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  1. francist

    Parker Majestic refurb

    What size hole is required? I have an Atkins #5 butcher’s saw punch that might work as well.
  2. francist

    Parker Majestic refurb

    I once “narrowed” (okay, channeled for any car guys) a tape measure spring to use as a clock mainspring. I turned a circular recess into a block of maple (wood lathe, standard tools) the width of the coiled spring and to the final depth that I wanted to achieve. I then wound the spring into the...
  3. francist

    Parker Majestic refurb

    Simple yet elegant.
  4. francist

    Parker Majestic refurb

    Must be like one of the old-style cable drafting machines that uses a continuous loop to pull the one side as you push on the other. It will be interesting to see the guts.
  5. francist

    Turning Rubber on a Lathe?

    This from the Atlas MOLO, doesn’t specify what constitutes ‘hard’ but it’s a start. Machinery’s Handbook may reference it as well and may have a durometer specification. -frank
  6. francist

    Gravel Scoop for Icy Sidewalks

    Yeah, there’s the rub. They’re not mine, I just facilitate in various degrees the implementation. The end product isn’t secret by any stretch but I am hesitant (perhaps overly so) to present the work outside of the official channels, as it were. Some things would be pretty recognizable and I...
  7. francist

    Gravel Scoop for Icy Sidewalks

    Coincidentally that’s exactly what we used :D
  8. francist

    Machines I lucked into...

    Dang, I wish I could help you out but that stuff is just too big to throw in the back of my little Toyota and hang a tarp over it.
  9. francist

    Gravel Scoop for Icy Sidewalks

    Nice fence. I have mixed feelings about powder coating. At first I thought it was the greatest thing but after discussions with a custom metalworker down here he’s turned me otherwise. I contracted him to build two extensive and very heavy decorative iron gates with elaborate forged and riveted...
  10. francist

    PA Forges?

    Thanks @David_R8 It’s the butt end of an outdoor fire poker I made as a gift for a lady I worked with. My mom liked it too, it was the last thing of my making that she saw. -f
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