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that was mighty nice of you troyo :bow: allot of people would have put that on ebay or some such place and made all the money they could one karma point for you 8) chuck

thanks john, i never thought about drilling the hole in the center but now you mention it, it makes perfect sense. :) chuck

yes i made a bunch cause i was tired of changing out the die's EVERY time i made a bolt or threaded stud ;D and yes brian you are 100% right (as always) you can never have too many tools :big: any more got to have tools that i should make?? chuck

well i have spent the last week or so building some much needed tooling for my shop. the first is a bunch of die holders for the lathe and a close up pic tonight i just about finished my tapping stand, just have to polish it up abit and it will be done now i posted this last picture to show...

at my first job after leaving high school i had to drill 6" holes though 12" plate we had a big radial drill press. the drill bit was a spade type bit that i made. chuck

i had one of those types of mill's and i heard allot of trash talk about them and they do have their problems but after seeing what you have made on your machine it just proves it is not the machine it is the operator that makes the diffrence. good luck in finding a replacement. chuck

all the full size hit and miss engines use cast iron for there cams and cam gears. they work very well. chuck

brians yellow car ...................... yellow you mean yellow man that thing just screams fun fun fun ..........................it is one sweat looking ride..............oh sorry i just got carried away there for a second :big: :big: :big: chuck

hey steamer you might want to look at the video in post #7 on this website http://www.smokstak.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38746&highlight=slow+running+engine ................now that engine runs slooooow :o :o chuck

this post comes at just the right time for me as i am thinking about making a face plate for my 9" south bend lathe 8) the write up and the pictures will come in very handy, thanks rich. :bow: chuck

thanks for the ideas guys 8) 8) chuck

george your going to be finished before winter even starts!!! fantastic work as always :bow: :bow: chuck

20" ......holy crap i trust all is as well as can be expected?? chuck

welcome steve wEc1 wEc1 chuck

no snow here, it is 39 and calm out. dave you take care chuck

great dave.............thanks allot..........another thing on my mile and half long list of things to make :big: :big: if i ever get to the end of my list.....................who am i kidding, the list NEVER ends :o ;D thanks dave. chuck

years ago in model engineer i saw a picture of a lathe like that and i think it was called a zyto...........but i could be wronge :) in the video what exactly is the guy making??? chuck

hey guys i was just pointing out what i had found and learned so some one else did not do the same mistakes as me that's all. chuck

well i bought an sx3 mill about a year or so ago and every one i spoke to about this mill said they were a great little mill. they also told me to take it apart and clean it, well i never did take it apart until today. all the guys i asked told me that when you take it apart you will find loose...

hi Nathan.............welcome to this fine forum ;D if you let us know what kind of engine you would like (steam, i.c. ) then we can suggest a set of plans. you might want to post a short introduction and tell us about your self in the welcome section ( i think ??? ) chuck