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I made an individual dro for my tailstock on the Enco to do some precision drilling and reaming. Worked great! Can’t remember the reason I took it off but it hasn’t been on since. If you do go this route I would suggest making the mounts for the scale easily removable. Looked to see if I had a...

With 2hp you will have enough to enjoy the finish you can get out of carbide. Carbide likes speed and feed. How big is the spindle through hole?

Nice lathe you got there! Perfect size for a hobby lathe. How many hp? Transporting lathes is a PIA. You done good to break it down because they are top heavy.

From my water jet experience, the tubing was either 17-4 or 15-5 stainless that would handle 55,000 psi.

Seeing this same generational shift at my sportsman’s club. And I mean exactly the same!

Heck, we all rode bicycles without helmets! The nerve!

Thanks for posting Dan! This hit me right between the eyes. The story of my life has been fixing and building things and the thought of not being able to do those things never really entered my mind. To hand over that money had to hurt! I have been type two diabetic for over twenty years. One...

Updating on some progress. Painting the front end parts has probably been my least favorite thing so far. Just a PIA! But anyway, getting closer to having a 'roller' tractor.

Don’t get me wrong. I respect German engineering. But I have an engineer friend that likes to say that while the engineers were arguing the paint specs on the ME109, we cranked out a thousand B17s.😂 And then there’s Swiss engineering…

My lathe was made in Taiwan in the late seventies. For us hobby guys they are decent machines that are accurate and will last if not abused. That last statement is important! Going from a Monarch to one of these it won’t take you long to feel the difference when you start hogging away on heavy...

Is that a Monarch 10EE? That in my book is top prize of lathes! Offered to buy one from a local machine shop but the owner knew what he had. Pestered him from time to time but he wasn’t having any of it. Can’t say I blame him. Dan, you have had the pleasure of working on some exquisite machine...

I will say your list is solid! My 15x50 lathe (Enco) is my go to lathe for most projects plus it is accurate. Keep in mind most motors can be run on the lower voltage also. You just have to change up the input wires per the plate instructions on the motor.

I run my 20hp motor on the big lathe with a vfd. Your limit is depending on how many amps are available. I only have 60 amps into my shop so I programmed the vfd to start the motor over a ten second period. It ramps it up drawing only 30 amps and no load is twenty. IOW, don’t let a big motor...

I am thinking he has the antenna set for gain in the open direction for some reason

Need to know more info about the engine performance. Did it quit running? Low power? Smoking etc? Or was it running okay and a code popped up?

Varmints messing up wiring is an all too common problem these days! There is a market out there for some kind of vermin proof wiring.

This is the way the back side of the front wheel should look where the bolt goes through. But this is how the other two look. I decided to counterbore both holes on the mill and then I will make a bushing that will lightly press fit into the bore so the bolt pressure displacement is spread...

Looks like a stress riser from the weld. Possibly cracked and welded and then cracked again?