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Definitely a necessity. Mine get used as work stops, work supports for long work, end drilling, and as a subplate in the vise. Here's a Rube Goldburg setup for truing up an awkward cross-slide nut. Here I use the angle plate as a subplate.

Zinc can be mixed with copper to make spelter ( solder ). It is used as is by riggers to fix fittings to cables. Old school galvanizing was done by putting the work with some powdered zing in a tumbler and heating to 350F. Someday I'll find an interesting use for the bar that's in my collection.

That's an awesome idea! I always got a couple of those laying around. Never thought of it.

Nice. I'm sure that will come in very handy.

Thanks for straightening me out. Then I'll be sticking with the 90 wt then. From what I understand though the way oils have 'stickyness' enhancers so they don't run off the machine. Do you have any info on this?

Thanks gunboat, love those old PopSci issues: I've used that but not as often as one would think. Problem is, it requires the faceplate to be mounted. Most often, when I need a quick and dirty, I don't want to take the three-jaw off. So I need something with a long stud to engage the jaws on...

That's a far better selection that I have and I've been collecting for quite some time. Of course I burn them up faster than I buy them :o My daily drivers are 3/8", 1/2" and 3/4" cobalt roughers, 3/8" and 1/2" HSS two flutes for AL, 3/8" and 1/2" HSS four flute for steel. Mixed in with some...

That is troubling. Well fitted cast iron slides with proper lubrication should slide with little effort. The stick after stopping is due to a breakdown in the oil layer either due to too thin an oil or a poor fit. This is why a frosted surface is preferred, the small grooves hold oil better. I...

That has happened to me so many times on different forums. I'm much more likely to type my posts into Notepad now. I just lost an answer I wrote to someone on the Q&A forum because I hit Preview instead of Post and then walked away from the computer. I hope his life won't be sorely disadvantaged...

Important safety tip here. The fumes from heating have the ability to glue your eyelids to your eyeballs. Very painful. Flushing the eye doesn't seem to help but your eye doctor or local emergency room have a solution that makes it better real quick so don't delay in treatment. I repeat, the...

lathe nut; Do you have a picture of your Sebastian? I would like to see it. Mine is a 12"x36". It's got an upgraded three jaw, a four jaw, a steady and a non-functional taper attachment. I've been told it's a model that was made for the war effort but I have no proof of that. It used to have...

Now that's one clever gremlin! Maybe your gremlins are trying to tell you they need more offerings of hot buns?

Two days ago I had just finish a long drawn-out, multi-day, session on a new part for my lathe restoration. You know the kind with multiple setups that never seem to go right. Four different setups and one part redesign later I finally had the part finished. I had to shorten up some screws so I...

Been enjoying lurking here lately so I thought I'd sign up. Love the hints and tips section and the OOPs's. I'm just you're basic retired lathe and mill man ( three lathes and one mill, last count, ) was trained as an EE and am a school trained welder. My ongoing projects include restoring...