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It might've killed a regular man. (what I always tell the wife lol)

you could make a lathe

That photo, now I know where to look when I want to feel down :(

Maybe try offering the guy extra to ship it? I just offered double the price so as to get the person interested and it works. Do we have anyone in Ottawa? Always thought of it as the town of scoundrels, but I guess thats unfair; there must be some worthwhile bipeds there :D Ottawa is...

Indeed! Great job, great photo's and great write up covering a very professional approach to an advanced project - you should think of submitting works like this to Home Shop Machinist. Seriously.

For sure, everyone's requirements are different. I only mentioned it in the context of the POS Tap guide or a way to guide taps with the 60 degree point on the end, i.e. no need for them with one and it is only used for small stuff. Large stuff gets power tapped in the mill or hand tapped...

The UPT? The UPT is a classic British home shop project by the venerable George Thomas. It's a drill press, number/letter stamp guide, staking tool and tapping guide with different accessories and uses. Great project and very useful ..... two of the tapping heads on mine shown below. I...

Personally, trying to think of when I'd need to ..... if not power tapping in the mill (which I do except for small or blind holes) I tap after the work is out of the mill. Either in the vise with a squat cylinder faced square and hole to fit the tap ID used a guide, in the universal pillar...

Chevalier FCG-610. These are pretty nice, I've got one and use it for drills, lathe tools and endmills. Made in Taiwan, kind of a knock off the cutter-master but superior imo (tall post). Problem is someone busted the air bearing base casting. Probably a few things you could do to fix...

Thanks, not that I know of. I believe it is some sort of plating (nickel?), that's about the extent of my knowledge on it :)

Mike is not in. Please leave a message at the tone and he will return your call when the sun goes down. I'm still at it...... on the weekend just tore apart a spindle for uber expensive SKF Super-precision double row cylindrical roller bearing replacement (that's a process, fit is governed by...

It is, 35 years of collecting, reconditioning and making. :)

The one Bob Ward presents here is the best idea I've seen. https://www.practicalmachinist.com/forum/threads/milling-small-precise-angles.275209/ Of course you don't need gauge blocks and sine bars for 1/2 a degree (aren't the degree graduation marks good enough for that?) but thought i'd...

Here is a couple I did. As best I could tell the furniture repair wax stuff is about the same stuff as engravers black (which is often suggested). Lots of details here: https://www.metallum.shop/2022/02/23/blackening-graduated-dials/. This was is well suited to plated dials, like the ones...

Nice, a universal with all the gears. I've got one, but not the universal, nicely made. Spanish irrc. imo a steal at 700. I'd buy it and sell mine just for the upgrade, if it was around the corner.