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Hi Josh, Awhile ago Enco was selling 3/8 shank double ended end mills cheaply, most were Chinese of course, but I did get a couple that were marked AMTOS, Spain, the difference in quality was night and day. Just wondering if the company was still in business ? Welcome to the forum. Jim

How do these prices compare, http://www.onlinemetals.com/ Usual declaimer, no connection, just an occasional customer . Jim

If you have a loop type soldering gun ( Weller) ,try passing it through the loop. .

Congratulations Tel, all the best to the Mother and Father and have a pint for me ! :) :) :) .

A slow hand salute to those who served......

Hi Rich, There is a good article on converting the X3 to belt drive, he uses a 5mm HTD belt, the author recommends using 3mm drills I wound up using 1/8" drills and an 1/8" end mill, you will have to join the the Yahoo group to get the PDF or you can email me, this is John Stevenson's group...

Rich, My first and only foray into timing belts was converting my X3 mill to belt drive. I used a 5mm x 300mm HTD belt. I started will 3mm drill bits but wound up using an 1/8" end mill. In spite of my lack of skills it works well. I used this calculator...

Spindle taper MT4 ??? I hope that's a misprint, unless I'm missing something. http://www.grizzly.com/catalog/2011/Main/547 .

Thought you'd like to see a film of the making of steam locomotives, casting, turning and shaping . Circa 1928 Canada. http://www.cinemamuetquebec.ca/content/movies/23?lang=en .

I have two that I bought from CDCO, both JT33, a 0- 3/8" on the mini lathe and a 1/32-1/2" on the X3 , both work well, I've used 1/16" drill bits on the mill, it's dead on. Jim

I just leave one attached, it's at about the 2 o'clock position when the quill is full up.

SDP shows them in stock in 3/8 width if that helps, https://sdp-si.com/eStore/Direct.asp?GroupID=213 Jim

Is this it ? Bottom of the page, http://www.lathes.co.uk/myford/page12.html

These two articles should help, not exactly the same problem you have but a lot of details. http://www.frets.com/HomeShopTech/Projects/ViseRepair/viserepair.html http://www.docsmachine.com/projects/4vise/4vise-01.html Jim

You should be able to find all this info you need on this site. Good luck, be careful. Jim http://www.backyardmetalcasting.com/forums/index.php .

I have a 10.8V drill that I tried to use with this computer power supply hack ( be sure to read all of the notes some thing have changed) http://www.wikihow.com/Convert-a-Computer-ATX-Power-Supply-to-a-Lab-Power-Supply made all the hardware using a lever and plunger to operate the trigger for...

I bought a set of 2MT collets from LMS over 4 years ago , one of the fingers on the ½" collet broke a while back so when ordering other items from CDCO I bought a ½" collet , I would say it is a better product than the one from LMS. I have bought other things from CDCO, 5C collet blocks, ER...

Hi Brian, I have used my homemade pinch/ scissor type knurling tool quite a few times, notice I said I have used not I have knurled :) The difficult part of knurling is getting the correct diameter and that involves math or trial and error. It's a lot easier to knurl AL than steel and has been...

When I hear the word ANZAC, I'm reminded of a documentary I watched a few years ago, it was done in the style of while a photo of a battle field or men or equipment was on the screen the narrator would read an after action report or letter home. In one segment there was a photo of three young...

Hello, my name is Jim and I am a lurker, :D. According to website stats for a total 3 days, 22 hours and 56 minutes. I haven't yet built a steam/air or IC engine and by the looks of things it will be a while, I'm in the middle of another project that consumes most of my time, its a machine/tool...