Recent content by ken erickson

While I never used one I would think a built in tool/small parts tray attached along one of the top rails would be a handy addition.

Thanks for all the great suggestions and feedback guys! Next time at the land I will start measuring and looking for a place to mount the smaller aux battery and working out the wiring.

Not sure if will help with the battery charging situation but willing to give it a try!! :LOL::LOL::LOL:

Thank you sir!

I will read up on both Perko switches and isolators and running a aux battery. I am sure I will revisit this thread after familiarizing myself with the theory and hardware. Thanks! NIW mentioned cascading. Are we basically talking about wiring these two batteries in parallel , with or...

I do like the thought of smaller battery for the winch ! Thank you for the suggestion 👍😀

Friday I went down to my land to do some grapple work and mowing. I designed and built myself a seat lift due to my full time wheelchair use and paraplegia. I jumped on the lift, it raised the full height , made my transfer to the operators seat. Glow plugs for 10 or so seconds, which seemed...

Spent the weekend tent camping at my property with my grandson. Great weather and good times! Caught this young buck early Sunday morning with some interesting lighting. A bit of a mist hanging low in the air. Made for a cool picture. Later in the day caught this Great Spangled Fritillary on...

Thought of you after watching this video! Interesting gadget. RWS, thought of you when this YouTube video popped up in my feed. Interesting lathe gadget for sure! watch

Gotcha! I have had 3 different Chinese geared head lathes but did not remember the slowest speed. I think the old SouthBend lathes with back gear had about 50 RPM as the slowest speed. Sorry about crashing and no damage! Appreciate your posts and pictures as always!

Interesting how experiences vary! Out of curiosity what RPM is your head stock running when you're threading? What RPM range does your lathe have?

Second using your bucket depending on soil type etc. I dug just shy of 300 feet for a 4 inch drain using my bucket only. I was surprised at the depth I was able to achieve, and took me about 1 1/2 hours not including back fill.

Got to love it when a plan comes together! Good job :) Side note, The main reason for the 29.5 degree compound setting rather than straight in perpendicular is to reduce the cutting tool force and "generally" will give a nicer finish with less chance of chatter especially with deeper...

Bill, I think he was running the spindle in reverse with the set-up that he photographed. He mentioned he tried cutting in reverse. Bottom line is he has the angle of his compound set incorrectly and believe that will cause that step cut effect in the trial pieces.

I believe you have the compound set 29 degrees from parallel to work piece, you need to set 29.5 degrees perpendicular to work piece. A few ways to set to correct threading angle. The scale on the cross slide goes to 60 degrees. If you start with 90 degrees meaning the compound is parallel...