By Mark Jachniewicz Winter is coming and it’s about time to drain the plumbing in various summer homes. I’ve found the threaded drain plugs on ball valves are always a pain to get off. Those who have dropped one know that it is difficult to find once it has inevitably rolled into oblivion. Fed [...]
A Collection of Tips for the Shop Soft Jaws by Howie Grunert Here is a simple idea. I have a few bench vises in my shop. On one I have aluminum angle plates with glued in embedded magnets for soft jaws, but on the other vise, next to the mill, I have gone one [...]
The October/November 2015 issue of Machinist's Workshop will mail out around September 10. Contents: Hydraulic Feed Control by RICHARD VANDEN BERG Soft Jaws for the Lathe Chuck by DAVID J. GRAVES Rockin' the Rockers by ED HOLLINGSWORTH Fitting a Nut at a Distance by MARTIN GEARING Reloading the Coffee Cup by RON GEPPERT Sanding Belt Adapter [...]
By Bob Ferry Here’s a tip for an easy way to keep your spray mist coolant unit in place when using its magnetic base to attach it to the mill. I added steel plates to the mill because it was always a pain finding a suitable, flat spot to attach the magnetic mister body [...]
August / September 2015 VOLUME 28, NUMBER 4 CONTENTS Blade Welding by Alan Anganes Spring Loaded Tap Follower by Gregory Martin Dovetail Fixture by Blaine Geddes THE TOOL ROOM Custom Clamps for a Toolmaker's Angle Plate by James W. Hauser THE GUNSMITH MACHINIST Fitting the Barrel Hood on a Gold Cup by Steve Acker DEPARTMENTS [...]
By Greg Schmidt I once had a socket head cap screw that was really tight in its hole. The Allen/hex wrench I was using may have been slightly rounded; in any case, it rotated in the socket and stripped out the hex. Soaking the screw overnight in WD-40 did not work, so I considered all [...]
