drilling

I have a Sherline lathe, but I recently ordered some accessories from Taig. I wanted their ER-16 collet adapter(1045ER), and to make shipping "worth it" I ordered their fly cutter(1224) and faceplate angle brackets(1036) just for fun. This is about the t-nuts that came with the faceplate angle...

Hello, I'm a custom pen maker interested in replacing his mini wood lathe with a Sherline lathe. I drill holes about 15mm in diameter maximum in woods, plastics, rubbers, and non-ferrous metals. I saw that Sherline sells a morse taper #1 tailstock that can accommodate a 1-16mm drill chuck...

Hi all, hope I'm in the right forum - this is barely machining, but I need a machinist's mindset for advice. I am the metalworker for a small custom furniture shop, and lately we are making a lot more designs that rely on bolt connections rather than welding. I am able to finish the...

When drilling a part, supported by parallels in the drilling machine vice it is probable that, like me, you have had the problem of keeping the parallels away from the drill as the drill breaks through. The device in this video virtually eliminates the problem, except if any part of a holes...