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I know next to nothing, but what depth of cut are you using? Former aviator, cool engine to be building! Ron

FWIW. I use the |Good|Quick|Cheap| you can have any two model. Which two are selected can and does change depending on what I need when and if I have the skills to do what I want. They have changed more now that I'm retired. I still destroy more material than usable, and for the reasons given...

My pleasure. Hope it wasn't disappointing news.

I've not completed any engine work to be honest, I am still learning how to not butcher every piece of material I touch. But I've had a long time interest in the Monitor and that's what lead me here. When I saw the thread, and having had several conversations with Todd while admiring his work, I...

Todd updates his Instagram fairly regularly. He purchased a new to him place for home & shop last year and that has occupied most of his time. He recently posted a model he completed for a client, and he is now the "on call" technician for the rolling ball sculptures at Boston/Logan airport...

Link to the Buffalo Springfield Roller Co. page at Vintage Machinery.

Looks very spify! Fun video, nice shop. Great set of successful subprojects!

You might find purchasing a one year subscription with access to now several years of digitalized back issues your best bargain. You will also, I believe, get access to the now-discontinued Digital Machinist. At least I do with my subscriptions to two of their other magazines.

Good deal!

Coming along nicely!

LOL, Bozo is the clown who shows up in the shop and ham handily screws things up. I agree with the run on paragraphs. The mill is a Clausing 8511, shipped with a factory installed Bridgeport M Head and, best I can tell, the 1/2 motor. The biggest collet is 1/2" so a bigger motor really isn't...

Thanks Dave. I do OK with electricity, minor programming, but other than that it's usually an exercise resulting in losing the magic smoke. I had a couple of motors before I moved from free treadmills, but the controllers, at least then, were the problem. The treadmill boards were fully...

What do you use for a controller?

Belfair is actually on the Olympic Peninsula straight up Rt. 3 from me, ~ :30 minutes. --- "Yes but . . . " I started to type up the whole issue. Not the same, just another tale of cascading problems. I got the mill with a foot pad motor half installed on a shop made bracket to hold the motor...

Ah, sorry. Same problem, need my mill to fix my mill. It may be an unfortunate case of poor hardening/tempering. You might want to explore taking the shaft to a motor shop, may be common enough they have a routine fix. I have an original M-head 1/2 hp motor with an old 3/4" shaft. Motor is at...

Dave, interesting idea and food for thought. Sorry, but rather then venture guesses, I'll ask what is the full intent? ----------------------------- After I wrote the above, I did a reverse image search. The original poster listed the the below as the intent. Is it correct to assume you have the...

A recommendation I have followed for all steel on my lathe is cheap, parifin in the US, candles. No odor, re-solidifies so very easy to clean up. Also handy for dripping wax on magnets to clean off swarf. Ron

FWIW. I ran a BP M-head as others mentioned on the ~ middle pulley set, no problems. As screening criteria I suggest you consider this: The manual is available to be read before purchasing. The really cheap units often don't and my experience is unhappy surprises. Can you figure out how to make...

OK, officially brain dead. No idea how I misread this. Crawling back in my hole . . .

Logan QCGB required gears, only 2 come from a plain geared lathe for the most common threads. Standard 42 Yes LP-1059 48 54 Yes LP-1070 66 LP-1060 72 Yes LP-1075 Shaft Pitch Head Gear M2: 0.4mm 4mm M2.5: 0.45mm 5mm M3: 0.5mm 5.5mm M4: 0.7mm 7mm 42 M5...