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Welcome! That Spitfire sounds like quite a build in itself. A 1/4 scale Merlin would be real challenge. There must be a zillion parts in one of those things! Looking forward to following along on this one.

Interesting. Thanks for posting. Are you going to make a 1/3rd scale model? :)

Thinking about how vendors and booths appear in the malls at Christmas time. A large variety of things to buy, but one of the things that fascinated me the most was the glass artist who made sculptures and blew tree ornaments as people watched. With that in mind I wonder if someone could set...

"Our hobby/activity is dying" is a lament that has been heard for many years. And it is true in so many cases. Doesn't matter if it is machining, engines, airplanes, or motorcycles. State and county fairs are suffering from the same issues. Finding those that preserve food or sew clothes is...

Just visited their site. Prices are high enough but you can't get a shipping charge without starting through the checkout process. Deal killer for me. :( Guess I will be making my own. At those prices I can afford to scrap some metal in the process.

Age old question. Buy the tool and have it to use, or make one and save the $ at the expense of time and other projects? While I have been slowly learning to grind my own HSS bits, the simplicity of these would be a big advantage. The time saved by "fixing" my grinding would probably make up...

I think most are adjustable for stroke length and speed as well as step over amount. On mine anyway, there are different pulley speeds on the drive from the motor. Then as the stroke length changes, it effectively changes the tools speed as well. Like a lathe with fixed pulley speeds you try to...

In a shaper a tool bit ground to produce a shearing action rather than a cutting action leaves a really nice finish. You have to take light cuts and a step over that is smaller than the radius of the cutter so it is slow going. Easy enough to get it started and go do something else. I wonder if...

I just spoke to one of the vendors that was at last year's show. He will be there again this year and will bring online orders to the show to save on shipping. I won't post the name or web site link unless it is OK to do so. Just a reminder to support those who support us.

Cool! Are you going to the Black Hills or Estevan shows?

Well, maybe we are kin. My great, great grandparents were from Clackmannan or (Stirling depending on who wrote the history) and Alva. Would love to visit there someday.

Bought my first lathe a couple of years ago, then picked up a mill about a year ago and got a shaper this spring. All South Bend products. Have been slowly learning how to use them. Mostly from online videos and trial and error. Lots of error.... I have a large pile of scrap metal so errors are...