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Doesn't hurt to bring donuts or lunch or something along with the ask.

When you are in some town that has a machine shop, or two, or more, consider just going in and asking if they have some small scraps they might give you.? Or maybe even say you can pay.? (If paying,

I'm in a very rural part of the US. Not much in the way of scrap yards or metal purchases that aren't an hour+ drive. I tend to scrounge from other sources. For example, if you find an old rear

What size? I would just buy set for your work. Dave

Even in American that can be hard to to find. I would look at Amazon and Walmart. Back in 1960's you could goto scrap yards but now machine shops buy 6" bar stock too. Dave

Hi I want to meet Mexican users of 7 x 12 mini-lathe. I live in México City, however,I don't speak Spanish. ;) First of all I need info where to go to get metal. /johannes

I need to broach some keyways in gears for my lathe but need to make some guides. What is the width of the slots for type A and B guides?

> > mike > > Feb 24 > > Get a junk vice from a garage sale or Goodwill for practice, to see how it > will turn out for whatever method you chose. > > Don't practice on the item you want to keep. > >

It could be done on a mini-lathe, as you say, with appropriately downsized material. Caution on the fire hazards of such experiments! -- Lone Tree, Colorado? ?USA

?Dear Mike, Thank you, that was very interesting. Forgive my ignorance, but could you do this on a mini lathe, using appropriately sized (smaller) components, i.e. is the (average?) motor powerful

Goot some India made milling vise components and found several big blowholes filled with cheap Bondo. Dug it all out, cleaned it up, and thought about how to best fill the holes. After some time

*I agree ?* It is for me to go top end repair. It is type I did you given one chance to do right. I have to remembered this a hobby and a hobby budget. Keep it simple In this case JB Weld is best

this popped up after a tube I was watching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRuKKchj7sk

I think people are blowing this out of proportion. The original poster seemed to be talking about small, cosmetic holes. For these, epoxy should be sufficient with no need for welding, brazing, etc.

Like others have said, if it doesn't affect the usage of the vice why bother? Ralph

Get a junk vice from a garage sale or Goodwill for practice, to see how it will turn out for whatever method you chose. Don't practice on the item you want to keep. For the mig, you can get Silicon

He has advertised the first edition back in print in a couple of recent issues of Home Shop Machinist, and has a link to the new printing of it at amazon https://lautard.com/books.htm

There are some on amazon also. There's "for sale" and then there's "sold".? ? Toss out the very high priced and very low priced.? ?The average of the rest may be considered the value.? ? Keeping

I just did some research on EBay and found recent sales at $125.00 for a set of three. Dick

Bill, I honestly don’t know what they are worth. (I saw some for sale on the internet and thought the prices were insane. That would lead me to think he might not be selling anything anymore.