I have done some triple lead thread cutting for fountain pen caps and barrels. You want to get a lot threads engaged with only a couple of turns so you aren't twisting on the cap all day to sign your

Anthony, I don't know either. It has been a long time since I had my gearbox off of the lathe and I didn't measure the gear when I did. Anybody in the process of upgrading have a caliper handy? By the

I still have a few of the 20 tooth gears I made a year or two ago. I have sold some of them to people on this list for $20 US. I made them out of brass with gear cutters I bought from Grand Tool when

I made them out of brass. Glen Reeser wrote:

wrote: Dan, The 40, 56 and 80 toot gears are pretty common as they are part of the normal complement of change gears used on model "C" lathes. The 20 tooth gear is not. I made a some a few months ago

In my opinion, anybody who would use the word "intelligentsia" in a forum like this should learn how to spell it first. My vote is to ban the pseudo intellectual (spelled intellegecia). Glen Reeser se

My two 9 inchers are mounted on 2 foot by 4 foot benches. It makes the gear cover a little close to the motor pulley, but it makes a 4 x 8 sheet of plywood work well. Glen Reeser wrote: behind cone as

Jack, It is true that maximum power transfer occurs when load resistance and source resistance are matched. This doesn' mean that your best choice of source resistance is the same as the load resistan

You might consider putting a low wattage lamp or other heat source under the tarp to keep it warmer under the tarp than outside. Glen Reeser to the Yahoo! Terms of Service

Check out roofing contractors. They use copper for flashing on high end jobs. Glen Reeser wrote: planning dry to with this

I would be at 5 lathes except for the fact that I gave one away. Glen Reeser <MAKINSMOKE@A...> wrote:

You can "bootstrap" the repair. Lock the cross slide by tightening the gibs and use the compound to feed the tool into the work. I've done it. I made a small boring bar to accept a piece of 1/8" drill

Has anyone here had experience with the seller of this lathe? Mapquest shows Southington, CT to be the next town South of Bristol. The ALL CAPS format and the spelling and gramatical errors look suspi

Piet, There is a group member from NL on this list, but I haven't seen a posting from him for some time. I hope he is too busy making chips to spend time on his computer. His name is Bert van Lelievel

Tim, I am a hobby potter as well as a hobby machinist. The ceramic slip coat you are suggesting would shrink in the firing. Our rule of thumb for clay shrinkage is 12.5% from greenware (soft clay) to

Grizzly has 'em for about $16. http://www.grizzly.com/ Glen Reeser

No, you should keep your money in your pocket. Do you have the guy's phone number, email, home address? But seriously, you will have a great basement shop with these two machines. The small milling ma

<psanders@m...> wrote: <gmdagena2000@y...> blocks, myself. sides I am more impressed by the Incas who built Machu Pichu. They built huge stone walls with a similar precise fit except none of the stone

My first impression on reading this was that there must be a piece of swarf or something between the saddle and the apron. Is the apron and saddle original to the bed? I have repaired a set of half nu

Peter, I am interested in making a follower rest for my lathe, too. I have access to sand casting aluminum or bronze at the local Community College. I suppose I could convince them to try cast iron if