Projects

I also have several drill presses and some very small lathes including a vintage craftsman with about a 6 inch swing. There are also project machines including a 10 inch Atlas with 36 inches between centers, and some crazy stuff just lying around.

Of course, machines can not be run with out the proper tools or lathe accessories. This would include 3 and 4 jaw chucks, boring bars and attachements, and collets for precision work. Some machines feature steady rests, and or followers. The 9 inch turret is all change gears but the 10 & 14 have the famous quick change gear box. Using the proper settings you can machine threads down to 480 threads per inch on the Heavy 10 lathe!

Also lying around the "home shop" are micrometer sets from 1 to 6 inches. My micrometer collection includes digital ones up to 2 inches. I also have blade mics, depth mics, and micrometer heads too!

There are boring gauges, feeler gauges, dial indicators, precision calipers and other stuff I probably don't remember I have.

One of my favorite prized instrument tools is - a Mitutoyo zero to one spherical digital micrometer head ( for say a spherometer ) accurate to 50 millionths of an inch!

The other prized tool is a Starrett Master Precision 199Z Level 15 inches long accurate to 0.0005 inches! A level such as this can set machines up to outstanding performance, or check the surface flatness in perhaps lapped work.

pieces in both new and "scrape yard" versions. I travel a lot in Western Pa and have my favorite yards from New Castle to Washington, Pa!

My stainless collection is mostly in round stock from less than 2 inches to over 4 inches in diameter. The large 3.5 inch stainless shafts pictured will eventually become part of the 16 inch Newtonian Cassegrain I always talk about. That instrument will feature solid # 304 alloy stainless steel shafts housed in seamless stainless steel tubing! That telescope mount will far exceed any commercial mount made on the market due to the expensive cost of stainless steel !


		I have a small collection of lathes - a 9 inch turret , a Heavy 10 and a 14 inch x 40 in my home shop. At times I have access to machines with a swing of 18 inches and more!! At some point I will complete the purchase agreement on the larger machines but first I need to find more room! I also have several drill presses and some very small lathes including a vintage craftsman with about a 6 inch swing. There are also project machines including a 10 inch Atlas with 36 inches between centers, and some crazy stuff just lying around. Of course, machines can not be run with out the proper tools or lathe accessories. This would include 3 and 4 jaw chucks, boring bars and attachements, and collets for precision work. Some machines feature steady rests, and or followers. The 9 inch turret is all change gears but the 10 & 14 have the famous quick change gear box. Using the proper settings you can machine threads down to 480 threads per inch on the Heavy 10 lathe! Also lying around the "home shop" are micrometer sets from 1 to 6 inches. My micrometer collection includes digital ones up to 2 inches. I also have blade mics, depth mics, and micrometer heads too! There are boring gauges, feeler gauges, dial indicators, precision calipers and other stuff I probably don't remember I have. One of my favorite prized instrument tools is - a Mitutoyo zero to one spherical digital micrometer head ( for say a spherometer ) accurate to 50 millionths of an inch! The other prized tool is a Starrett Master Precision 199Z Level 15 inches long accurate to 0.0005 inches! A level such as this can set machines up to outstanding performance, or check the surface flatness in perhaps lapped work. I always have aluminum, plate and tube, brass , copper and stainless steel pieces in both new and "scrape yard" versions. I travel a lot in Western Pa and have my favorite yards from New Castle to Washington, Pa! My stainless collection is mostly in round stock from less than 2 inches to over 4 inches in diameter. The large 3.5 inch stainless shafts pictured will eventually become part of the 16 inch Newtonian Cassegrain I always talk about. That instrument will feature solid # 304 alloy stainless steel shafts housed in seamless stainless steel tubing! That telescope mount will far exceed any commercial mount made on the market due to the expensive cost of stainless steel !



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