There's some grave similarity to the factory collet and chuck for a SB vertical mill - except the chuck collar is a bit different.
Can you extrapolate and guess whether the largest collet would hold a 3/4" shank?
Regardless the chuck source, i kind of doubt that it is original to the machine...
SB listing looks correct.
Mine might be 10-1/16" to the closest way (the TS flat) And my bed was planed and scraped, so it *might* be a tinch closer than factory. But you are not going to swing 10.5" without building a riser block for the headstock. :)
From memory, when i fully machined the...
For zinc split anchors used with lag bolts, I have used WEST with either thick mix of cotton flocking, or sometimes mortar mix.
I blow out the hole as others have described with a tube/wand of sufficient length, then poke the epoxy in with flat stick ( to help scrape/squeegee/embed the sides)...
Thanks, that is the ideal way to do things in my mind.
We (woodwhackers) all get the benefit of seeing your offer, you get more eyeballs on the subject than mere crusty old machinists who might care less, and it does not clutter up this forum with needless chitchat and arguments about whether...
Glad to hear it worked so well!
(so far as you noted, anyway)
You owe him. :)
"His guy" probably had more than a couple hours in it.
FWIW, putting the work in a lathe, it is possible to make quite accurately round rods, uniformly on diameter though not necessarily with any straightness...
I use sanding sponges for a number of apps.
They would not be useful for shaping steel or other hard metals, but can be good sometimes for breaking edges and preliminary polishing.
Flat papers/fabrics with a hard backer (whether flexible or shaped) are necessary for shaping. Though again, i...
Spring steel, or some of the very thin woodworking scrapers.
I've actually surface ground a scraper to make it more flexible, though my purpose was drilling holes in it, to use as a filing and sanding mask over metallic details in wood so that when the finish was on, the metal parts could be...
Despite making blades for power hacksaws, Starrett never was a "cutting edge" company. They were always a marketing and branding company, that bought out companies that made better products, but did not market well. Familiar items being surface plates, 199 precision levels, & gage blocks, just...
Will - you have been on here long enough to know "no pix, did not happen" :)
Someone might or might not be able to advise based on apparent similarity to other machines.
Most could probably answer your Q's regarding apparent quality with a few good photos.
PS, if it is in excellent shape, why...
Can assure you it is not Cataract.
Dunno about Ames or Stark. But still unlikely as those, like many cataract models, were built around add-on building blocks to the lathe castings.
The column on yours was purpose - cast as a single unit.
That is a great era Stanley - heavy castings, good hardware, and still rosewood totes.
#5 size bench planes were the most common, though i preferred the larger, heavier #6 for jobsites. Not quite as heavy as a #8, but almost as effective as #7 and a little easier to shoot long parts straight...
Can't remember (I sort of remember the project)- are you the person that designed that great ball/radius cutting fixture?
Is that an eccentric turning chuck? Or? Do any 6K collets come with the lever collet closer? Carriage stop and threading dial are valuable.
That and some of the other...
Almost any quality adjustable throat block plane is going to see more use than most any single plane in your arsenal, unless you are almost completely a benchworker, in which cast the 408 might get a bit more use.
Re: # 408, FWIW, the bedding surface of a frog (for the blade) should not have...
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