MachinistBlog.com http://www.machinistblog.com Machining and Metalworking for Hobbyists Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:07:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Restoring a Craftsman 15″ Drill Press http://www.machinistblog.com/restoring-a-craftsman-15%e2%80%b3-drill-press/ http://www.machinistblog.com/restoring-a-craftsman-15%e2%80%b3-drill-press/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:03:36 +0000 Mikey http://www.machinistblog.com/?p=3932 Craftsman 15-inch Drill Press

This is another excellent article by Mikey, a frequent contributor to MachinistBlog.com and winner of our “Machining Metal as a Hobby” contest.

The Craftsman 15″ Drill Press, Model 137.229150 is a floor model commonly found in many home shops.  Made by Rexon of Taiwan for Sears, Grizzly

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This is a short 3-minute video by “rbandes1″ that shows and explains the operation of  the “Jingle Bell Steam Engine” he made.  It was built from free plans provided by Professor Nial McCabe, who teaches Engineering Technology at the County College of Morris in Randolph, NJ.  Professor McCabe

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On his blog featuring model engineering projects, Adam Richard Cooper has intricately detailed plans for making a Model Watt governor–the part that regulates the speed of steam engines by acting as a negative feedback system–that he designed himself. His post includes construction notes and CAD drawings along with a large photograph

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]]> http://www.machinistblog.com/free-plans-model-of-a-watt-type-steam-governor/feed/ 0 Denmark to become the fourth nation to launch a man into space? http://www.machinistblog.com/denmark-to-become-the-fourth-nation-to-launch-a-man-into-space/ http://www.machinistblog.com/denmark-to-become-the-fourth-nation-to-launch-a-man-into-space/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:09:33 +0000 Rob http://www.machinistblog.com/?p=3794 MachinistBlog.com is pleased to announce our support for Copenhagen Suborbitals, a small non-profit suborbital space endeavor led by two guys with big brass ones.  If they are successful Denmark will become the world’s fourth nation to launch a man into space, after Russia, the United States and China.  In addition to wishing them well

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]]> http://www.machinistblog.com/denmark-to-become-the-fourth-nation-to-launch-a-man-into-space/feed/ 0 Tubalcain’s Lathe Bit Grinding Videos http://www.machinistblog.com/tubal-cains-lathe-bit-grinding-videos/ http://www.machinistblog.com/tubal-cains-lathe-bit-grinding-videos/#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:49:10 +0000 Rob http://www.machinistblog.com/?p=3704

Even though YouTube seems to have umpteen million videos about machining I’ve found very few that will you show how to grind HSS bits for a metal lathe.  And most of them show it being done on special grinders or with the help of jigs and accessories that most of

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I did take a

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