The Home Machinist!

I'm not sure if I follow, but if you want to keep the momentary switches for start etc, just put a latching relay in place. One momentary closes the NO relay which then energizes it's own coil from it's output staying "on" (closed). The stop momentary just breaks that back circuit to make ...

There are a few of us around. Seems like everyone is fixated on CNC and fancy electronics, including most of our local metal/machine hobby group. I do like a DRO just for convenience, but that's as far as I go. Everything in my shop is manual and simple. I spend my days at a computer designing, prog...

No surprise that you are correct. I was using prosilver. When I switch to Alen Style, the numbers show up.

I don't see them either. I suspect the post numbers only show up for someone with mod/admin access.

Oops. I didn't follow the link, but while I did spot it as a single/first post at the time of my last reply, I didn't spot it as spam.

Digital calipers are more accurate and so long as you have access to spare batteries i dont see the issue. How would you feel about Mitutoyo solar powered? I just realized this is an older thread brought back. Also, I don't think there is any reason digitals would necessarily be more accurate than ...

I have a pair of verniers I use a LOT, but not for stuff where I need to read the actual vernier. One is graduated in fractional dims, used mostly for fab material checks and scribing. The other in decimal gets similar use. For machine work of caliper tolerance I have a Mitutoyo and absolutely love ...

My kids outgrew a few sets of inline skates years back. The boots were too thrashed to be worth anything, so I stripped out the wheels/bearings and have used them in lots of projects over the years. Pretty easy to turn down the OD for various purposes, one of which was guide rollers for my big gate.

Yeah, I don't want to derail the brass or bronze OP question, but I agree on the excessive clearance. BTW, the piece OD of the one (mystery red metal) I have in hand is 1.989 and the new part it mates (or matches) with is 2.012 ID. The other no longer here had about 0.007 more clearance. Very loose ...

Small world. I'm currently trying to reverse engineer a locking hub that uses a [red-metal] bearing/bushing that sometimes gets trashed. It's a little red for typical brass I have to compare it to, but too yellow for most bronze I would think appropriate for that application. Thinking maybe silicone...

The mills seem to bring decent prices relative to what they are, and prices for better mills. Mostly from those that are getting started and making the common mistake of overvaluing a "small" machine they will (very often) want to upgrade if they progress and grow in that hobby/business/wh...

If there's any magic to handle that, I don't know it. It will be interesting to see what you get on the topic. My 5HP G8 has the belt running in a big cast iron casting with a sort of catch bin in the bottom. That thing eats metal and turns it into coarse dust at a frightening pace. The design seems...