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  1. Jswain

    Jswain's active projects

    So easy I may throw one on my welding table too. Hinges were just some 1/2 cold rolled & 1" .250" pipe. .250" X2" angle for the top and 4" for the bottom. Then I cut about 2.5" out of the horizontal section of the 4" angle to clear stacked bends in opposite directions. If I were to beef it...
  2. Jswain

    Jswain's active projects

    This was built at work, but why not throw it up. Had to build a stainless sheet metal cover and didn't have a brake. Built one into the end of the welding table. Bent the 34" ish 20 gauge stainless almost no problem, flexed a little in the middle but for the amount of use it will get probably...
  3. Jswain

    Jswain's active projects

    Haven't turned any chips in awhile but had a guy who needed some sleeves turned & welded into these engine mounts to put a Celica engine into a rav4. Two of them needed sleeves to reduce the size of the ID and one needed to be bored larger then have a sleeve welded in. Was pretty fun. Then...
  4. Jswain

    Shop Shop air line systems

    I always hated black pipe because over time it scales/rusts bad inside the pipe. You need some heavy filtering & replacing the filters to make up for the additional work with heavy use. I like copper & used that for my air system because it's basically lifetime, easy to add to anywhere, and...
  5. Jswain

    Head stock for Southbend 9"

    Agreed. If it was like a 5hr drive one way it'd be a good weekend pickup
  6. Jswain

    ER40 collet chuck

    Is this how your compound is set when threading? And are you advancing the compound to take the cuts? I mistakenly set mine ~ the same as yours(which was ~60 degrees vs 29) result was the thread was very poor & never cut correctly Crappy pic but here's mine set somewhat correctly ~29 degrees...
  7. Jswain

    Are there any sewing machine mechanics here? Advice needed on a Singer 99K.

    Is the thread installed correctly? Some machines like it coming off cw vs CCW etc. Sometimes they are funny when you just poke through the sticker and it has edges vs a clean hole too. Pulls the thread tight then the spool releases more then normal thread
  8. Jswain

    ER40 collet chuck

    Have you tried cutting any threads on some scrap to see if it translates to the work?
  9. Jswain

    Tips/Techniques Looking for easy removable thread locker

    I think with the dissimilar metals I would look at some anti seize instead. Problem is you want it to end up still threaded into the steel portion, or unthreaded from both?
  10. Jswain

    Thread indicator for Clausing 100 Mk 3 lathe

    Pretty sure there are some threading dials available on thingiverse for South bend lathes too you may be able to snag the gear/dial out of
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