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  1. when I got my lathe there was only one document that said 6 " lathe so I just assumed it was a 6" lathe, and I just measured the radius or distance from the center line to the ways and it is 6 1/4 ", Is this a 12" lathe or a 6"?
    That "missing" 2 " pully turned up, it was there all the time.After I found out what size it was I took out a tape measure and realized how small it was and looked behind the big pully and there it was, and I remembered where my handle came from.
    The lathe made a pretty good rattle when I first started it up and I assumed that was normal, but after adjusting several gears that were loose or out of place slightly it now runs very quiet and smooth and as slow as 16 rpm.
    One last technical question the threading chart shows a spindle gear option of 16 or 32 teeth gears, but my 32 tooth installed spindle gear doesn't appear to be easily replaced w/o a puller, it is pressed on, no collar any one know this model lathe that well?
    ok I lied one more question- The installed 3 jaw chuck on the headstock doesn't unscrew and I'm afraid the old bonehead will mess up ( again ) any ideas?

  2. Well I bought my first lathe an old craftsman 6 " you can see it in "showme your lathe" I have never used a lathe before this is my first project a wedding ring for my woman, who has stuck with me for 8 years, God bless her, It is also my first marriage! and I'm 60 in july!
    I got the idea here but I can't find the thread, check it out .

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  3. I don't have one like yours, yours is a Stearn's #3, I have a Bonney that shows the cutting blade clearly, just a piece of old two man saw blade will make a fine blade. put the Cannell in. These are also referred to as Hollow Augers too.


    thank you very much I'm sure to find a use for it now!
  4. Its mostly a wheelwright tool but can be used for other things too, first you use a spoke pointer to put a taper on the end of a wheel spoke, then having preset the tenon cutter, you put it in a brace and it cuts a round smaller tenon on the end of the spoke to fit into the felloe or "felly" (a segment of the outside of a wagon wheel).


    very cool, not many wagon wheels out here but you never know , is it a "L"shaped bit that is missing from the tool,
    I can probably make one
  5. nice adjustable tenon cutter in picture 5


    Great I 'm so pleased, er how do it work?by the way I enjoyed your history the other day, I forget what thread it was in but thank you for all you gave for your country and from the outside it looks like a wonderful, full life, best of everything srgn.
    Kevin Benge
  6. I set up my craftsman 6" x 36" lathe today I am not sure of year the model is 101-21400 the serial number is 101-07403. I think the motor pulley is wrong and oosibly the counter shaft pully, there is one motor pully instead of two it is 4 1/2 " diameter and the counter shaft pullys are 7 1/2 and 9 " does any one know what they are supposed to be? also does anyone recognize the tool in the second to last pic?
    anyway here are pics it works and I am happy
    kevin benge

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  7. I call it Icarus Wyrm

    I just finished this the other day. 1/2 square stock, a bit of roofing copper, and one strand of copper wire. About four hours work, partly because of poor planning.

    When I do another of these, I would draw out nearer the head before doing anything to form the head. I would cut the "easy to burn horns" as late as possible. I would add a bottom lip so the tongue is more obviously a tongue.

    Not sure if this will sell or not. Looking for about $180, but that seems high to me.

    -Doug


    urnesbeast it is a dragon ready to tilt at don quixote
  8. I remember now it was a kingpin stuck in a ford I beam suspension, I couldn't hammer it out so I had to remove the I beam and take it to the press, it sounded like a cannon when it busted loose.

  9. I am still thinking about your design, I once had a bearing siezed on an axle and it took over 20 tons of pressure to free it, on a 30 ton press the whole machine flexed, your machine would have shattered and you'd be dead.
    I have seen a small bench top ress at harbor freight, I think it is only 6 tons and it has at least 2 uprights.
    Don't take it personally , just don't get killed.

  10. If you look at many of the presses out there in use, you will find a H style pattern for a reason. There are 2 (two) uprights, each upright carrying only half the load and sharing the tremendous forces exerted by the hydraulic jack. IF something were to break, at least one side of the press would still be connected (for a moment anyway).

    Just because you use a 20 ton jack does not mean you have a 20 ton press. If you see ANY deflection in any of the components of the press - STOP. It means you have over stressed the design.

    One final thought concerning presses. Choose the tool that is appropriate for the job. You can lift a 2000 pound car with a car jack. I am still trying to think of an object in the smithy (other than the whole smithy itself) that weighs 20 tons. Do the math, that is 20 cars stacked one on top of another. You do not have to use all 20 tons to operate the press but you do need to design the press to take all 20 tons of pressure, plus more as a safety factor. How much safety factor? That is what engineers get paid to calculate. Please remember that engineers work with the minimums, so you may want to add to the number they provide. The handle on that jack is only 2 feet long, which means YOU are 2 feet away from any failure that may occur. That failure may be structural, mechanical such as a seal rupturing, or a hydraulic hose rupturing and spraying a pinpoint jet of fluid that can cut like a scalpel. After all it is your safety we are talking about.


    I think glenn is right, all your pressure is held by those 4 upper bolts, I have looked at a lot of presses and they all use 2 uprights with the upper cross beam phisically locked within the upright bodies (no bolts} or heavy pins, you might replace that jack with a smaller one and build a better frame if you need 20 tons.
  11. Here are some examples of RR rail anvils. I don't know who made them, but they are some of the best examples I've seen. You can also bury the whole length vertically in the ground and use the cross section as an anvil or stand.


    those are great anvils, I was scrounging around the local wrecking yard yesterday and found some rr track but I passed it up partly because the gap between the rail and the base was too narrow, but this guy solved that problem in a perfect way, I wonder how he did that
  12. I had filled my 70 caddy convertible with diesel the day before and drained the tank and rebuilt the carb and was rushing to make an appointment acrooss the bay bridge in the pooring rain and bumper to bumper traffic in the dark when my caddy flooded and stalled in the fast lane approaching the bridge. I jumped out, opened the hood, I couldn't see a thing so I held my lighter 2 feet above the carb and you guessed it ,it burst into fflame,Iwas missing some eye brows
    I smothered the fire with my coat,and the fire had burnt all the extra fuel, the car started and I drove off the freeway.
    my buddies bought me a package of 5 flashlights.

  13. Thanks!, we love it here too. Only been here for about 10yrs though. From our property, we look out at the coast range around Clear lake...did you get snow today?


    I saw a truck at six a.m. covered w/ snow but none at this elevation, the mountains had snow, cob mt, snow mt.st helena. and I had it wrong hennesse was the grammer school nevada union jr was the jr high.
  14. Bonehead-
    Try a product called "restore-it" (sp) it is a very thin epoxy resin that will work in a vacuum. The fumes are deadly so have the exaust go to open air. One thing I don't remember is if it is UV stabilized. I use it under paint on wood. It has natural oils that help it bond. Another way would be to submerge it in epoxy and apply pressure. Then cut away the excess epoxy.


    fewood, thanks for the idea, I will look into "restore it", I had been thinking of the epoxy idea too.
    Grass valley? I went to jr. high there 1960 to 1964 Hennessey. I love grass valley.
  15. Hi, if every Alaskan had Ivory in his back yard, I'd be a rich man right now! Ivory is getting a little harder to come by, and it helps if ya know who to talk too! and so far it seems that I have not managed to talk to the right people!!!


    When I was looking for ivory, 10 or 15 ears ago there was an ad in the back of "guns and ammo" 2 guys in alaska would sell me a 1 foot section of mammoth ivory for $400 I think, or what ever you wanted.check it out they may still be there
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