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I would like that as well.

“. . .I need to make tools to make the tools to make the tools to make the parts I am making . . .” The story of my workshop life.

I also have a gear hobber. I have equipment to make my own form-relieved hobs, but only can do D.P. not module. Those I have bought on Amazon, from China. Delivery is not speedy (a couple months) but they have been good and at $80.00 the price is right. You could look there for a 24 DP hob.

Don’t worry about the mistakes, just recover and carry on. I don’t know who to credit with the following, it was on a machinist’s chart I used to have, but it is a good one to keep in mind. “Good machinists make very few mistakes. The best machinists seem to make none at all, because they are...

Sands, check your messages. I sent info and pics there.

There is a brand of belting called Bond-a-band that comes in 1/4” and 1/8”. Granger carries it, though it might be under another name. Fastenal might have it as well. Cut it to length and weld the ends by the metal plate method. I hold the plate in a vise and slide the melted ends up from...

7 1/2”, not 7 1/5

I have a 7 1/5 Atlas shaper that I am asking $850 for. I am near Corinth, Mississippi. I can’t give more details or send pics right now but will in a couple hours when I am not so tied up. Gary

I might have done that if I had moved the machine intact. (The machine had to be pulled out of a basement and the staircase was a double dogleg. The move was also several hundred miles so disassembling made the most sense.) However, by happy chance the 220 and 440 motors were the same physical...

I have a Hardinge horizontal mill which physically posed much the same problem of moving it when I got it. My solution was to disassemble it and transport it in pieces. It also had a 2hp 3 phase 440v motor. Happily, I happened to have a 2hp 3 phase 220v on hand, so I did the swap. If you...

My Atlas 7” shaper has the same ‘clutch’ Arrangement. Some years ago I added a real clutch, using the front hub from a Honda motorcycle.

I split my time between wood- and metalworking. On the woodworking side I have a vacuum system powered by a Grizzley 3hp vacuum. Included in the system is this separating canister that captures all but the sawdust, leaving only wood powder to go on to the vacuum bags. I seldom am doing wood...