What's new
What's new
By:
Advanced search…

Search results

  1. G

    Visiting East Broadtop Railroad shop

    Hi, my brother and I are organizing a boy's weekend with our father 1st weekend in November- he's getting older but doing OK. He's a train-nut so one of our destinations is East Broadtop, they apparently aren't running trains that weekend but we'd love a chance to tour their shops if we can...
  2. G

    .030" pad between tailstock body and base

    I have a 1936 American High Duty 12" running in the shop, its a great machine- but I've never liked the tailstock alignment to the spindle; its worked well enough but theres always been a bit of movement when applying tailstock drills, even after aligning it side-to-side with the adjustment...
  3. G

    Possible Monarch lathe placard

    My father gave me this brass placard, of old and wholly unremembered provenance- I was wondering if it might fit someone's lathe. I don't know much about placards on the old Monarch lathes but thought it might be worth a try...
  4. G

    Canedy-Otto screw press

    Some years ago I had the opportunity to use one of the big A frame screw presses at Tuckahoe (IIRC at least a 10ton model), fell in love with the action and finesse the machine afforded. Meanwhile I had one of the usual "12 ton" Northern tool hydraulic units (complete with warped table)- it...
  5. G

    for sale: Wade 7 turret lathe, Baltimore MD, $600

    Hi all, I'm shifting stuff around in the shop- need the space and this machine has never gotten enough work, so I'm selling it; http://pounceatron.dreamhosters.com/all-photos/wade-sale/ $600 for the machine & related items noted as included. Open to negotiation for die heads & chasers, Wade...
  6. G

    Keystone Marine Motor Works (Essington, PA)

    This old shop was introduced back in July, due to clutter making much of shop inaccessible the photos were less than satisfactory. Previous threads; Historic Machine Shop Bulit for Marine Engines (thread 2) Historic Machine Shop Built for Marine Engines (thread 3) Originally, as...
  7. G

    Disassemble old Ruthman gusher coolant pump for Wade 7"

    Probably used on lots of other machines too. Anyway I've been carefully avoiding listening to the noisy bearing in the motor but it got bad enough to finally take notice. I have it apart as below but no sign of how to get it apart further without drilling out the impeller shaft which seems...
  8. G

    ot: ok who the heck put the dull drills back in the index???

    one of <those> nights in the shop... barely one step ahead of scrapping the part the whole time, breaking drills, grabbed the 5-40 tap instead of the 4-40, work stops in the wrong place... But hey, still better than facebook :D
  9. G

    wtb: follow rest for 12" lathe

    I have some small diameter shaft knurling coming up, pretty long so was thinking of a follow rest. I am using a 12" American High Duty. I can make one, but figured I would try to adapting something thats pretty close first. Factory holes for the follower are on both sides of the carriage on...
  10. G

    Bill's Bronze Gear

    Hi all, A good friend of mine is an elevator helper, working towards being a mechanic- he's in the middle of a job replacing a bank of vintage elevator equipment with new. He hooked me up with this worm gear wheel from one of the drives; Bronze, very well over 100 lbs- gorgeous; just under 2'...
  11. G

    Hendey spindle issues, related information

    I received a request to create a sticky thread to assemble a useful collection of Hendey related information, oriented towards addressing obscure technical details of their various machines, including chronic spindle bearing clearance issues. I've taken the liberty of including references to...
  12. G

    Antique Machinery forum greatest hits

    To avoid them being lost in shuffle, this thread contains links to some of the more popular and interesting threads in the Antique Machinery and History forum. While this thread remains locked, the moderator can edit it. As interesting as so many threads are here we cannot include most of...
  13. G

    Maui, Hawaii Sugar Cane plant

    Hi all, I'm out in Maui doing some work for 2 weeks (YES it is actual work, 12+ hr days lol) Maui had a big sugar cane operation for a long time, the last plant closed about a year ago- apparently competition from sugar beets. The facility is visible from the highway looking interestingly...
  14. G

    Unpowered evaluation of a Brown & Sharpe #2 grinder

    HI all, I wrecked my motorcycle on memorial day, thankfully no-one else involved. I'm recovering and the bike was totalled out by the ins co, so I have settlement money burning a hole in my pocket- and a space in the garage. Not likely to have another motorcycle for a while, so I'm thinking...
  15. G

    coolant-thru boring bar with cutting oil?

    I've been working with cutting oil on all my machines, generally as flood at various volumes to suit the job, its often a bit messy but generally is a significant win. I run Habcool 318 diluted with spindle oil to something like 20w, so its kind-of viscous but reasonably easy to work with...
  16. G

    Manual turret lathe coolant splashing

    A while back I set up a common sump filtered coolant system (Habcool 318 diluted with spindle oil), and run it as flood on all the machines. I really like the effects on every op I've tried it- though cleanup takes longer. Splash control and drainage is generally straightforward, but high rpm...
  17. G

    fs: circa 1930's South Bend 11", catonsville MD 21228

    Hi all, I'm helping a neighbor sell her ailing husband's machines to help clear out the house. Top of the list is this South Bend, it seems to resemble a 11" 30's vintage machine. Pics follow. They have several drill presses and table saws to sell and assorted hand power tools. I have a...
  18. G

    Simple turret lathe bar feed methods?

    I have a little Wade 7" turret lathe, it uses Wade collets in the spindle which are pretty much like 5c's (but no internal threads). It uses a lever closer and draw-tube, nothing unusual. I was doing a bar feed job a short while ago, feeding the bar by hand onto a stop in the turret- which was...
  19. G

    Green grinder for sale

    Saw this on google+ These things are usually blue I suppose..but... yikes!
  20. G

    Burning dead centers?

    I have a nice little project in steel turning 2 ends of a 2" diam shaft to 3/4", shoulder between, good heavy cuts to go at and make chips etc- so I put the shaft on a dead center. That went fine the first couple passes but looked away for 10 secs and things went south; the tip of the center...

ABOUT PRACTICAL MACHINIST

With more than 10.6 million unique visitors over the last year, Practical Machinist is the most visited site for metalworking professionals. Practical Machinist is the easiest way to learn new techniques, get answers quickly and discuss common challenges with your peers. Register for the world’s largest manufacturing technology forum for free today to stay in the know.

Learn more about us.

STAY CONNECTED

Facebook Instagram YouTube LinkedIn Pinterest Twitter Tiktok

Register Become a forum member. Register today.

Sign Up Sign up for our e-newsletter.

© 2024 Copyright Practicalmachinist.com. All Rights reserved.

Back
Top