Plans, projects and How-to's for Home Machinists and Other Makers
By Roger Leete
This tool was made for my Grizzly G8689, but it can be adapted to almost any mill. Just choose the right sized socket for your particular drawbar. Note that I did not come up with this idea, but found it on the web. I made the parts based mostly on the materials at hand. … Read the rest
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 a noise like the one described below.… Read the rest
This article was written by “Mikey” and it first appeared on the Yahoo 4x6Bandsaw discussion group. I think it is a great idea and well presented so I asked him if I could republish it here and he graciously agreed. It originally appeared as a PDF file that is formatted better and has larger pictures that you can download here. … Read the rest
Here is a great resource for new machinists that almost seems like a secret because I have never seen it mentioned on any of the discussion groups or forums I belong to.
In 1995 the director of MIT’s machine shop for the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (Robotics Group) made ten videos, totaling more than seven hours, that teach students how to use machine tools. … Read the rest