Recent content by Don Sipes

I don't have a grinder with a wide enough stone to grind large drill bits either. So I use my belt sander and it does a good enough job.

It's worth looking for. Heli coil kits are disgracefully expensive now days.

My experience with plastic is that the swarf tends to wrap around itself and stick there. Sometimes a mixture of dish detergent and water helps. The swarf still wraps up but does not stick to itself and is much easier to remove. Use a good amount of soap, until the mixture is slick.

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Picture of my Accusize. The flange you see in the picture is what the wheels fit against. It is part of the drive pulley.

THANKS. My spindle nose is 0.750 so I would have to change out my stones ti 1 1/4 bore to make that work. In the meantime I'll save your drawing for future reference.

@gerritv I'm curious what size is the spindle nose on your machine and what is the hole size in the grinding disks your using? My Accusize the spindle nose diameter and the hole in the grinding wheels are the same size. No room for an adapter hub, or did I miss something? CHEERS

My more current Accusize model is yet again another variant. It does not have a tapered spindle nose but rather just a straight hub. I pulled the spindle cartridge out yesterday. Like the rest of the machine the spindle housing was full of manufacturing swarf , yellow grease/Wax and paint. I...

Not a vote for or against but rather a vote for getting what works for you in your situation.

I had a 22" inch floor mounted drill press. I let it go in favor of a vintage 11 inch model with an upgraded 3 phase motor a VFD and a keyless chuck. So far I have no regrets. It does most of what I need and is very convenient to use. For heavy drilling I have to revert to the Mill or Lathe. So...

I plan to be there.

I don't know how this fits in to the conversation. Years ago I was living on a rural road in Northern Ontario. Hydro was seriously limiting my Amateur Radio Hobby. Radio frequency noise and 115 voltage instability. For the RF interference I walked up and down the road with a handheld Transistor...

Robin Hoods place is excellent. If it should happen that he is called to work I would offer my shop in Airdrie as a "PLAN B" . I have one stall where I park my car. I can put the car out and set up a big table for show and tell. The scenery would no be nearly as pretty, but hey it's a "PLAN B".

I'll put it on my Calendar. Somebody post a time and place.

Very nice setup. I used an SM lathe when I was a student at SAIT. A metric version. 11 inch if I recall. I really liked it.