MachineJunkie

The melting went pretty smoothly. They made a crucible by tig welding a piece of steel plate onto the bottom of a 8" length of 2" diameter iron pipe. They put the babbit inside and heated it thru the side with a torch burning oxygen and natural gas from the street (+- 3psi). Once it melted...

Thanks for the advice everybody! If we had a few of you in our shop we could really get stuff done. The shop I work in is ghetto as hell so we don't have any acetelene as Pete suggested, insurance reasons I think. We ended up using a can of silicon/styrene mould relese and it worked fine. I was only...

Does anyone have any suggestions on what to use as a release agent on a steel shaft when pouring a one piece babbit bearing?
I'm having a hard time finding the whale oil lamp smoke perscribed by my handbook.

My girlfriend's sister and her husband live in Germany with the military, so I could call on them to do a little leg work on my behalf but I figure i'd have to go to Germany at least the first time to make connections and learn how things are done over there. The 16% VAT is included in the purchase ...

I've noticed a better selection of machinery at lower prices on german ebay (ebay.de) and I'm conducting an experiment to determine I can justify the cost of a 10'x20' transatlantic shipping container. Don't get me wrong, I love American cast iron, especialy Moaks and the mighty Oliver 88. But anyon...

Does anyone have a small power feeder to sell? I rip alot of brass on a tablesaw and hand feeding is just no fun. Power and quality are secondary to cheapness in this case. By the way I'm also in the market for a decent 6-8" jointer to give as a gift, so once again, cheapness is key. thanks, bw...

The screws that hold the sub base on are metric but all the depth adjustment graduations are fractional. The standard collet is 1/2". You have to buy the 1/4" seperately, but it's available.

My fein RT1800 is one of only two handheld power tools I don't regret buying. I've been merciless to it for the last four years (I used it with a 4" cut length x 1.5" dia. carbide tipped spiral bit to trim thick mahogany doors to height) and it's still going. It's not much more money than ...