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So when I was teaching I had students making hammer heads cold chisels 1,2,3 blocks all heat treated in an eclectic oven we used stainless foil wrapped part then we put some folded up paper in and sealed up the foil package put in oven cooked or soaked for 1hr per inch of thickness worked great...

You could make the collets out of Drill Rod you can machine then heat treat with a torch it comes in oil hardening and water hardening or you can get a product called Kasenite may be misspelled I have used it for years works great. Mike

So years back I had my wood shop and machine shop in the same space, it didn't take long for me to realize that the dust collected on the lathe and mill and it became a reall pain in my side. If at all possible I would seperate the two shops. I have a very large dust collection system in the...

Well 12k is what I paid for my Haas TM1 it also came with kurt vise and two dozen tool holders and collets so very well outfited. One of the best features is it will run on standard 220 single phase power. The only Item that I had to add was a larger air compressor to run the tool changer...

Hello I aggree with tihe the Haas TM1. I purchased a used machine several years ago, it is in great condition and very solid. I love its table size and I have had zero problems with it. I has a very solid spindle and it has a 10 tool turrett 40 mm taper. I looked at the Tormach and the...

Hello Dan Mike Frick here, so Im currious what deg you set your cam lobs on the intake and exhuston your Frisco. I have set the intake at 10 deg before top dead center and the exhust I have set at 40 deg before bottom dead center. The engin runs fairly well but Im thinking I can fine tune the...

The pattern left on the material is casued by the gears in machine It is a gear pattern mike

Un able to open DWG file I would like to connect via Email Mike

Hello so I really like this engine design and would love to build one. Are there plans available of the midget gas engine Mike

It will take a lot of heat to melt the silver solder joints due to the fact that you will have water in the boiler and the mass of the boiler will be a large heat sink dissipating the heat very rapidly, try to melt a joint that has been silver soldered and you will see that it takes a lot of...

Well I paid 12k for the Haas TM1 and I have had zero problems with it. I gets lots of use. I would love to have a CNC lathe we had a Haas GT10 chucker with 8 tool turret great little machine we ran the wheels off of it and had zero problems with it, having students hammering away on it shows...

So I too looked at the Tormach mill and I decided to go with a used 2002 Haas TM1 the machine that was in great condition. It use 220 single ph power and has a 40 mm taper which handles the larger tooling and a tool turret that holds 10 tools. I like its table size and how solid it is . Put...

So with bolts and heavy washers they clamp the two sides and limits movement and they stay in place not like spacers which have a tendency to fall out unless glued in. Mike

Well the best method that I have found that works for me is to rough out the journal area by sawing the excess material out then put a bolt with washers on either side to hold the area rigid while machining the other journal, then move the bolt to the newly machined journal and clamp then...

When making a dead center to go into the lathe chuck it is best to machine the end that goes in the chuck with a shoulder then chuck on that surface and machine the point on other the should prevents the center from slipping in the chuck when pressure is put on it from the tailstock and or...

Well I have a good lesson for all. While serving my apprentice back in the 60's I observed one of the machinist running a horizontal mill with a large slitting saw reach between the overarm and mandrel to adjust the coolant hose, the cutter caught his coverall sleeve pulling his arm in running...

Well I looked hard at purchasing a Tormach when I retired 6 years ago. Having left teaching Machine Tool Tech program and having three Haas machines I had to look at coast and reliability I found a Haas TM1 VMC with tool changer with low hours and in very good condition the machine is real...

So I bent all the tube for my Snow Engine by filling the tubs with lead worked great, you need to make a set of bending dies once the tube was bent heat to melt the lead out. With out the lead I too had nothing but kinks. Years ago we used fine sand packed into copper tube to bend it for use...

Hello Mike Frick here and I am looking for plans for the Fairbank engine I would love to have a copy of the plans. My email address is [email protected] Mike

Hi Bruce Very nice work I would love to build one. I would like to know where you got the plans for your engine? Mike