Dear Pat When I started to read the book I wondered if you should have grabbed the attention of the reader to why you are using a engine block, as you...
Direct from 600 years ago. " For the lowest cost spindles try pieces of drive shaft and try to get a light cut taken off to make smooth and as round as...
I think that there is finally enough to build one! Please let me know what you think needs to be added. If my crazy schemes go right, over a million people...
I added a 13 page glossary to the upcoming version of the book. I honestly did not realize how much of a special language is used in a small book about a...
I hope to have version 2 out late today. My copy of photoshop got eaten so I'll get a new copy of "elements"; and use it on version 3. I'm sure some of you...
It's in "files". It's 54 pages long and still missing the "tools" section and text from "romig" about his bed and cross slide. A bunch of photos still needed...
I have fooled with this thin almost everyday for he last 4 years and probably assume that you can read my mind. I really need to know about the level of detail...
What resolution are pdfs normally saved at? 1200 does a great job but the 50 page book will turn out to be 15 to 20 meg in size which is too big for a lot of...
Would someone please convert MMo4a.pdf, MMo5a.pdf and the 6" turret lathe .pdf into .jpg. I am so close to finishing the book that I can taste it! (4 years...
Something happened to the s18.pdf I had put in "files" so I replaced it. How can a file stored on Yahoo get damaged? Stuff like this is driving me crazy!!!!...
I put a file "s18.pdf" in "files". It is the final chapter in the "how to build book" I would appreciate if a bunch of you would download it and see how it...
The first version of the "How to build" book will hopefully be out this week. I bought a good laser printer and found that the .jpg to Openoffice to .pdf...
I've no idea if this will help, but if you have Gmail, you can send the pdf to your Gmail account, then "Open as html". The pictures don't come through the...
When I was building my MM I faced the problem of how to accurately drill a 1/2 x 12" 5 foot long piece of bar stock that bolts to the big block head surface....
Is this too simple?... an endmill cuts on the side and a drill bit is not meant to. If we could make a jig that would let us grind the side of a drill bit to...
http://www.staffordmfg.com/pages/axial.htm It can be used on hor. mill arbors. Chuck adapters Bearing adjusters Thrust bearings Fly cutters Boring heads ...
Joe (I don't remember which one!) long ago came up with the idea of using a short piece of the crank, piston, rod and main bearing to build a removable...
Can anyone recommend good but affordable hacksaw blades in lots of a hundred or so? Cheap ones are useless but brand name blades are too expensive to export to...
Guys - I received the drill rig plans from IRRI's Agricultural Engineering department in Saturday's mail, though I didn't have time to look at them until last...
This is what I sent to an enquirer today, Thanks for your interest. Five weeks ago I fell down a flight of stairs and have had to my knee totally replaced....
Here's a crazy idea for someone. The earliest MM was meant to be rotatable on the main bearing pad attached engine stand so that the frame for a large milling...
Hello, Anyone have an update on how Pat's doing ? Just hoping the knee surgery went well and you'll be back with some more idea's soon. I've been spending my...
