Recent content by grease monkey

ok, dura bar on its way from Terra Nova in MIssga, 3/4" x 1" @ 15" long equals 5 big greasy 3 pattie burgers! wow! better not screw this up!! $113 later and it just so happens to be on its way to a local tool shop, nice to have friends with connections, they happen to have a driver headed to...

first time I ever heard of scraping.... just trying to find a source for Dura bar around here

channel as in youtube?

so that relief I see is where the set screw rests correct? the other end the screw comes to rest directly at the end of the gib? I cant imagine that by the time the taper comes to the end, there's much material left for a set screw relief... so a piece of material 1/2" sq 16" long will be...

perfect! thank You sir! now to find myself a piece of dura bar and get to machining!

that would be awesome if you would!

ok guys, new problem on this lathe... I just find out now that the cross slide gib is completely missing!! and of course, google university let me down again! just trying to find dimensions of this so I can get a new one made, and preferably what material its made of.... anyone have these...

thats not a shipping bag, its the dust cover, and greasy fingers cover. need one for the vfd right above it.

so I did a thing... time for some schooling on operation! bought off the jungle site, made by ToAuto, came in like 8 days, no material list to verify everything came that should have, zero installation instructions, watched so random video on yt, and modifying the bracketry sent, was able to...

somehow I missed the pre-stage light at the top! hopefully I'm good now?

do i have to declare I'm coming? for the count? guess I just did! took me a few tries at the drag strip to get my timing right, but I did...

guess I better look at my portaband saw! its a Milwaukee, might fit mine!

have motors for sale, or trade, #1 is a Weg 2hp 600v 3phase 1755rpm foot mounted 7/8" shaft, asking $200, the #2 is a Baldor 5hp, 230v 1 phase 1750rpm foot mounted with a 1.125" shaft, this one was rewound and had new bearings in it a while ago and runs well. asking $450 I'm looking for a...

that is unfortunate! i've been looking for a Ford truck from out there, 1995-97, F250 or F350, 4x4, power stroke, really tough to find in good shape, If I find one from out there....dont hang onto them just for me, you do what you have to

pic of a 50hp tractor I did about 10yrs back now, sure turned out nice, wasnt so pretty when it arrived, the Fordson tractor where almost always a darker blue entirely except for the wheels, which were orange, last 2 years of production when they came to America, (these were built in England)...