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The company I worked for in the 90's had some lineshaft equipment which was probably originally powered by steam, but had a motor when I was there. The work I was doing in Wales was related to consolidating operations between Wales & the U.S.: the lineshatft system was offered, but it was...

Never visited, but drove past many times on my way from Manchester to Caernarfon. Was different seeing lathes, milling machines & drill presses fitted with the hydraulic motors. In the office they had a ceiling fan with an air motor, and a floor lamp that was a Propane bottle with a small pipe...

Welcome to the Forum! Where in Wales? I visited North Wales many times in the late 90’s. Here in central Pennsylvania diesel-driven hydraulics is commonly used by the Amish with hydraulic motors to power machine shops as they don’t require electricity. Charlie

Accusize 5" 3-Jaw Chuck Fitting Part 1 Part 2 now available (shorter video than Part 1):

Accusize 5" 3-Jaw Chuck Fitting Part 1 Part 1 is live on YouTube! Please like and leave comments on YT. Questions are always welcome on YT and here.

New Video Setup While the video walkthrough of my shop wasn't terrible, I wasn't 100% happy with the quality. So I dug out my Panasonic HDC-TM41 Video Camera (yes, decade-old technology, and maximum is "only" 1080p [720 if editing with iMovie], but easier to use [maybe?] than 1080p or 4K on my...

Loc-Line Vacuum Hose Installations I previously posted (somewhere) the Loc-Line hose with the large/wide nozzle at my Mini-Mill: And now have finally finished the one for the Mini-Lathe: This one snakes behind the lathe and has a tapered nozzle (can swap the nozzles, but not an easy...

Try this link And welcome to the Forum. I’m in the Harrisburg area, feel free to pm with questions. Charlie

Thanks for your interest. The tool holder size is 0XA: what size is your tool post? Typically 0XA is the biggest you can effectively use on a 7x mini lathe.

UPDATED 1/18/24: Some items sold, please see below for remaining items: While I did sell a few excess (yes, you can have excess stuff, just not very much) items at the Cabin Fever Consignment last week, there are still a couple of bargains available: 7x16 Mini-Lathe Backsplash (holes fit 0XA...

Very clever use of the clamps!

1/6 scale! Those aren't models, they're toys for the grandkids (but much too nice for them to play with).

The most used piece of equipment in my shop is Shop-Vac: Red hose comes from the pickup tool, feeding a cyclone and dropping the heavy stuff into the black metal bucket; the black hose then feeds the vacuum which exhausts through a silencer. I empty the bucket periodically (it never gets more...

Very nice, multi-function shop, Motti. I now have competition for the cleanest, most organized shop! What is the flooring material? Charlie

Getting off to a slow start; organized (and labelled!!) my insert screw collection:

Hi, Matti – welcome to the Forum! You're work is beautiful.

As the video is getting a good reception I am planning on producing more showing the details of what in some of the storage boxes & drawers, and am also considering videos of work in process. I'll also start posting more photo's of my creations (no models or engines, but I think will be of...

I refer to the surface plate in this quick sequence: it turns out that the corrugated tray used to pack No. 10 cans is the perfect size for a 12" x 18" x 2" plate: The Starrett box is a re-purposed 1"— 6" micrometer box that holds various tools for use with the surface plate. The stuff on the...

Well . . . the TV is basically a large monitor that can be used with the laptop for viewing drawings, watch YouTube videos while doing something on the low bench or seeing images from a USB Microscope – that's why it's on a swing-arm mount. But I guess that doesn't explain why it has a ROKU...

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