Recent content by Jason Silliker

I had this coolant pump (rarely used) hooked up to my drill press. Figured for the sake of a fitting and a little bit of tubing might as well hook it up so we can do both the lathe and the drill press. Just 40 to 1 cutting oil on it now. I’ll switch to something better later. Probably won’t get...

Playing around with some different ideas for most often used tool storage. I was gonna use PVC pipe, but decided to use a lot of thin wall tubing I have laying around and I have various thin wall square and rectangle tubing from treadmills that have been junked. Started with a piece of 1/8 plate...

Been busy with a few different projects haven’t got to do a whole lot lately. Turn the piece of round stock to a 60° point for a quick and dirty tool height adjuster. Still planning on making a proper version. I did make a handle to replace the nut on the top of the quick change tool post. Had...

@Susquatch I appreciate your offer as well but the shipping to PEI would be a killer, but thanks again.

Yeah, like I mentioned, that’s all I have in my drill press, it was a very cheap aquarium pump with 3/8 tubing and an empty coffee can with a large screen filter as a cover. Catchers on knee tips that come back through the 1” return hose. I don’t use it often but it works really well. I’ll have...

Bit of a side story, when I bought the Level, I didn’t notice it was a non-returnable item which makes sense I guess. I contacted Amazon because the adjustment screw is at an angle inside, while it does adjust I’m not sure if it’s adjusting it correctly. I ended up contacting Amazon told them...

Oh, believe me surface finishes farrrrrrrrr from my worries for the time being. I have a huge learning curve ahead of me and just looking to keep all options open. This is exactly what I’m looking for guys different opinions on their different experiences one no more right or wrong than the...

Great points. As always, thanks for the swift reply and knowledge 50 years wow two years and a bit longer than I’ve been alive lol. )I’ll be 48 next month) yeah we use flood coolant at work and like I always I tend to overdo and overthink things but I’m always open to different options and...

So I know I’m jumping all over the place here guys, but I kind of been doing what I can on my days off and some stuff I can prep at work in my spare time. Been doing a little bit of turning though. As far as cutting fluid I’ve been basically just using a small bristle brush (flux brush) and...

Ended up with 15 blocks, which will do me for quite some time. Not sure what I’m going to put on the remaining section to the left. It’ll either be more holders down the road or I was thinking of adding aluminum tubing to hold chuck wrenches, but then I’d be reaching over the chuck each time...

It was kind of funny it worked out that the edge of the aluminum sat right against the reveal for the trim on the window. I didn’t have to move late at all, but it wouldn’t have been a big deal if I had to move it either way a bit. I did haveto either trim the aluminum around the window, trim...

Speaking of which I’m a bit of a pack rat lol. I was wanting to make a tooling holder to mount to the back of the chip guard and I liked couple of the ideas I’ve seen on here from other members. I had some scrap pieces of Wearathon and ripped it in the table saw and then cut the angles on the...

For sure. I think what that gentleman meant was the Starrett was not as precise but a lot more accurate to a lesser degree if that makes sense. The Starrett is still heads above the others but it measures .005" per foot where the other on is .0002" over 10". He mentioned to start with a Starrett...

I've been a Millwright since 98 as well, however we don't do much in the way of precision leveling in our facility. I'm doing Machinist as a second trade & on paper I have block 3 but haven't been getting the hours so I feel more like a block 1 lol. I've always wanted a lathe at home & even if...

Oh for sure, I agree. I read the reviews and they seemed ok, but can you believe the reviews? I was hoping it would be ok for what I needed just starting out. Even if it was half as accurate as it claims it’ll be fine. But unless it can be proven, there’s no way to tell for sure. Two tenths over...