The Home Machinist!

BTW Harold, how is the house project going? The long struggle to get the roof on has ended, so we're finally making what I call serious progress, although, with just one person doing the work, work that is well out of my element, there are days when one has to drive stakes to see if there's been an...

Since 1967, when I started my humble commercial home machine shop, I've had three phase service. Granted, the first one was open delta, so I was somewhat limited as to capacity, but it was more than adequate for my needs at that time. Later, when I built the castle, I talked to our provider, Utah Po...

I can't tell you how pleased I am to have 240 volt three phase delta service after listening to the problems that can occur. You folks have made me feel much better about stepping up to the plate and paying to have it run the two miles or so when I did. I came very close to using a rotary phase conv...

Chuckle!

Good question!

Marty? Matt? Can you help this gentleman?

Harold

J, I thought you might be interested in the latest information, which I received yesterday (4-12-06): Issue 5 of Model Engine Builder magazine was mailed last Thursday (April 6th) to our subscribers. For some of you, this is a second e- mail but, unfortunately, due to an error in my e-mail address, ...

Very unlike my usual routine, I used a credit card to renew my subscription. Mike must be very busy, for it took him quite some time to send a receipt. I think I should take this opportunity to say that his publication is outstanding and worth every dime he charges. His attitude towards the reader i...

I got notice of mailing last week. Unless you have a problem with your subscription, I think you'll see a copy by the first of next week, J.

Harold

With your permission, I will correct you. The feed angle, so long as it is less than half the included angle, has nothing to do with the resultant angle of the thread. That is controlled by the thread form tool, which, when properly ground, has 60° included angle. Threads that are properly chased ha...

Took an unfortunate step backward this weekend when I messed up my homebrew gear hob while experimenting with a different method of (grinding) the cutting teeth. The first two hobs were made from W1 tool steel, which can only say was a total b*tch to cut with a form cutter while making a 4.7mm pitc...

Ah, well that's different. If anyone does not check a taper against some sort of gage before they are committed to that being the final surface... yeah, they have a loose screw or three... Yep! And that was one of the toughest lessons for me to learn as an apprentice. I was admonished endlessly to ...

Thanks, Jim, for taking time to post the message. Yeah, I'm mystified why I haven't seen it. I spend a lot of time composing posts, and post frequently. I wonder if it has something to do with the sequence I use----- Allen, It could be related to the posts from "Guest", but it's happening ...

Interesting. As windy as I am, I have yet to experience what you describe. I can't help but wonder how it limits it's ability. I've always made it a policy to cut and paste anything I post. Having lost more than one post early on, it took me almost no time to realize that I'd never get anything post...