I have a lathe to move soon and i wanted to make the move as easy as possible.
i will have a forkilft on both the pick up and the shop ends to assist with the heavy lifting.
sliding it into place will be a bit easier without the bulk of the forklift on the long side.
the thought is to lower the...
i recently had an itch to scratch.
i wanted a small vise, but didn't want to ignore the pile of scrap metal waiting to be re-purposed into useful things.
so i took a piece of vintage 6061 square 32mm bar and whacked a 120mm section from it
i squared the ends on the BP
i laid out the throat of...
i got a cased set of 3/4" drive sockets very cheap at Harbor Freight a few years ago.
the reason they were cheap is that the 18" breaker bar was broken
i just used an adapter and used a 1/2" breaker bar as a go around for a long time.
this time my 1/2" breaker bars were too long, 1/2" ratchet...
i got the idea to make my own dial indicator holder for my AXA toolposts
i have an modest abundance of 2" square solid 6061 aluminum in different lengths up to 5' long
it has holes and tapped holes from when it was in service as meat processing equipment,
so i cut it into differing lengths...
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