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I have a HAFCO-DMF 42 vertical mill that I would like to upgrade. It came with stepper motors, PC, software etc to use it as a CNC but the system it a bit old and I would like to freshen it up. ...

I picked up a Douglas shaper last weekend (thanks to Pete O for the lead) and upon closer inspection I can see there are several parts missing. The missing parts are the feed bolt, feed bush and feed...

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I picked up a Hyco drill press about a year ago and brought it into the shed today to have a better look and start to strip it down with the intention of restoring it to a reasonable using...

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I own Cigweld WeldSkill MicroArc 140 and its specs say:
STICK (MMAW) Welding Output, 40ºC, 10 min.

140A@15%, 25.6V

70A@60%, 22.8V

54A@100%, 22.2V

Here's something I've never seen before. Found this on You Tube by chance, and hope you'll enjoy, a short 13.35 minute video of a Travelling Head Shaper.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S-BCQ6CbIw...

Got an email from a US company today, advertising it's latest offering, including this -

Another revolutionary feature of the Invertig 251 is Dynamic Power.
This feature allows you to vary the...

I bought a Carbatec Vertical Bandsaw ( 345C )recently and could not justify the cost I variable speed model as it cost me $1800 as it was.
I am not thinking of modifying it so I can cut differnt...

Have yet to understand the correct oil to use on my Hercus 9 but so far am using "whatever" oil on the assumption that anything is better than nothing. BUT

- What is the most appropriate oil to...

A friend has offered me a Sea Link boat trailer the cross members and rear quarter of the main chassis has galvanize coating flaking off in big chunk's, it's a 3mm steel trailer just wondering how...

I've gone on a few rants recently about the pervasive idea constantly repeated in the machining world that negative rake inserts are horsepower hungry monsters that need to be buried up to the...

Canadian planer saved from scrap .
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=08OMOYdi3MA


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This came up on my facebook from 9 year's ago i think it was one of the first tig job's i done, i used a Repco 140A arc welder converted to tig, No HF so was only scratch start and no anti stick on...

Hi All, total newbie, posted in the say hi section but the old lathe deserves her own place to seek all your help and wisdom.
Have started cleaning up the old Shenwai 350 lathe, under the years of...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zg3TDapzuA

Happy Easter everyone.
Phil


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I've researched making anti-backlash nuts for minimising backlash as replacements for worn leadscrew nuts, some great solutions out there - I even went as far as researching ball screw 'upgrades' -...

Happy Easter everyone

This isn't a particularly critical one, but I need to quickly make a bunch of simple carrying handles using all thread running through aligned pre-existing holes.

The...

Vice for lathe no vibrations system - morsa antivibrazioni
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUaTg54ElUI

In Italian however the subtitles are very good - I had to reduce the font size to 100% for...

Looking for recommendations on where to buy bi metal 1727 X 12.7 X 0.65MM bandsaw blade, H&F only have carbon blade in my size.
They are for a BS-5S bandsaw.

Also looking for recommendations for...

I have just about got my Hercus 3 grinder up and running. I was planning a modification that I will post once I have this first issue sorted. I checked the pulley sizes and with the motor running at...

Ten or more years ago I bought quite a few 18V cordless tools and batteries over a few years from a known tool supplier in Queensland. These worked well but in time I needed replacement batteries...

I was pondering a few things and contemplating worm gears for minute rotational adjustments, not for power transmission - that's quit a rabbit hole and they are predictably expensive

Anyway I came...

Hi, this is my first post so I guess is my introduction to the group. I love old heavy machinery especially waldown drills but this post is to ask your assistance with a problem I'm having with a...

The capacitor on my dad’s old bench grinder has given up the ghost.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240327/3dcbbd23d475ce557e9dea08d17fdf1f.jpg

On the capacitor it says 110 volts, can I...

I thought it was going to be something complex or complicated - the DOC is pretty impressive by itself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCDP6SFB2Io

Just doing the math on this and for those with...

Bit if a haul with some of the footage running a bit long, however the end result is superb.

Especially noteworthy is the simpler 3D printed version at the end - I'm thinking longer rods and...

Do stick welding rods have a use by date ?

I have some WIA 12P rods, must have bought them over 25 years ago, plus some Satincraft 13 ( blue ) from the late 1990s.


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want to build an aluminium expansion tank for car for radiator coolant overflow.
what is the type of aluminium i would use for this? 5005, 5052 or 5083 or something else??


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Unimig have a compressor for their RAZOR CUT 45 Plasma Cutter.


Has anyone tried it? It doesn't look big enough to operate properly.

Here is the description:


Our new RAZOR CUT 45 Air...

There was a post in 2011 about a UK4 boring head and how Wohlhaupter stated it was too complicated for modern machinist which sounds like a bit of a challenge. I had the head but no tooling which...

I have access to a 2400mm pan brake exactly the same as the one in the link.
Just a moment...

I want to fold some alloy sheeting but I am wondering if this is possible to fold with that pan brake...

I have been seeing mill's and lathe, drill, mill machines come up for sale just missed a lathe, mill, drill machine for $100 just did'nt think i would be able to carry it or move it, another one was...

This may or may not be of interest so I have simply copied and pasted this from an Instagram post....

Indexing the Spindle (Part One)

A few months back Jörg @joerg_toolmaker posted photos of a...

There's just so much to love about this video, all sorts of questions that I had percolating in my mind were answered, some times youtube's suggestion algorithm really throws up a diamond [punny]
...

I was lucky to be able to get a patient lifter (rated for 300kg).
One bit broken that I will mill up when I get the right size aluminium.
My question is about charging the battery.
...

G'day all,

Both forum newbie and welding newbie here.

I would like to venture into oxy/acetylene welding and brazing, as a hobby. After watching lots of youtube material about on how to safely...

When I acquired the grinder in 2013 the spindle was mounted on rubber sealed Korean FAG 6204 bearings. I replaced the bearings in 2019 with rubber sealed Japanese Nacchi 6204s due to excessive heat...

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I had need to hone/sharpen a miniature lathe boring bar recently ! I had seen an internet post some time ago of an easy to make honing/sharpening guide for lathe tools. So rather than...

Here are some of the results of my efforts to resurrect the bucket of rusty tooling that came with the homemade metal lathe. (See antique and vintage machinery)
I had a small container of cooking...

Bit late getting to this but here's an update of what's going on.

Forum Outage last week: was due to space restrictions on server which was rectified last Sunday 3rd March and has resulted in the...

A tour of the Juan factory in the Philippines where new parts are made for the WW2 era Jeeps and many other post-war Jeep models https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21P-0Hzb-RI

These Juan parts have a...

I've never done this on the shaper before, manipulating the downfeed to follow a marked line on a workpiece. It took aaaaages, mainly because I had a lot of extra material to remove (oh for a...

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headed to Sydney for shopping on Monday. I plan to visit Mick Moyle’s in Summer Hill and probably Edcon in Revesby. Any suggestions on a walk in scrap metal dealer I can pick up random...

I have a MT3 test bar in the Sheraton AR lathe . I have zero runout on the end of the bar but I have a .001" drop along the top of the bar ( vertical plane ) ..drooping downwards towards the...

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I got this 1" - 2" Starret micrometer this morning, found in the scrap yard ! The cheeky bugger took 10 pounds off me for it. Things must be getting hard, whilst I appreciate him putting...

This popped up in my feed and I tend to wire brush a fair bit.

I dremel (along with a flexible extension) in tight corners but the tiny brushes are pathetic even if I buy quality stuff. To some...

Happened to find this on YouTube this morning and thought it an interesting idea, not so much for what the builder used it for, but could have other possibilities, metal spinning, or getting a bar...

I've just finished repainting this old Atlas surface grinder. It was in great condition apart from the paintwork. Colour was from a match I did of a King Rich milling machine, I am happy with how...

I picked this up yesterday morning from Shellharbour way with a mate.
Took us a solid 2 hours to break it down so it was in light enough bits to go on the ute.
I want the saddle and cross slide to...

Could someone let me know if this screw is a left or right hand thread. The screw that holds the clutch knob on. Thanks.20240229_231801.jpg
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I have been in the process of making a slitting saw arbor so that I can finish making a lathe parting tool holder. I made them both out of scrap steel that I have acquired - both parts were made...