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John, I feel your pain with the 3 bolt, fractional turn at a time, chuck mount system. I had such a system on my old 3 in 1. That is one reason I bought a replacement lathe (used) that had the D1-4 from the factory. Were you planning on making a whole new spindle? I think that would be...

+1 MuellerNick Yep - PoziDriv would be my guess. In addition to the screw head having the added markings, the tip angles on the screwdriver head are different than Phillips, and there are added ridges on the pozidriv tip. Images of the screw head difference: Mike

Pat, Sorry can't help with the cylinder head mounting - I only drew up the parts I'm making (so I could generate G-code for the mill). If you want I can try and have a look later. I made an assumption to get 0.875" - which could be wrong! For example the center to hole center distance is...

Pat, I drew it up in CAD and came up with .875" - I guessed it would be some fraction like 7/8" - but I can change to 0.890" - I bought 1" wide brass to work with. Dave, No worries, whatever you supply will be fine. Thanks, Mike

I just picked up some material to get started on my parts, I'll be starting with the lathe made bits first (eccentric) as I'm tweaking my mill at the moment to get a bit more accuracy and reliability out of it...these are small parts and I have too much backlash at the moment for really small...

I don't believe that they advertise them as made in Taiwan - I came very close to buying one and I was under no illusions that it was going to be made anywhere but China for the price I was paying. I don't see "Made in Taiwan" anywhere on their web page http://machinetoolonline.com/PM1236.html...

Chuck, You would probably be best off planning to make a few more parts than the minimum required. I found on the team build I did before this one that I scrapped quite a few pieces on the way to getting 10 good ones. So this time I'm aiming to start out with roughing out 15 pieces and...

Pat, No problem - I can do the eccentric as well (part #8014). I'll wait and see how the rest shapes up and if needed I can chip in with a few more of the bits not spoken for yet. Mike

I posted in the Tools sub forum about my purchase of a Standard Modern 13-34 lathe a while back. Well, now that its settled in my shop and I've put a DRO on it I'll show it off here. So here it is. I purchased the lathe without any chucks so I bought some from Grizzly - a three jaw with 2...

http://www.TheDROStore.com I bought from them just a few weeks ago and mounted a DRO2L to my lathe. I'm happy with my purchase - works great, much better than my Shumatech 350 ever did plus resolution to 2 tenths (effectively a half thou on diameter). I hear the Shumatech 550 is better (than...

Hi Maverick, The drawings show the flywheel as Steel, Iron or Bronze - so I would personally pick steel from a cost perspective, and 304 SS is also a nice choice if you don't have issues machining stainless. I to am willing to sign up to a few more small bits and pieces once Pat puts his...

I will sign up to Gerry's beam engine as the team build choice. How are we proposing dividing up the work? BTW I can volunteer for stuff that requires milling as I have a CNC mill available to me and also a manual lathe. I think I'd be happy doing something like the bearing blocks and caps...

I think I'll sit this one out if the Jan's Atkinson is selected. Nothing wrong with it but the more I think about it the less enthusiastic I am about it. I'd prefer an air or steam engine again personally as I'd like to be able to run inside without fumigating the place. Maybe a vertical or...

Excellent information, thanks for sharing. How long a run time are you up to now? Mike

I am interested - at least this time I know what I'm getting into and I have my lathe so I'm good to go. I've emailed Jan for the drawings - once I've had a look I'll be able to comment a little more intelligently. Mike

Well I thought I'd post this here to keep all this info together for anybody else who might be searching for info on these lathes. Last night I was installing my new DRO on the cross slide and I had a few minutes where I was scratching my head. Every turn of the dial is marked as 0.200" off...

Mark, I think you (or anyone else) would do well to read this write up on using carbide with home shop machines. I found it well written and very helpful, but long as he forewarns...

Here is a link to the previous discussion of this H/V mill: http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/showthread.php?t=16367&referrerid=3282 Mike

Brian, one quick thought. Are you still using the check valve in the fuel tank? Try hooking up a different fuel tank to the Traxxas carb or remove the check valve for the vapor carb and replace with a screen. I suggest this cause it sounds like the engine is running on the "prime" and when...

Well, here is todays solution. We'll see if I still like it after a few weeks. Photobucket is acting up so the pictures are below. Metric on left, followed by fractional, then letter and finally number drills. I also have a row of number drills at the back cause they are in a long holder I...