So I bit the bullet and decided buying a dividing head was not an option, all I could find were too big for my machines or too small for the project or just plain junk... Anyway here's where I'm at as

Interesting. I normally use a file card, but some of the files I've found at estate sales have all kinds of odd stuff on them so different methods are interesting. I'll have to try some of these out.

Find this. Pretty cool. https://youtu.be/bIZll_eqHY4

Here's what I have: Size 2, about 1-3/8x5/8x7 inches overall Armstrong 22 cutoff holder Williams W-22-R cutoff Armstrong 2-L Williams 2-L 4 Armstrong 2-R Armstrong 2-R that is a little smaller shank a

Hello everyone I am 34 and Im from CT. Ive been interested in gingery for sometime, but eventually I did buy a mini lathe and a mini mill, 7x16 and a G0704 from grizzly. They have both served me well.

Hi, Finally getting to build my gingery machine shop. I have a question for you folks that have built Dave's lathe. What have you found in Dave's designs that need a little modification? Is there one

Hi all, I have finally retired and can now indulge myself in new interests. I let you guess what one of them might be. Could I indulge myself and buy a small lathe - yes but what would I learn from do

So not that I was aiming for tight tolerances/minimal runout but then who goes looking for bad run out? I finally after 15 years got around to making the back plate for the old 5" 4 jaw chuck I ebay s

Seller accepted an offer of $185 for this and has a couple more. https://www.ebay.com/itm/384479331400 Will try it on the WEN grinder as reported by several to be a great combo.

A whopping $42.22 with tax. Still need a small live center with a 1/2" shank to go in it though.

https://view.mail.bidspotter.com/?qs=3a2beee58c6328e0b05269511867f660810832084220eb39fd1583552e785c1ddd90d88ee83a6a2b463edc71acbd0b6f993b5fd5b445a41f70fc890e51447a3404e03966078bfbeac1376cb92b108185

If anyone is interested in paying shipping, I have Rick Sparber's patterns used for casting parts to make the Gingery shaper. I think I also printed out all of his modifications to the original design

I bought a bench grinder from Harbor Freight. I bolted it to my bench, but the motor is a little loose in the base. It works fine, but makes a lot of noise, especially spinning up to speed when I turn

What do you wear when pouring aluminum? What kind of gloves? What kind of shoes? What type of clothing?

So first off a brief intro... I first found Dave's books almost 30 years ago and started to build the lathe which took me near a year to finish but I got there. I built it out of bronze and stainless

My brother has two SB lathes. He is keeping the 13" and selling the 9". I think it's a W model, made for a bench top. It's in Prescott Valley, AZ. He has an engine host for loading. Said he's thinking

I'm taking a class in SolidWorks, so I have a SolidWorks license through the school. I'm looking for a CAD program for cheap or free, with a reasonable learning curve for users familiar with SolidWork

So I ordered these 5/8" shank carbide lathe bits, not thinking that my holders only handle up to 1/2". A box of ten was cheap. Decided to trim a couple down to fit. Guess what machine cut each one. Bo

Question for larger group: Should the headstock spindle be case hardened? Or even just slightly hardened? Today I 'finished' machining the headstock spindle and am wondering if it shouldn't be hardene

Question for those who cast with lost foam, would you recommend that people new to casting start with lost foam, or work with wood patterns first?