The Home Machinist!

Bill Shields wrote: ↑Fri Dec 09, 2022 2:51 pm or just nail a couple of 'furring strips' along the Z axis...

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everyone has an improvement on a good idea...

I just use a piece of 3mm cheapo plywood that bends under any load....

typical blacksmith solution...

It won't bounce?

Bill Shields wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 11:09 am they rather frown upon people 'tapping' into their steam stream...

generally they are a closed system, and they carefully monitor make-up water...not that this would use a lot...

that and the pressures are generally WAY BEYOND anything our dinky models could handle...

Hence, the wait.

Bill Shields wrote: ↑Tue Jun 28, 2022 7:21 pm Steam is steam...as long as it is dry and of the correct pressure.. matters not the source....

I'm waiting for someone to post a steam engine running on nuclear derived steam!

I piped my Stuart Turner D10 steam engine into a 125psi industrial steam boiler. You can see it here on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/ZtUQzSS__78

It would be really great if LS would do like MR and scan every issue and offer the whole LS magazine collection on DVD. MR did its original 1934 to 2009 DVD and then offered a 10 year update about two or three years ago. They were somewhat limited in quantity and the 75 year collection is fairly pr...

I have a ton of old Model Railroader magazines and other model railroad related magazines, some are 20 years old and some are almost new. I would like to trade some for some Live Steam magazines, specifically steam powered boats but any live steam magazine is fine. Thanks.

I still hear my shop teacher (Mr.K) drumming it into our heads back in the early 70's "Set the compound rest at 29.5 deg. towards the tailstock to cut threads" I've been doing it ever since. I miss that guy. When feeding with the compound in machining threads, the important message should...

I still hear my shop teacher (Mr.K) drumming it into our heads back in the early 70's "Set the compound rest at 29.5 deg. towards the tailstock to cut threads" I've been doing it ever since. I miss that guy.

I've been on machines since I was a young lad of 14. Worked in the industry as a machinist/toolmaker for 26 years. I can't imagine owning a lathe that couldn't be run in reverse. H Just make sure the chuck won't spin off under load. I'm fortunate to own an industrially rated machine. Cam lock spind...

NP317 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 11, 2022 12:16 pm Creative!
And I like your artistic belt cover door on the head. 'Never seen one like that before.
RussN

Cooling vents for the belt? HaHa.

Harold_V wrote: ↑Fri Feb 11, 2022 5:37 pm

pat1027 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 11, 2022 10:16 am Being a lathe do you need it to reverse?

I've been on machines since I was a young lad of 14. Worked in the industry as a machinist/toolmaker for 26 years. I can't imagine owning a lathe that couldn't be run in reverse.

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Just make sure the chuck won't spin off under load.

warmstrong1955 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 1:59 pm Here ya go.......

https://www.wclco.com/threaded-fastener ... fasteners/

Other Bill

Thank you.