I ordered a Grizzly G1049 in February or March, and Grizzly customer service replied to me that it was a discontinued product. You might want to give them a...
Hi John - ... I'm fairly happy with a 3in1, because of the relatively large swing in a small footprint. I upgraded mine with "2HP" surplus treadmill motors, ...
Hello all, I have just uploaded a picture of a mill drill I am thinking of buying from a company in UK. It is described as SIP mill drill, the max drill...
It looks like a knockoff of the RF30/31 that most of us in this group are very fond of. The Taiwanese version (uaually has a plastic belt guard but you can...
Posted a question about making 12ba nuts early last month, got quite a few replies and have eventually finished the device that can produce blank nuts with the...
please why did you not tap them before parting them off of the bar? that way they would stand good chance of being true with the outside. Phil Pumphrey /...
It comes to me that that "Yankee Chucker" that was a topic over the weekend would be just the sort of thing for making little nuts. Grab the bar stock, square...
... that way ... When you tap them before parting off from the bar, you need to drill into the bar the length of the tap, approx,by doing this you now stand...
I have used my rotary table for drilling holes in a couple of backplates, but, this weekend I used it to cut a spur gear for my lathe (actually a Grizzly...
Phil, Congratulation! I haven't done it yet, but have been threatening to...just haven't gotten up the courage yet. Your post has helped spur me on (no pun...
I make clock gears all the time. All brass, of course, all small, and all cycloid. There's an article I wrote on making my own design flycutters on my...
I would like to thank everyone also and ask a few questions. I got my RF31 the same seek as John, but he is a lot further along than I. I have assembled the...
... I am looking into buying a machine of this size and considered this one (available from GandMtools or Home and Workshop Machinery, any others?). I felt the...
John: I have looked at your web site. It is very nice. And you have made some very good looking clocks that I am sure run very accurately. I had never really...
There aren't an awful lot of people who know who John Harrison was. The GPS system lets people take a lot of miracles for granted. Mert MertBaker@... ...
The probem is RUST. The spindle sleeve goes through two bored out sections of the head casting and the portion of the sleeve above the top one is covered with...
Unfortunately, there are no good plans for any of John Harrison's clocks. It would seem to me to be a real boon if someone in the British Horological Society...
It occurs to me that there is another excellent book I can recommend: is "Wheel and Pinion Cutting in Horlogy" by J Malcom Wild (ISBN 1 861 26 245 0). The WO...
Can you see the rusted quill thru the depth indicator slot in the head casting? you should be able to, you could pull the down feed "pinion shaft" #74, (be...
Has anyone had experience with variable frequency 3-phase motors on any shop equipment. Does anyone have a source for purchasing these motors. Thanks John...
John, I got one of the VFD/3ph motor packages from Dealers Electric for my mill/drill and haven't looked back since:}) It is so nice to just twist a knob to...
I talked to Harbor Freight today and explained the situation. They told me that a truck would be sent to pick it up and would I prefer an exchange or a refund....
John, You're talking about two different pieces of equipment. A 3-phase motor, and a Variable Frequency Drive. That's what I'm running on my Enco mill, and...
Don, I don't want to disparage the 33686 because I think it is a good piece of equipment. I bought mine thinking it was the 33686 only to find out it is a...
Homier Has the same Mill for 399.00 I just bought mine and am very happy with it, and I know a lot of guys on the 7 X 10 mini lathe group that uses and are...
John You can buy a DC motor that can put out up to 2.5 HP and a controller on ebay for less than 150.00 I just got a set up to go on my South Bend 9" that...
Clint, My mill had a 220V 3-phase motor, and I only had a 220V 1-phase circuit available. I was about to buy a rotary phase converter, when somebody pointed me...
Hi John; We put a Mitsubishi VFD rated for 5HP on a circa '29 SB 15 in my neighbors shop a while back. This was used with the Westinghouse 3 phase motor that...
