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For anyone wanting to order the HFT the coupon code is "81075524". Alan

I feel your frustration. In some of Elmer's drawings the measurements are taken from both the edge and the center line. Alan

Tubal Cain has a book?!? hehehe I had to do that. This slipped past me till now. Another useful tool from the Tin Falcon. Alan

Bead blasting would should mask the tool marks and leave it looking like it was cast.

Solver, You're pretty much correct. I upgraded the memory due to IE8 freezing after eating up my 512GB of ram. After that came the overheating. The folks at Crucial gratiously replaced the memory including return shipping. (A+ E-tailer) Still no happiness. About the epiphany I mentioned...

That's some hot rod you have there John. I built my very first computer. It is a FIC 503a board with a AMD 350MHz processor. I pushed the core voltage and the FSB to bring it up to about 630 MHz with liquid cooling. By today's standards it's like running on steam. I still have it and will fire...

Hiya Folks, I have an Acer Extensa 4620Z that has serviced me well since new. When forced to upgrade to IE8 I found it needed more ram. 2GB from Crucial did the trick to feed the memory hungry IE8. A few weeks go by and I am now experiencing random shutdowns due to overheating while surfing...

Paolo, Congratulations. When someone retires from the tunneling industry with all their appendages it is truly a time for celebration. Alan

Awesome John, This brings to mind something my father once said. (I'll probably get it wrong) Any cutting action is actually a burning action. I has something to do with heat created by friction which actually melts the material being cut. I don't claim to know the science behind it but...

Ha! Seller stakes he has sold well over 500 copies of these plans. At $7.00 each it still is probably not worth the effort. Time for a blanket party. Alan

Good going Teach.

Looking good Brian. I have to remember that the face plate isn't just for wood.

Far be it from me to critisize anyone from applying a variation to a theme but the technologies are anything but new. In fact, I actually admire people like this. Fifty years ago the Big 4 and the oil conglomerates would have either bought this idea and moth balled it or killed this man for...

Congratulations Jason. Your Benson is a beautiful machine and a good runner. Alan

You have raised the bar once again. I especially like that the engine has some work to do. I hate it when a capable engine is collecting unemployment compensation. Alan

Thanks Simon, The credit really goes to RysiuM at the GrizHFMininill group. If I had to change anything I would put #40 struts instead of the #55 ones. I would have to buy them. Alan

I like it!!!

Brian, You are methodical and meticulous with all that you do. From your career as a designer, hot rod building, to hobby machining. I would be very surprised to find you are at fault here. I went back and had a second look at your fitting. Besides 1 or 2 being a tad off center they look...

Tech100, There is quite a bit of lifting force. The #55 struts were salvaged from an old truck tool box and were my favorite price. Is a positive lift better than a floating balanced head? I don't have the answer to that. At this point "head drop" is no longer a worry. Your milage may vary. Alan

Eric, With the Z-rack extended above the column the head has a full 12" of travel. The gas springs I used have a seven inch travel allowing me to be preload them. You can see the 3/8" eye bolt and threaded coupler I used for loading the springs. My original thoughts were to use to dual rate...