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I'm not sure where you're coming from on those comments...but everyone has an opinion these days The construction of the mortar I mentioned was stout enough to withstand more than an average amount of propellant...and they started from a small amount to insure the thing didn't just explode...

messaged seller...half hr later tags it with pending....didn't even bother to respond to my inquiry classy fellow

check out the mortar series of videos Mythbusters did. They built their own out of some 2 or 3 inch wall pipe. can't be hard to scale that down right?

I can't decide if I should buy this, it'd eat the deposit I have put away for the Induma... blarg. and I'd still need to buy tooling The tag mentions built in the 80's...I wonder if the price is a reflection of wear?

I'm curious as to it's function as well...I noticed there's what looks like a tension bar on the top there, it's attached to a tarp arm spring, then there is that lever on the RH side, there's a couple horizontal notches on the lower end of the hole, but then the hole tapers up to a single...

condolences on your friends passing and kind regards to his Mrs. wish I lived closer...I'm hopefully soon to be in the market for milling machine tooling and a vice. it's nice that we have a great group of ppl not just willing to offer some experience n advice on this kind of situation, but to...

drilling a square hole So a buddy found this on crackbook and shared with me. What a neat process. I didn't know that tail stocks can be powered. But I also shouldn't be surprised, that they can be powered. The sharpening of the 3 sided file looks pretty intrinsic to the result. Grind it...

Looking on the webpage I have in my bookmarks on a teardown, the bed is the up n down part. Hard to argue with your assessment.

There is a blacksmith in AB, young fella. Very well known in the 'smith community. Ethan Harty. Certified steam engineer too. That's a young guy who's keeping the art and the science alive and well. His youtube channel is great. But his shop is legendary. That one steam hammer of his, Tim...

For the time being, I checked off "no mill" The deal is still done on the Induma 1/S that's here in town. But the current owner, like most people, has more demands on him than time. So hopefully in the spring, I'll finally get it home. For now, I think its a moot point, but does that size of...