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Fusion 360, as retired hobbiest (free). Use for tool paths for my Tormach PCNC mill... John

Check feeds and speeds for the size drill you use (just about all my holes are drilled on the Bridgeport, my import drill press is generally much too fast). Avoid cheap Chinese and Indian drills. Do not expect things like angle iron taken from bed frames to be 'mild steel'. Material with a...

Right click the Setup1 and select edit. I had a setup or two until this clicked in... John

I also have a pile of useless (to me) chuck jaws, but need to know what yours look like to compare. (And ebay always has chuck jaws listed, but the same problem, they don't tell you the critical dimensions.) Also, Buck exists, but being a Hardinge company, you will have to dig deep...

To disassemble or re-assemble lathe spindles, don't beat on it but pull instead with a threaded bar and washers/spacers. Here's pulling spindle out of a 9" South Bend. Re-assemble in reverse order... John

Odd spindle tapers can be worked with. I also have a 1951 Index 55 vertical mill that originally had a B&S #9 taper, Available but certainly not falling out of trees like R8! Wells-Index took my quill with spindle, checked out that the bearings were in good shape and ground an R8 into it. It...

Thanks Charles. Should have read my Ian Bradley Screw Threads and Twist Drills! John

While we are on the ME threads, are they 55 deg Whitworth or 60 deg??? I have pretty much a full set of taps and dies to 9/16. Mostly English but some US. Wondering if the English are 55 and the US 60 degrees. The US are not marked 'ME'. My current Stuart beam engine has 10-32 for 2BA, 5-40 for...

I fiddled with a 1941 M Head s/n BH-663 for years, cleaned up the rust and grease but never did operate. When a nice late 1950's BP J head came up for sale with a equally nice South Bend 13", both very well tooled for $5K, SWMBO OK'd the purchase. Professional machinery movers got them safely up...

HTRAL: The previously South Bend book "How to Run a Lathe". The cone pulley needs to get oiled very time you run the lathe in back gear. South Bend later changed to a special grease that lasted about a half year because they were seeing damage from folks not oiling the spindle and/or back gear...

The pin on the bull gear is the only 'key' to allow the cone pulley to drive the spindle. Pull the pin to engage back gears, push the pin into the cone pulley hole with the back gears out for direct drive. The cone pulley should be a rolling fit on the spindle, usually bronze bushed. Maybe the...

The same Taiwan factory probably made the same or very similar lathes for Enco, Jet and other distributors. So you can expand your search criteria. My Enco is very similar but is a 12"/36". I think the closest I got to a manual was for the Jet. Your Select also looks like an Asian copy of the...

Square is true on the beam engine, the locomotive is maybe 50/50 or maybe a little more hex than square. John F

Yes, you can buy USA made quality socket head cap screws for better price than scale, but on a 1800's beam engine or 1920's scale locomotive??? Not on mine. John

How about American MODEL Engineering - support the hobbly... https://godshallscustommachining.com/collections/frontpage/fasteners#MainContent John F

Does the spindle just have the dowel in it or is the dowel in a collet? (Assuming the spindle is R8.) The wood should be easy to drill out (don't nick the spindle taper or collet). If the wood was in a collet, after the wood is removed knock the collet out with the drawbar, or use a brass bar...

Not just software. I had an HP scanner that was fine for what I was using it for. Comes Windows 10 and the scanner no longer works. Ask HP if a Win10 driver was available. No. Interestingly, a third party was selling a driver (for $75!) to allow it to run. Last HP device I'll own...

Hanson supplied the rivets and some tooling for our Bill Harris Steam Roller project at the local JC...

For rivets and similar fasteners I like Hanson Rivet & Supply Co John https://www.hansonrivet.com/?gclid=CjwKCAjwwMn1BRAUEiwAZ_jnEhfdA99hH08WoX96nmbWiQhU1H7Ogg6saxEi8wUeR6YYrXVnNUDLLBoC9rEQAvD_BwE

Yes, I see a 1" bar of the stuff is about $ 60 per foot ( McMaster-Carr ) For now I've worked out the groove dimensions for the iron rings (which I have). I've gapped them in the bore about 0.006", they are 0.0625" wide and 0.045" thick. I've got a 0.006" groove side clearance and about 0.005"...