Recent content by Megar arc 5040dd

Lucky they found all the pieces for you to put back together again. That turned out really good.

When I was in trade school as an apprentice one of the coolest things we did when learning to braze was braze up cast bevelled coupons in the vertical position. They were about 3/8" thick and 6" or 8" long if I recall. Once we were done they were put in the coupon bender, when the broke you had...

When repairing the gear box crack make sure to burn out all the oil from the crack before you start your repair. I usually give a good cleaning with a non chlorinated brake cleaner then heat the crack with a torch and burn out all the crap inside that you can't see. I'm sure it has been said on...

Finally a question I can actually answer :D . I welded and brazed quite a bit of cast iron and cast steel in my career. Everyone so far has given great advice. From my personal experience over the years I would suggest you braze it unless there is a reason it needs to be welded. The most common...

Is the level you bought adjustable? Tom Lipton has a really could video on calibrating a precision level if it has an adjustment screw.

I love the fact it has a microscope. I have one of those big magnifying glasses on a flexible arm with the built in light. It works ok but What you have would be more fun. out of curiosity would this be about the size of a sherline or taig lathe or would it be even smaller?

That is super cool! I have no idea what I would make with it but if I had the extra money I would buy it. I hope you find a good home for it.

Sadly it adds a lot time of expense especially travelling that far. But would be nice to get out of this deep freeze.

If that was in Saskatchewan I would be all over that. Mind you then it would be twice the price and I would still be forced to only dream about it.

When I was coming up through my apprenticeship I was taught that everyone makes mistakes no matter how good or experienced. The difference between an amateur or apprentice and a professional is a professional has the knowledge and experience to know how to fix the problem in the most appropriate...

This may be a really stupid question. Does the build need to pass some sort of inspection? If so is it at different stages of the build or just when it's complete? I was wondering when I saw that other people started it, so I was wondering if when buying something that was started by others are...

I have quite a few of that style end mill that came with my last mill. I have always just used and ER collet and never thought twice about it. Never had any issues, in fact did it just yesterday. I wouldn't be worried about the ER collet only grabbing on the smooth shank. Not very much contact...

If you are already using plywood top and bottom then why not on the sides? If you were buying wood for the project you could also hedge your bets against cupping by using quarter sawn wood but I believe you said earlier you already had wood. At the very least when choosing the boards from what...

Did you buy the shelving that all the containers are in or is that something you made for them? I need a solution like that for hardware.

I have wanted a drawer setup like the lawson ones you bought for years but whenever I saw them for sale they were stupid expensive for the metal rack with 4 drawers. I believe it was around $350 or something like that so I never really looked at them again. I just figured they were one of those...