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by RONALD
Mon Oct 30, 2023 8:45 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: cutting the column on a drill press - how much to cut?
Replies: 57
Views: 18448

Re: cutting the column on a drill press - how much to cut?

Here is my version of a small column Mill/Drill: http://www.servoproductsco.com/html/drill_press_with_elbow_and_dee.html It has an Albrecht Chuck and runout is .0002. The largest cutter/drill it can use is 0.125", so if it flies out because you did not tighten enough, zero damage is done. I bou...
by RONALD
Thu Oct 26, 2023 9:06 pm
Forum: The Junk Drawer
Topic: Twenty Years!
Replies: 0
Views: 64032

Twenty Years!

Twenty Years! Yep, today I have been a member of this site for 20+ years. It is plus because I started under a different name, that I could not find my password for in 2003. Been a great 20 years for me, in 2003, I was reworking a 50’s B&S Mill which can be seen at: https://www.youtube.com/watch...
by RONALD
Thu Oct 26, 2023 8:36 am
Forum: The Junk Drawer
Topic: The $460.19 oil change.....
Replies: 26
Views: 10730

Re: The $460.19 oil change.....

I used to do almost all repairs myself, but getting "Out and under" is beyond my physical ability now. I just had my Toro Dingo serviced/repaired and labor was 80% of my bill! It spent too many days not being covered, gotta take better care of it. So, I will pretend all the labor I saved o...
by RONALD
Mon Oct 23, 2023 9:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: B & S Model #200 Information
Replies: 33
Views: 5454

Re: B & S Model #200 Information

by RONALD
Wed Oct 18, 2023 8:54 pm
Forum: Lathes
Topic: Vibration
Replies: 1
Views: 1106

Vibration

Here is a site that came into my email today, it may be of interest:


https://kaast-usa.com/troubleshooting-v ... ine-lathe/
by RONALD
Wed Oct 18, 2023 9:08 am
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Soil Steamer
Replies: 13
Views: 3543

Re: Soil Steamer

Finding plans for such a steamer may make your day, but if I were doing it I would go for a bigger Electric Steamer. There all kinds of heating rods available, and a metal box is much easier to fashion than a boiler! Here in Lake County Illinois, Deer can only be harvested with Cross Bows, which I h...
by RONALD
Tue Oct 17, 2023 8:50 am
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Soil Steamer
Replies: 13
Views: 3543

Re: Soil Steamer

Yep, 6 beds is too much for an electric soil device of one cubic foot. What kind of vegetables will you grow that requires so much sterilization. Will eating vegetables grown in your un-sterilized soil affect those who eat them? I just have a 16'x16' veggie garden for ordinary stuff, and with ordina...
by RONALD
Sun Oct 15, 2023 12:27 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Soil Steamer
Replies: 13
Views: 3543

Re: Soil Steamer

Just found one that will make thinks real simple for you 32 square feet of soil: https://www.gothicarchgreenhouses.com/s ... ilizer.htm

Those guys have Steam Generators near the bottom of their site, but they may be too expensive for such a small project.
by RONALD
Sun Oct 15, 2023 12:15 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Soil Steamer
Replies: 13
Views: 3543

Re: Soil Steamer

I had a commercially made electrified box that sterilized soil. You may only need such a box, at ~ 1 cubic foot, try eBay, etc. Jim, the biology teacher who ran the Greenhouse on the schools roof, thru it in my direction when he was cleaning stuff out, I tried it a couple of times, but a few years l...
by RONALD
Fri Oct 13, 2023 8:25 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: A Friday The 13th Project
Replies: 2
Views: 1633

A Friday The 13th Project

I was into Lionel until I switched to HO at the high school I attended eons ago! Been in 1/8th scale since the late 1960’s! Here is a project, for those of you that want something unique! Buy this Lionel Loco O Gauge, and take it all apart, scan each part with a machine for scanning, tell your compu...
by RONALD
Mon Oct 09, 2023 8:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The price of brass — gasp!
Replies: 22
Views: 7787

Re: The price of brass — gasp!

I posted this in 2013: I use the C99700 White Tombasil, because it is easy to cast, easy to machine, and has a sort of gray/silver look when weathered. Of course, all metal today is expensive, when I bought 500 pounds of C99700 in 2011, it cost me $5 per pound, and that was by driving my pickup to K...
by RONALD
Sat Sep 30, 2023 7:32 pm
Forum: Casting & Foundry Work
Topic: Bronze/Brass Investment Foundry in SE USA
Replies: 4
Views: 1464

Re: Bronze/Brass Investment Foundry in SE USA

Try this site: https://www.castingsource.com/metalcaster-directory

Tho a member of the AFS, I have never visited their online site, I have no idea what you will find.