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I bought about half if a steady rest for my South Bend 13″ lathe.
Tell me you had a great day in the shop without telling me you had a great day i
Tell me you had a great day in the shop without telling me you had a great day in the shop.
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I removed the drive train from my K&T 2HL horizontal mill. My only purpose was t…
Dial Indicator Repairs
Some before and after if some dial indicators repaired by Mark Ratkowski of M.R. Tool Repair. Mark takes each one apart and cleans and lubricates as necessary and replaces scratched crystals. I buy these super cheap and send them to mark to be refurbished. Excellent value for the price. My Federal dial collection keeps growing.





Scored this nearly complete Starrett 196B back plunge dial indicator. It appears…

Scored this nearly complete Starrett 196B back plunge dial indicator. It appears to be missing one of the ground rods. I’ll have to keep my eye out for an orphan.
Check out my other won bids in my latest YouTube video as well as some shop updates and new channel stickers.
Rebuilding a Vintage Three Phase Motor for the K&T
All the parts are clean and repainted. The windings are as clean as I am going to get them. Replacement bearings are in hand. Time to put this motor back together and see if it still runs.
Removing and disassembling the K&T 2HL Motor
I’m digging this little shaper.
Pushed it a bit with this .050″ DOC, but it managed to chew some of this steel away.
Slow.
Slow. And I mean Sloooowweee but steady progress removing 80 years of hardened grease off these motor windings.