MachinistBlog.com http://www.machinistblog.com Plans, projects and how-to's for home machinists Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:28:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Made by Hand No 2 – The Knife Maker http://www.machinistblog.com/made-by-hand-no-2-the-knife-maker/ http://www.machinistblog.com/made-by-hand-no-2-the-knife-maker/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:41:25 +0000 Rob http://www.machinistblog.com/?p=6573 Click the space above if you don’t see the video.  It’s there but for some reason it doesn’t show up on some computers/browsers.

This well made video is about Joel Bukiewicz, the owner of Cut Brooklyn, who started out wanting to be a writer but found he loves making things

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]]> http://www.machinistblog.com/we-were-down-for-about-16-hours-thanks-to-dreamhost/feed/ 4 Smithy Granite Clutch and Driven Pulley Bearing Replacement http://www.machinistblog.com/smithy-granite-clutch-and-driven-pulley-bearing-replacement/ http://www.machinistblog.com/smithy-granite-clutch-and-driven-pulley-bearing-replacement/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:14:59 +0000 Jay Bolyard http://www.machinistblog.com/?p=6315 New contributor Jay Bolyard did an outstanding job describing how to make this repair.  — Rob, editor & chief floor sweeper.

This article describes how to replace the Smithy Granite 1324 Classic Combo Lathe-Mill-Drill’s ball bearings in its driven pulley.  The bearing may have to be replaced if it makes

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I think this is a cool project and the video may teach you some new machining or fabrication methods even if you don’t want to make a retractable pen out of a couple of empty 30-06 bullet casings.

The pen looks like it’s pretty easy to make.  The hardest part might be

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