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I agree completely! ;D -another guy named Todd

What a brilliant set-up! Thm:

Aside from the lack of safety glasses it looks like a fun place to work.

This vid is a good start: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZKDZERSXOI

I never got around to changing gears on my mill as I did the belt drive very early on. However I DID do the gear change on my 7x12 lathe which is basically the same gearbox as the x2. Changing out to metal main gears was not a bad job, just make sure to take good pics of the spindle before you...

Try this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sieg-x2-mini-mill-belt-drive-conversion-kit-/251231792399?_trksid=p3284.m263&_trkparms=algo%3DSIC%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BFICS%252BUFI%26otn%3D21%26pmod%3D251231611126%26ps%3D54

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I have worked in production shops on lathes up to 48" swing where big beefy carbide is the rule. Now that I am retired and running my own lathe (12x36) I have re-discovered the joys of a good HSS parting tool. I am not talking about the crappy Chinese flat blades. I grind my own out of 1/2"...

Take a look at this: http://www.frets.com/HomeShopTech/Products/JackTheGripper/jackthegripper.html

Made it as far as: "Makes my farts sound louder. The hair must have acted as a interlocking silencer.. I give this the big thumbs up. 5/5" and nearly threw up I was laughing so hard!! :big:

Well, my 2 piece vise from Enco arrived. I didn't get any before pics because I was in a hurry to start tweaking it. As with most things Chinese it was HORRIBLY out of square. I had to take almost .050" off the bottoms just to get full contact with the mill table. This is the reason that most...

Brothers in arms mate...brothers in arms! :bow:

If you can scratch the gear bore with a file you can cut it with carbide.

Guess what I just broke down and bought...a 2 piece milling vise. :big:

What mill are you using it on?

Folding guitar? Would love to see a write-up on that!

...well...it's going to be different for everyone. There is, for all of us, that one tool or accessory that we have always drooled over. One piece of kit that we are always looking at but never seem to drop the cash for. What is the one thing that you think would make your shop complete? On...

Does it make me evil because I was expecting there to be ants involved? :big:

On a hunch I called a local auction house to see if they had any Steelcase desks in storage somewhere. Sometimes they won't sell at one auction so they buy them for a buck or two and when they get a pile they have an in-house sale. They just had that sale 2 weeks ago and sold everything they...

1/16" drill rod? These guys ship to Canada quite happily: http://www.onlinemetals.com/merchant.cfm?pid=4652&step=4&showunits=inches&id=160&top_cat=1354