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I see/hear people say this with some regularity, but I've yet to see the evidence of this myself. It's certainly possible that they can, but are there any circumstances under which they would choose to? I'm not so sure. Certainly in consumer goods, it's not a matter of "are you willing to pay...

It would take an impressive bearing failure to go from running without making horrible noises, to completely seized instantly. While that can't be ruled out, if it's not a TEFC or other sealed-unit motor, the first thing I'd look at would be for some bit of swarf that got dislodged during your...

I told her "no loose clothing in the shop" and she complied -- what's a guy to do? Will

I gotta tell you, on that front, some of us have got it hard man...

If your electrical wizard has some motor start caps laying around, suggest that he isolate the motor and wire it up with an impromptu self-starting-static type "phase converter", just to see if it spins up. Couple caps, some 10ga jumpers and some spade terminals would do it. Walk that...

I'm pretty sure my Zephyr is able to run either normal blades or band files. I will admit to it being a completely unfounded assumption on my part that other DoAll models were convertible! Might not be proper to call the Zephyr a "normal bandsaw" though :) Will

You should check out what DoAll was up to, when they were really serious about the contour-saw thing. This thread on PracticalMachinist is a good resource: Contour bandsaws - what does that mean? Their lineup included full-power feed for the table, and a special "steering" device to help you...

Thanks Ray, It'll take me some time to parse and digest your response, but I want to really thank you for not taking the question the wrong way. Professionally I am occasionally a physicist, so I'm familiar with the definitions and behaviors of the idealized components (though my physics is...

Would you mind explaining exactly what you mean here? I've seen more than a few people mention "inrush current" with inductors (coils), but inductors display the antithesis of inrush current. Inductors resist rapid changes in current, generating EMF that "tries" to keep di/dt small. They...

North Carolina is not way-too-far-away, it's practically next door :-) My XLO came to Ohio from New Jersey, and I picked my Giddings & Lewis hor-bor up from NC. A road-trip is a minimal markup for as much more tool as your $ would get you here, compared to a similarly-priced, untooled bench...

I'm sure it's just a typo but, that's backwards.... Current lags voltage by 90deg in a purely inductive circuit. Current leads voltage in a purely capacitive circuit...

Just in case anyone is unfamiliar with that mill and on the fence - think Bridgeport and a half... Assuming the wear is within reasonable limits, it's quite the machine for $2000, especially since it's almost free given the tooling and accessories Paul is including. I have its twin, only with...

I disagree with a great many things, but this does not necessarily make me right. For simplicity of illustration, ignore deformation/non-point contact patches. These actually do complicate things somewhat. Take two horizontal, parallel infinite planes, and place a ball between them in contact...

Just... Wow. I have never in my life been so happy to live in a pretentious little upstart of a colony that decided that they'd had enough of this! Will Ray

"Better" is in the eye of the beholder. My Proto & Wright maintenance tool set is almost infinitely "better" than my Leatherman if one just compares features, but which one is in my pocket when the car-park gate won't open at 2:00AM, and security isn't answering the phone? Bridgeports/clones...

I'm pretty sure the Deckel FP1 and FP2 make the typical bridgeport look positively huge, while easily eating the bridgeport's lunch on rigidity and ultimate flexibility. I would love to have an FP2 in the shop.

I started life with an Ex-Cell-O variable-speed-head turret mill (Bridgeport style, only a bit chunkier), and have since acquired a few "real" mills, including a ram-type universal (Van Norman). I find that I use the Ex-Cell-O less and less for milling, and more and more, as a glorified drill...

Thank you sir. This is a bit of a long-term project, as most of my space and time is currently occupied with trying to build a decent door for my secure-storage space and get a couple other doors and windows into the new shop building. Once I have room and time to experiment, I will definitely...

Hennie, Would you be so kind as to suggest how this information might be integrated with your suggested recipe for trying to salvage my well-cooked HSS tooling? If grain growth from baking can potentially be corrected by cryo-soaks, it seems like I should give the process every possible...

In all fairness, dsage's suggestion was to use the tempering colors rather than the black-body radiation colors as a cross-check. In addition to tempering colors, and going up to temperatures considerably above the canonical steel tempering colors, there are these neat temperature-check crayons...