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I have a bench top Mill/drill similar size to the sieg x2 and am thinking of geting a boring head to make larger holes upto 40mm, and wonder if a small mill is capable of useing a boring head as whenever i use a onesided type of cutter or countersink the machine wobbles a bit and clearly is not...

I have just got this new lathe and am very pleased with it but soon found the toolpost supplied ment a lot of packing pieces would be needed for all the tools i have. I did'nt want to buy a QCTP as i would need so many extra holders. So i thought i would try and use the system I had on my...

I have a Warco wm14 mill which i like very much and having used it for a while I have decided to try and make a power feed. I am using a spare small drill screwdriver as i think they contain many of the qualities you need, such as 2speeds slow and medium, a clutch in case of a jam up, and a...

Hi I was going to add this to the my lathe thread but i thought it might get lost in there. I am thinking it would be very usefull to have a small review of individual machines so anyone thinking of buying a new lathe can look up that model and get first hand opinion of that machine. So i`m...

Have you ever felt you have taken on more complex project than you planed, when i started this model 4 months ago i had no idea how long it would take and i did`nt make it easier by scratch building instead of buying the castings. I had seen pictures of the castings but thought they looked a bit...

I`m in the process of building Lady stephanie Beam engine by Tubal Cain and have decided to make as many parts as i can from scratch as i`m not impressed with the quality of the castings supplied by Reeves. I`m working on the beam which has a curved shape with a radius of approx 550mm and i will...

Hi I have Warco DRO with attached readouts fitted to my Mill and wonderfull as they are to use there are some functions i do not understand, as there were no instructions and Warco don`t supply any. As you can see in my pic they read in MM and inch with fractions which is very usefull and there...

I have recently finished Gerry`s Beam engine and while i was working on the cylinder ports i thought i would start with just one hole instead of the 3 in the plan, as this may help it to run slowly as it should. I made the valve in the conventional way by carefull milling with a tiny end mill...

I would like to show my part finished Beam engine from Gerry`s plans, it`s taken quite a time and i`m pleased to get this far and have something that starts to look like a machine. I decided to make the frame in wood in the hope it would look more authentic, this one needs to be stained and...