I can only say a couple of words here. It is best if at all possable to have the lead screw gearing in a direct relationship to the lathe head itself. I guess...
Hi Pat This is Bobby Ellington.I called you about the video last week.I believe before the hurricane hit us.Any idea on when it will be ready? I am pretty...
KT I agree that it wouldn't thread at this state but power feed is a wonderfull thing. Now that the drive is motorized it is not a big step to add a pc and a...
My 2 bits about a "new" machine. A short but heavy elevating bed with fine power feed to raise,lower and check level. Swing would be 24"(partly necessary...
Pat I like the laser idea. it could be incorporated in the bed and possibly be used to measure the work piece diameter. The current sensors tend to be robust...
Hi Bobby The Apple has not crashed in 24 hours so I am back to work on the movie. There is a lot of work that you can do first. First, can you afford $120 for...
Jeff, This is wonderful! I am a lost ball in high weeds with a Mac. The $50 program I am trying to use is Photo to Movie. It turns out a "Ken Burns" type of...
Everybody is welcome to pitch in on this. Build water and irrigation pumps. Make parts for water well drilling machines. Combine with blacksmithing to make...
In trying to finish the **** movie, I made this checklist. It's kinda interesting but probably hard to understand since I wrote most of it for myself. ...
Pat- As for the waste vegetable oil coolant, I'm thinking you're probably looking at converting it to biodiesel. Try this link for a whole pile of info on...
Thanks Kevin This is what I sent. "Hello Kieth I have the site Multimachine.net and I run the Yahoo group "multimachine". We have developed and built an ...
Pat - Here are the links to the single-flute end mill info. Here: http://gorton- machine.org:8080/machines/manuals/base_mill_manual/page25.html and here: ...
Joseph Horner's Practical Metal Turning is the best Lindsay book for people like us us that I have ever seen. I have a foot high stack of these books and often...
Hello, Have you looked at the waterpump ideas that have already been worked on? http://journeytoforever.org/at_waterpump.html Infomation on waterpumps and...
Thanks Joe There are also some terrific links on the site also. On a related subject, I was at a party Sunday and was talking to a prominent banker about the...
I wish I had some kind of a prize to offer so that I could have a contest. The contest would be about ways to make and use a boring/drilling machine that would...
Don't miss 2 of Jeff's earlier ideas that are in "photos". His disk brake temporary lathe is the easiest one to build and should work great. Just build or buy...
I'm a member of this group, but everything in the "Members Only" area is are ghosted - I can only get at "Messages" and "Post". I can't see anything in the...
Good plan. It worked! Thanks Videollama ... From: multimachine@yahoogroups.com [mailto:multimachine@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Pat Delany Sent: Saturday,...
theres a good free book on machine design on the million book project website. there is also a 1300 page book called texbook of mechanical enginering that's...
Rick, How do you download it? David Lee ... From: multimachine@yahoogroups.com [mailto:multimachine@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of rick Sent: Sunday, October 16,...
Last night I got my xmas present on EBAY. It's a rusty Cole drill. I have wanted one since I first saw one on Pierre Leutard's site. The idea of being able to...
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I downloaded both books, but used Mozilla Firefox because they do FTP etc. better than Internet Explorer. Dave Foreman ... From: "rick" <rgbai42@...> To:...
Hi fellows. I haven't been around for awhile due to some health problems. Pat, I am sure that you will like your Cole drill. I have one that is similar (also...