Hello everybody, I am probably putting the cart before the horse, but I just received a free engine. Pictures at http://HireWayne.com/multimachine/. I forgot...
Thanks to whoever posted the V-Mill docs. I've had one for quite a while but had not seen any info on it. I just joined this group via a reference from the...
I attempted to download the pdf file of how to make the multimachine book. I received an error machine that the file is corrupted. Can the file be replaced?...
Read the book to learn the the theory behind the MM. It really was designed for semiskilled mechanics in developing countries. I posted to Make in hope of...
Hi! I have started a new group for english and french machinist. Metal lathe and mill mods, homemade tools and machines and metal projects are welcome! ...
In a long and drugged ride back from the hospital where I had my third knee surgery (don't drop MM in lap) I had an idea about a thread follower threading...
Has anyone seen a tapping tutorial on the web? The MM has over 50 tapped holes (most are 3/8"). Nothing sets a project back more than an ugly tap broken off in...
Dear Pat and others I e mailed a email address of a company that uses Moglice after going to my e-mail site. Can anyone answer my below questions about 47...
Does this technology for castings look interesting as a means to make large objects, like a knee, with very basic tools? For example, if flat steel inserts...
After a few years of thought I just realized something. A lathe is supposed to be able to reproduce itself and so should a MM. Since the MM has a short bed,...
Where-as drilling a hole to size is always safer (more accurate) with a evenly ground or new drill bit, my question is: will drilling a, (particularly small),...
There will be additions such as a slotter and using solid MT sockets but this is it for a while. I have to have another knee operation next week. Let me know...
I have added a file called SN244inSlotter.pdf to the Files. It is a Romig-designed vertical slotter. I am working out a concept for a slotter/shaper to be...
The electronic lead screw group may not be functioning well enough to help us much. The home CNC group is growing like crazy. Merging the ideas from both...
Just realizied that I left something out of the book. When I am using the horizontal mill arbor with a chopsaw blade, I don't hold the arbor with the lathe...
Someone in my family is going to finish fixing my convoluted sentences and then I am done for a while. Next projects are publicing the sucker, an electronic...
Need a milling/drilling/grinding head that uses standard collets and is amazingly accurate? Take a look at a spin indexer. A polished steel shaft runs in a...
Pat, I was browsing in "Ron Reil's Page" when I came across a drill press that he made himself. It's similar to the Cole Drill but has variations. Ron also...
Kevin sent me a group of wonderful exploded pictures of "our" cross slide. Building one is much easier now. One of our members is starting on a Cummins based...
Guys - There's an Abene mill up for sale on ebay (just punch in "Abene" as the search term). There was some discussion, as I recall, of these machines in the...
The Openoffice to pdf conversion really made a mess with the captions and frames. I'll wait until Kevin finishes with the exploded view of our version of the...
Are there any publications that most farmers would see? Farmers must be some of the most inventive people in the world and I bet that they could come up with...
I think the Honda hit-n-miss idea is a good one due to the economy of the engines. I personally would use a 1 cylinder,2 cylinder, and then 4 cylinder...
Current people/organizations to try to contact. UN, through someone I know Brad Delong Africa and India development blogs The writers of the NPR series on the...
