Recent content by whydontu

Same seller as the XLO mill

Worth considering complete disassembly and rebuilding the broken section with brazing rod?

My guess is the Grizzly 10x22 is very similar. The Busy Bee parts drawing is quite different, while King & Grizzly drawings are identical. Parts from Grizzly tend to be cheaper than BB or King, but as an example the 127-tooth gear from Grizzly is $58 US. If you end up having to buy a complete...

Sigh. When the Lord gave us free will, He maybe didn’t figure on how many of us would use it to be sneaky a-holes. You didn’t lose a friend, because friends love you no matter what you look like.

I think that might be a tiny bit more expensive than my $130 Vevor CNC router.

Same here. I can see posts when logged out, and when logged in I can search and find posts, but <New Posts> displays <Oops! We ran into some problems. A server error occurred. Please try again later.> Trying to upload a screen shot of the error got this: <Oops! We ran into some problems. The...

No reason not to go with a 3-phase and a VFD. The second photo in post #14 is the speed chart for my mill. 12-speed belt system with a very conservative VFD configuration. Allows me to use the VFD to adjust speed, say when step drilling steel using a range of drills, without having to change...

Repeat after me: Success of a machining task is 100% dependent on the skill of the machinist, not the quality of the machine. I earned enough money from my Atlas 618 to buy my next, much bigger, fancier lathe. That being said, $2000 is a bit much for this particular lathe.

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Wild-ass idea. These are the storage boxes behind the cab, on the frame sides? Big metal box for straps and miscellaneous stuff? You have this enormous heat source, burning fuel to move stuff around the country. Most of the energy from the fuel goes out the exhaust, and the engine is surrounded...

Or 150 yards from a tidal estuary that changes from fresh water to salt water twice a day. Coupled with an average of 170 days of rain per year. 52 days so far in 2025. However, no salt on our roads.

Looks like the original is painted, perfect situation to just clean off the paint and do a proper engraved panel. As long as you tell me what it’s supposed to read then I can engrave the original. Do you want the factory symbols, or real words? <Light> instead of the lightbulb graphic? A...

Why you want a set of Greenlee punches. 14ga steel, 0.840" holes for 1/2" NPT conduit connectors, zero burrs, dead concentric with the 3/8" pilot holes I punched with my Roper Whitney #12 punch. No swarf, no deburring (unlike the 5/32" drilled holes for the panel mounting screws). And my...

Welcome from Vancouver!

I remember watching a friend who worked at a hobby shop spends hours putting "Model Reduit" stickers on all the Airfix model airplane kits. In the neighbourhood we lived in, "μοντέλο κλίμακας" would have been much more effective. Or 比例模型 . .