Recent content by manualmachinist

Photo added of very crude “Comparative Vernier Caliper Quality Inspection Report”.

I just disassembled a chuck which wouldn’t open or close freely; it took far too much “elbow grease” to do so. (Sorry about the lame joke.). Turns out the chuck innards were stuffed with grease. Thinking that may have been the problem - even though the grease was original to the chuck and...

Eureka! It worked. Very slick. Thanks.

Hi Susquatch. Thank you for the very kind offer. But a sense of gratitude to those who created and maintain this website, compelled me to become a paying member. Now to try to edit my Classified OP in question…

Thanks guys. Understood.

I recently sold one of my machines advertised on the forum. I was hoping to edit the OP and inform the viewers that the machine is no longer available. But I cannot figure out how to edit my post(s). Is it possible to edit one’s existing posts? Or must one add a new post to the thread and...

Thank you. New here

I dont know if this is the right website to post a bigger chuck but I will try. Seems to me there are a lot of good and reasonable people using this site. Beautiful 12.375” OD self-centering 3 jaw Bison chuck. Made in Poland. D1-8 direct mount. Hard master jaws with reversible hard top...

SOLD I dont know if this is the right website to post this but anyway. First owner. It is little tight from about 22-30” but still in very good condition. Hardly used since 1999, when the printing sector I machined for from the early 1980s was devastated by the digital revolution. I used...

I am a retired manual machinist. I started my shop in the early 1980s. The following items are available, as well as smaller hand tools and instruments, and many lathe chucks and lathe accessories (and larger 3 phase machines not suitable for home hobbyists). All machines are under power. All...