The Home Machinist!

What ever happened to this build series? 2016 were the last of the series by hwboivin3. For what it is worth , I recently decided to part with my castings for my RRSC Mikado project as I have decided to build something much bigger. If anyone is interested please PM me. I will probably take some pict...

Check your ground points .......sounds like something is searching for a ground and is trying to pull a ground circuit anyway it can , including through the relay coils, lights, etc, inadvertently energizing them.

The big problem is China is producing bearings, and many other items, and the packaging to go with them and passing them off as OEM. If the price on a bearing looks to good to be true, it probably is a knockoff.....go to an authorized distributor. JCFX, where in NY are you? I could make a few sugges...

A quick search, both the 30206 & 30207 P5 bearings are readily available. Don't need to be NTN,..... Timken, SKF, etc will all do the same.....just stay away from the made in China stuff....they don't adhear to the same standards.

Nyle

I personally prefer the graph paper method, much easier to move things around. Inevitably your shop will be too small, you'll have to many machines, the work you try to fit on the mill will require you to nudge the machine over a foot to the left.......and then 45 degrees to the right..... Think abo...

FYI --- Buck manual scroll chucks are made in China for them and have been for quite some time.....yes better quality, but your paying a lot more for the
Buck name. Gator makes a decent chuck, as does Bison.

Nyle

Try Stock Drive products.....https://sdp-si.com/ in New york.

Nyle

The shop next door had a Leblond with a L1 taper which can be a PITA to swap . They took a 4 x6 and notched it to fit on the ways, and cut a radius in the top to match the chuck diameter being used, at the mounted height. Slip the block under the chuck, release the chuck from the spindle and slide i...

Bauxite is still mined in the U.S., but since 1981 the bauxite mined has not been used to produce aluminum, only other industrial purposes such as abrasives.

Nyle

Correct, we do buy steel from other countries because it's cheaper, and we did impose import tarrifs, but much of the steel used in the U.S. , especially that used by the Military or Government has to be DFARS compliant. In simple terms this means it has to be produced in the U.S. or by one of our A...

Until we as a country start mining the raw materials on our own soil again, the prices will remain up. We import much of the ore needed for steel and aluminum production. Shipping costs have also gone through the roof, which is partially to blame for the steel increases. Prices have started to drop,...

If I remember correctly I had my 1.6” SP 0-6-0 drivers quoted at $12,000 when I sent in just the driver files. When I sent them the completed mold files it was $900. I also investigated having drivers cast, but I was going to supply printed cores ( 3 different ones). Granted they are 16" diame...