The Home Machinist!

I was always told that rifle primers were made from slightly thicker metal and some pistols would have trouble hitting hard enough. For my 45-70 pistol I always used large pistol magnum primers and never had a problem even with very heavy loads. I believe this is correct. I have a 454 Casull takes ...

I use the painters canvas drop cloths from H-F cut up to fit the various machines. Works



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I think all of mine with the pump are Eagle brand antiques. I bought them at flea markets and yard sales.



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Before I built my shop, I had similar circumstances. I bought painters canvas tarps and split them up and covered my machines with a low wattage compact florescent bulb underneath. The bulbs were down under metal parts of the machines and could not come in contact with the tarps. Never had condensat...

"Second, I tried to press the RESET button, but it does not catch or click, it just comes back out. I tried up to excessive force, including a good swift kick, and it does not seem to want to reset!" You probably blew the breaker in the breaker box for that circuit also. It has to have pow...

I own one same size as yours made in 1943. Mine is Navy surplus. Join here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sheldonlathe/
if you want to talk Sheldon. These guys are a ton of help. One of the Mods worked for Sheldon.


Bryan

Combustion Chamber volume: The volume of space between the cylinder head and the piston at TDC is called "combustion chamber volume".


I cheated and got it off the internet. I would have thought displacement.

Bryan

I wish I could find the Rusnok attachment. I have the Sheldon model O and really like it.


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I have the 11" version dating from 1943. It has a navy insignia stamped on the end of the bed. It came with 2 chucks and taper attachment but I am missing most of the parts for the Mastermill attachment. I guess I need to try to sell the parts I have as they seem to be hard to find and I doubt ...

Well, I stand corrected. I looked up the last 180 day chart and it has been on a steady decline to the dollar go figure.


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The yuan is worth more US dollars now than it was then. They probably are the best economy going right now if you can trust their numbers.


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stevec, your floor's not even dirty!

seriously, you have some good machines and room for more


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