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  1. Darren

    What a beautiful Saturday to not be inside

    This was my Sunday:
  2. Darren

    Emco Maximat Compact 10 Thunder Bay govdeals auction

    its about a 20 minute drive for me, and with fuel prices theses days, i dunno man... :D
  3. Darren

    Emco Maximat Compact 10 Thunder Bay govdeals auction

    I actually have the milling attachment for this lathe sitting in my shop. I made a base for it to build a stand alone mill with it but its not done yet.
  4. Darren

    Emco Maximat Compact 10 Thunder Bay govdeals auction

    not far away at all :)
  5. Darren

    Fixing RF45 milling machine (noisy gearbox) AndysMachines

    one of my favorite videos:
  6. Darren

    Lathe VFD?

    I have VFD's on both my lathes. During most operations i can leave the lathe in a fairly high gear and turn it down from there. Very handy. Good for chip control. I don't think I'd have a lathe without it...ie single phase motor.
  7. Darren

    Still Stupid after all these years.

    That shear pin won't save your ass. Lathes kill people every day. The only thing saving your ass is this close call. It will make you and others think , and be more cautious. I hope everyone reads this. I am just as guilty. When its cold, i wear a sweatshirt. But i stay the hell away from...
  8. Darren

    DavidR8's shop shenanigans

    When I started camping, I wanted a Honda EU2000i generator to power my trailer in the backcountry. So I spent a few months wheeling and dealing in used generators. Initially I thought that i could make one quiet enough, but not possible... long story short, i made enough buying and selling...
  9. Darren

    Sticky What Machines Do You have?

    -Emco V13 13x40 3hp lathe with Teco L510 VFD, Ditron 3 axis dro -Standard Modern 1660 16x60 lathe, 10hp with Baldor H2 VFD, DRO soon - Monarch 10ee lathe, motor generator converted to single phase (steelman method), apart for paint..... -Kent CNC mill, 3hp EVS head, factory Parker VFD, no cnc...
  10. Darren

    DavidR8's shop shenanigans

    Now you have 1800 to reinvest in another lathe. Let er roll man, you can't lose
  11. Darren

    DavidR8's shop shenanigans

    See how close you were to needing a 3rd lathe?
  12. Darren

    DavidR8's shop shenanigans

    All kidding aside, having 2 working lathes is great. Three would be so much better. Think of all the possibilities!
  13. Darren

    SM1340 Change Gears

    Its an 18spd, but you only use 8.....most of the time Empty truck - 1234 - shift to hi box, 1234 loaded - low low, low high, 1 low, 1 high, 2 low, 2 high....and so on. now days they just hold the wheel and shift to drive...
  14. Darren

    DavidR8's shop shenanigans

    Just opened up a new pail of gear oil to show you the big fat o ring in there
  15. Darren

    Myford Super 7 Victoria BC $600

    Some people way over value items, some are way under. I don't think its really a buyers responsibility to educate the seller. Its a free market. David got a decent enough deal and I hope he can turn a profit. Thats how its done.
  16. Darren

    Some people just like big expensive rocks

    No. That was actually a bit of a safety to keep it from rolling when I went to take the pic and see what it was sitting on. I dug it out till it was sitting on a tiny little point then rolled it down. It went over about 3 times and sunk into the dirt. It stayed there for a few years. My shop is...
  17. Darren

    Some people just like big expensive rocks

    Moved a few thousand tons of dirt on my property from the high side to the low side. Lotsa big boulders like this: once it was on level ground it took 2 bobcats to roll it 200' to the edge of the drop off. Figured at least 5 ton.
  18. Darren

    Darren's active projects

    had to pop a seal in the rear hub of a Ford F650 tonight, but soon found out that i didn't have a suitable driver for the 5.88" OD seal. Had an old wheel hub on the floor, which had a 5.90" OD. How fortuitous? Ive been on a junk phase lately but man its been savin my butt. Hammer the studs...
  19. Darren

    Next lathe?

    Learn something new everyday here....the Emco V13 will cut a 1.6 but my SM 1660 won't. The 10ee has enclosed oil bath change gears, but you CAN buy a metric $et The 1660 doesn't really have a provision for changing the end gearing.
  20. Darren

    "A great little lathe"

    not sure if the lathe/mill/grinder combo is more of a scam than this ad
  21. Darren

    Rotary table...with a thread on chuck?

    That piece on the back is definitely not factory
  22. Darren

    Bridgeport, HH Roberts, Colchester $16,500 Maple Ridge BC

    I had a student for a while. Same basic machine but shorter bed. Well built lathe but a bit noisy.
  23. Darren

    Next lathe?

    Quite a few 1440 class lathes still require change gear changes for different threads. Once you get up to 1660 class that seems to go away. My Standard Modern1660 threads all metric and standard threads without messing with change gears. Just something to keep in mind.
  24. Darren

    Bridgeport, HH Roberts, Colchester $16,500 Maple Ridge BC

    That Jet mill is essentially the same as my Kent. Box ways, ballscrews, evs head. If the CNC works, its not a bad deal for the lot. Sell off the other stuff and you'd have a great mill cheap.
  25. Darren

    Steady rest

    That quote was from Nov of 2022 I did not order it. I will make my own. Racer owns Standard Modern. Leblond handles parts sales.
  26. Darren

    Steady rest

    I got a quote for my 1660 a while back
  27. Darren

    How to remove a broken bolt extractor

    Don, we definitly had that same grampa! Mine also had 3rd grade but was also one of the smartest men i've ever known. He could and would fix everything. His 3rd grade put my dad through university in UCLA, although my dad made his own cash hustling at my grampas pool hall in Shellbrooke, SK i...
  28. Darren

    How to remove a broken bolt extractor

    My grandfather was about 75 when i was 8, and he showed me how to rebuild a 5hp briggs on an old tiller. Made me the man I am, for better or worse i guess. Fixing junk has been life ever since.
  29. Darren

    How to remove a broken bolt extractor

    At that point, you're probably looking at splitting the crank to exchange the rod. Any scoring or blackening, she's done. But you may get lucky. no side pressure on the rod, but that pistone is junk.
  30. Darren

    How to remove a broken bolt extractor

    I meant small end vs big end of the connecting rod. The small end floats, vs pressed. no need for puller in normal cases. Pop circlip out, pin slides out.
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