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I hauled out my crappy old Princess Auto portable band saw and removed 2/3rds of the cast iron, unfortunately the base is just bit too wide for the band saw so all the material in the center will have to be machined off. Because this tailstock is a donor from another lathe the wear pattern is...

I though about just using a roughing end mill but that will be a lot of chips, I might try the portable bandsaw to cut the first 3/4" off then do the rest on the mill.

This arrived a few days ago, the price is good and so is the quality, all the collets fit nicely. However, they send the wrong wrench so you have to grind about a 1/4" off of it the make it usable. Not a big deal, but the guy boxing it up must be able to see that it doesn't fit...

I installed the new bearings so the spindle could go in and I finally get a measurement of how much needs to be removed from the base of the donor tailstock, 1.0185". I think it makes more sense to remove material from the top of the base so once it is down to the right height all that needs...

I have a good list of projects too but almost all of them are to make the drill press, lathe or milling machine better and more versatile. There has to be a name for that.

My local Carquest mixes automotive rattle can paint, don't know if all of them do. Paint is matched now with a hand held laser scanner, very accurate.

Maybe I missed it but how will you power this grinder? A small motor on the end?

Before I go spending a bunch more cash on this I'm going to try some brass sleeves inside the end of every tube to see if that doesn't improve the seal.

I was cruising through kijiji the other day and found a milling machine that came with some extra tooling, I messaged the guy and asked him if he would be willing to sell the rotary table separately, yes was the answer so I went and p/u. Both sets of needle bearings had pretty much seized with...

I thought I would check the mail one more time before the holidays, goodies! Good thing I have a milling machine, I'll practice a bit before I attempt this.