Thanks for the responses. They do not paint an optimistic picture, but I do appreciate your comments. It sounds as though I have a fair amount of guesswork ahead.
Joe, yes there is a fishing community that harbors all sorts of arcane memories and information, but it is hard to access what...
Would appreciate info, ideally in the form of a schmatic drawing or a lead pointing to such a drawing, of a Hathaway double-drum winch, model 12A-66 with 27" drums. Hathaway Machinery Co. burned in the late 80's. There may have been a machine shop in the New Bedford/Fairhaven area (Mass.) that...
I remember a new guy in the shop, full of organizational enthusiasm. I came in one morning to see him with one of those Dymo labelmakers, labelling every drawer in sight. I banished the Dymo thing and made him remove all the labels. About a week after that, that young man was gone as well...
I'm 100% with DD. Once the fussy splitting starts, there is no end to multiplying forums, and every new one slows down the works. We are fine with what we have is what I'm thinking.
-Marty-
This layout is large, complex, and detailed. It is described as "fantastic", but lacks, as EmanuelGoldstein notes above, propane lines and miniature fires.
Fantastic, to me, are model engineering achievements such as those of Cherry Hill.
-Marty-
Google has extensive references to "muselet", leaving we who have never heard the word with the embarassing sense that we must be alone in our ignorance.
-Marty-
What is the current concensus on round vs square columns on mills? Square would seem to have no drawbacks, but round gets into the registration issue. Is a round column a knockout factor when it comes to considering a new mill? If so, why have round columns not vanished from the market? Or...
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