

As you will read, I made my bender from an article in Live Steam:

http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/vie ... ail+Bender

I just watched that U Tube video. I use the "Ye Olde Egyptian" method to move heavy stuff, several round pieces of pipe! Why did he not use several round lengths of pipe under that shaper? I took the Kelly Shaper apart, when delivered, to clean and move, and while I was moving the base wit...

I have a Kelly that I bought with the 1908 B&S 1-1/2 Mill, BIG MISTAKE! It was the 1970's, I thought I could use it, even changed the motor to single phase. Sorry to say, it is now been a looooong time, and I have yet to use it for much, just takes up space! I've no intention of getting rid of i...

I have a morning routine:

1 Check Home Machinist.

2. Look at certain news sites.

3. Read the emails.

In the 20+ years I have had the Internet I have yet to look at Z or Y or X, or such sites by any other name!

Here is a place where the Big Guys buy:

https://www.vesuvius.com/en/our-solutio ... undry.html

Maybe there is a unit near you?

Here is another:

https://mifco.com/foundry-accessories/