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If you are an innovative who loves to learn new skills in the machine shop, to build tools, machines or repair things. This is the channel to follow.
Making things is in my blood and I want to share it with you and hopefully inspire new ideas. TH-cam is such a fantastic source of knowledge that is free for the taking. One could learn to build or do anything just by watching and intelligently trying after a good research. I hope to inspire your creativity and please share your constructive comments in any of the videos We are all here to learn and every person brings a new perspective to the table no matter how big or small
Thank you and enjoy
Thank you to all my mentors along the way
Richard Wright - My father who taught me machining, helped hone my mechanical aptitude, and taught me how to be a good man.
Glen H. and CJ - Millwright Brothers and mentors who taught me the millwright trade in the field and are always there when I need to bounce ideas off someone.
Making things is in my blood and I want to share it with you and hopefully inspire new ideas. TH-cam is such a fantastic source of knowledge that is free for the taking. One could learn to build or do anything just by watching and intelligently trying after a good research. I hope to inspire your creativity and please share your constructive comments in any of the videos We are all here to learn and every person brings a new perspective to the table no matter how big or small
Thank you and enjoy
Thank you to all my mentors along the way
Richard Wright - My father who taught me machining, helped hone my mechanical aptitude, and taught me how to be a good man.
Glen H. and CJ - Millwright Brothers and mentors who taught me the millwright trade in the field and are always there when I need to bounce ideas off someone.
Machining Crank Truing Stand Bar Clamp Part 3
We machine the bar clamp that fits on to the base of the crank truing station. Along the way we're going to learn what's going to work and what's not going to work and some of the limitations of casting aluminum.
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Machining The Crank Truing Stand Base part 2 shop built tool
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Now that we have casted all the parts we machine the base of the stand in this video. The lost foam casting process worked quite well but there were some small problems we noticed along the way. #machinist #lostfoamcasting #KBCTOOLS #KBCTOOLSANDMACHINERY #MAKINGTOOLS
How to get monitized for the shop guy for YouTube
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So you probably have a lot of questions on how to get monetized for the shop guy And let's demystified a few of them for you. Let's go over five easy steps to get started with it and then later videos I'm going to tell you more about how to get monetized and if you even should
Machining Race Lawn Mower Spindle
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Out in the shop we grab some steel and machine up a stub spindle for Tharons race lawnmower . The process it pretty simple and turned out to work awsome . Check out the blue print in the video if you are interested in learning more . Also it will be on intagram as well . th-cam.com/video/VgorCYSYRJw/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
Princess auto power wheel barrow review and operation
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Lets quickly go over the princess auto power wheelbarrow track model. I purchased this body year and a half ago and have moved about 20 yd of dirt now and I'm reasonably happy with how well it's worked. For the original purchase price in 2023 I bought it for $2000 on sale And currently in 2024 it's listed at $2400 plus tax. But like we all know princess auto has frequently sales so if you're at...
Lost Foam Casting CrankShaft Truing Stand
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In this video, we lost the foam cast of the base for our crankshaft truing stand. We start with machining the parts out of high-density foam and then cover them in drywall slurry to improve the surface finish. Then we bury it in sand and cast it with aluminum scrap metal.
CrankShaft Truing Stand Build by Lost Foam Casting Pt.1
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Building the crankshaft truing station by the lost home casting process. We will start with making the foam parts from high-density foam and then move on to bearing them in sand where we will cast them out of aluminum with recycled metal.
Lost foam casting a presision snap gauge
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Lost foam casting a presision snap gauge
Machining castings to fit servo motor on indexing machine
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Lost Foam Casting Servo Motor Bracket
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Converting Beckett Oil Furnace Burner for the home Foundry
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MP600 total teardown and rebuild #Gerber
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Lost Foam Casting Hand Wheel For Surface Grinder Machine
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Different Methods of Drilling Holes in Steel
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Casting Belt Buckles By The Lost Foam Casting Process
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Bucket blade retrofiting with new holes, blade and wear plate.
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How to check for a bent shaft on the lathe .
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How to check for a bent shaft on the lathe .
Installing a Digital Quil from KBC Tools step-by-step
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Casting Massive Aluminium Plaque By The Lost Foam Sandcasting Meathod
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Building Peerless 700 Transmission Plate & Calculating Short Tapers & Finding Hole Locations
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Sand Casting Aluminum Large Toyota Sign By Lost Foam Process
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Lost Foam Casting Aluminium Experiment and Learning
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Machining Lawn Mower Racing Wheel Hubs From Scratch
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soot from the torch also works as welding anti spatter
Great point !!!
No staples?! hmm...
It could not hurt to melt in some wire for sure . It did hold togeather amother year or so untill i over loaded it with cement and twisted the frame up bad . :)
A Haimer or a Tschorn 3D analog tester would work better than what you've shown. They are not all that expensive nowadays. I still use the methods you've shown on a drill press or on a part where the tolerance is +- 0.005"
Hey bert thanks for your imput , definatly would love to get and try the two you sugested !
This technique works more reliably if you use a spiral flute tap.
You are totaly right . A spiral flute would seem to have more consistant engagment . Good point howard !
why are you wearing a hat?
Hahaha , because hats go on your head ...... when you are balding like me .
Thanks, great video!
Glad you enjoyed viking
That's not a hammer😂
Every thing is a hammer , lol
I thought unbonded sand is going to collapse
I thought so to .... its sometging to do with the pressure of the molten alu and the packed sand. Pretty cool that one can cast complicated parts with simple stuff
That gray box you tossed was the brain of the unit. You only needed to give it power and a "call for heat" signal.
:( Yes yes , i know that now . Lol. Wish you where working on it with me when i first started this jurney
how come 70 likes. wtf. great narration man. I enjoyed it. I'll go watch some more of your stuff :)
Thanks Nicolas !!! Glad you enjoyed the videos . Should have the 4th part of the machining the crank stand coming out in a week or so. :)
That round workpiece center finder is slick! Never seen that before. Also never seen lining up the cutter tips with the opposite side of the flat before idea. Never too old to learn.
Lol , man thats the goal i think . Always learning and trying to get better . I love YT for that i get lots of awsome people like you that suggest new ideas ( edge finding off large diameter shafts )
The paper method on the side is what I was taught in school many moons ago, and it works fine, but the spindle should not be running when touching an endmill on the top of a piece. If using a flycutter, have the spindle in neutral and use a feeler strip on both top and side.
Great imput , what are your thoughts on using cutting oil to hold the strip on the side of the work instead of holding it with your fingers ? Change in thickness enough .
@@Wrighmachining We always used our fingers, and I still have 10 LOL. Using moisture will make the paper stick more than it should, and it's hard to tell when it actually touches. It cans tart shaving the paper rather than cutting and pulling it.
@@Wrighmachining btw, I just found your site earlier today, subscribed right away. If you don't mind me asking, where in Canada are you? Nova Scotia here.
On a very large diameter shaft, the tapered end of the edgefinder can be used to touch of the side of the stock at any height above center where it can. Set a 0 there and then move to the other side of the shaft AT THE SAME HEIGHT and touch the shaft again. You can then move halfway back along the length of the chord of the shaft. This will only work if you touch at the same height on each side (making a chord parallel to the axis of travel), but it's a great way to find the center when you cant reach the diameter.
YES ! , I had not thought of this but should work . I will add that to my arsinal of ideas and when the project needs it i will use it . Thank you
If you haven't tried it yet, I like to use stainless screen wire and a flat top on my soldering iron. You start with a corner and rub your tip on the wire til it gets hot enough then you can move faster and the plastic will start coming through the mesh and bury it in the plastic a 32 inch or so. You just keep that up til you have one flat edge then if you roll the screen over a 90° edge it will bend to fit and then finish out that side and you will have a steel reinforced edge that you can lightly sand and if you want it pretty then hit it with a heat gun to soften the sanded portion giving you a nice smooth well done piece that lasts. I did this to a polymer saddle stirrup that broke in half on my wife's saddle and just sunk in the mesh on the bottom side. She used that on quite a few horses on the mount side of that saddle for over 6 years riding at least 5 days a week and it's still solid even now 10 years later. The only reason I use the more expensive screen is it's rust proof and you don't need to cover more than a half inch to either side of the break or connection to add 3-5 times the breaking strength and that's just my estimation. She weighed 110 or so but I climbed up in that same stirrup and I was 250+ at the time so just imagine! The piece of mesh I used was 1"×4" at most and the abs was a quarter inch thick.
Thats a smart play amd a good idea . Much like rebar on cement. I will keep this in mind when i work on plastic again . Thank you
Bought a Gerber MP800 almost 20 years ago at the PX right before they issued the 600s. Never really used it as I was in training but my less the cleaver mom used the knife as a can opener messing up the knife. Never used it much after as I had an issued one but a few years ago I decided to try their lifetime warranty. Shipped it in got a brand new blade and looks as new. Even returned it in a new sheath.
No kidding , good to hear . they where all about seeing the recipt when i tryed the warenty . Glad to hear it worked out
Very nice work mister. Nice machining. Good video
Thank you rusty !! More to come :)
this is where you break out the TIG, and/or those HF aluminum repair sticks to see which is better
Hahah true , however i think i may machine one from 660 in the short term , im thinking of experimenting in the spring however with heat treating the alum to see if i can increase the maluability of the cast material . I watched a guy kelly cofield and he alluded to the fact that you can do that with aluminum.
Thx. Needed this video.
Glad it helped !!! If you try to get parts from them they will ask you for a recipt or proof of purchase for parts . Once they get that, they will ship parts out right away .
I’am going to try this myself this spring,I have an old John Deer snow blower with a 10 horse Tecumseh engine for the drive train and an old wheel barrow and maybe cut the front end off an old riding mower I have join them together so the wheels are the same height it should work with a little imagination can’t wait till spring.
Man that will be a fun build :) keep me posted come spring time
Don't you have a problem with that high density foam,I'm struggling with it I like it for a smooth surface but it doesn't vanish as quickly as eps foam
I use the poly styren ( white packing type found with tv sets and kitchen aid machines , ect ) for tge spru going in the the pink High dencity for the part . I run the alu about 100 deg hotter so it flows good . Yes the HD foam taks longer to burn out . Keep in mind the HD foam is the sheets that you find at home depot . Usualy pink or blue . Some guys are trying mono foam and it doesnt work properly ! Also i have more videos as well . Plus kelly cofield has a bunch as well for inspiration amd knoledge :)
@Wrighmachining thanks maybe I need a thermometer to check the temperature before pouring, because it goes halfway then it stops even if I feel the reservoir.so it's either I'm doing it initially with not enough heat on the molten aluminum or the sand is fully compacted as you said it may collapse
@@huryburly6025 bothe are reapy good hypothisis . I also use a larger resiour as well and make sure the patterns are as vertical as possible . This is different than the horisontal sand casting style
That's such a good find and repurpose man I'm looking at building one and I have an old tiller I'm gonna try thanks for the ideas
Yes I seen a guy do that I think he was from Europe or something
I have had good luck with using wd40 for machining aluminum. 45 years of life experience. Jim
Funny you say that, the first shop i started in used that as well . Then the next shop didnt have any and its almost like i forgot about it. Thank you Jim might buy a can and give it a shot again .
Can't hear you when the saws-all is running. CC couldn't either. But good idea, my machine stands are too low too!
Sorry about that , it was an earlier video where was experimenting the sound, glad you like the idea :)
I had to look back to see why I couldn't remember this project. 8 months is way longer than my attention span.
Yes , sorry mark for the delay . Early last year i desided to focus on the boys (young teens now ) this summer and put the shop stuff away for a bit. Also i was getting a little burnt out juggling the camera and machining at the same time . Now that i took a break i am back to enjoying it again and will be posting consistantly in the new year :)
@Wrighmachining Understandable. I was just a bit confused on why I couldn't remember this project.
Look Forward to part 3 of 5 coming out around just before Christmas, in this video we will machine up the clamp part and really learn about the limitations of the cast alum and what we can do to change that .
Bit slow getting to this Ryan but I am curious as to why you choose to use a phase converter to power your 3 phase motors rather than a VFD. Keep up the good work Ryan
With all the machines swapping over each machine to vfd would be pricey and labour intencive , there are phase converters that you can get the electricaly cpnvert the power to 3 phase as well but you aparently lose hp or efficency .. this is what i was told . The price for rotary for me was cheap comparativly and the transformers where cheap as well secpnd hand . Just had to research how to check them to see if they where still good
Thanks for responding so quick Ryan. I understand, too bad about the cost issues, I put VFD's on my lathe and mill and absolutely love them, variable speed control, adjustable braking etc and they physically take up minimal space (my shop if pretty tight as well)👍👍
thanks for the video! really helps a lot. but can we remove the plastic lock part? im planning to anodize the plier
Cool idea, i just researched about anodizing steel and want tp try it now :) I just took a quick look at my gerber and at a first glance it looks to be rivited ( definatly give it a double check ) if you open all the blades and screwdrivers out it is under there. Mine is dirt and im out of the shop. Perhaps you may get lucky and have an allen wrench fit in there :)
@ right? mine are full of scratches. just wanna make it look new without having to buy a new one. but sadly can’t i guess. unless they’re selling the rivet then ill probably do the anodizing. its not worth dipping everything in the solution just to find out the plastic break into pieces😆. if you got the chance to anodize it with the plastic on, and successful, please let me know. im keen to know the result. thanks anyways. cheers 🍻
Thank you.
Your welcome
Thank you for a thorough, step-by-step (with important procedural caution points) and good still pic details of hard to see details. Can you buy different blade components from Gerber to repair or swap out? Thank you again for an awesome tutorial video.
Im glad it helped . I dont know , i would imagine you can if you called them , but cant speak for sure to that .
Super useful! Thanks!
Glad it helped .:-)
If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't think it is possible to cast such complex parts in a backyard! What you do is really inspiring
Im glad you enjoyed the video . Remember , research research research before you do it and wear ppe. Also !. Kelly cofield on YT has a bunch of awsome videos as well . His earlier ones are more my style before he got into high end products but realy amazing stuff .
Great video! Question, how did you know that knurlimg wheel was the right pitch for that spline? Also, a few blasts of WD40 would have made quick work at removing the knurled chips ;-)
Wd40 ! Yup your right . Dont have any though :) . It was kibda fitting it up by eye and then trial and error on a testor peice .
I know this was posted a couple of years ago, but perhaps you are still active on your channel. I found this same controller/motor, and I wanted to use it to power a small lathe. I got it working. However, using a momentary up/down switch seems to be crazy slow! Like I have to push the switch like 1 millions times (alot :) ) to get it up to 1000RPM! I read on that thread you referenced that someone there suggested that the VR1, VR2, VR3 hooked to a 10K pot could be used to control the motor speed. Did you ever try this? I was not sure I wanted to try it for fear of blowing something out. thanks.
Yes it can take a bit to get up to speed . I have a mechanical advantage on mine . I had never done anything with the resistors . Can you tell me more about this or a link to read up on it ?
@@Wrighmachining I'm not a machinist like you are, so you got an advantage on this. But I am an electronics engineer! and I can read schematics. the schematic shows these VR1,2,3 (VR= variable resistor). I did not have a treadmill. I got the controller from a friend who tore apart the treadmill before I could look at the top control panel. If there was a poteniometer up there it might have been used to connect to these 3 positions. The other mystery is there are two of these connection points on the PCB both with the same labeling.... so they could be electrically connected, or just labelled the same. I have not investigated this yet. I think I read on one of those Arduino sites you had posted someone's opinion on the variable pot would not work to control the motor. I guess I will just need to experiment. If i get it working using this method I will post the results here...
Awsome !!! Wish i had you as a neibour when i started work on this . Thank you amd we look forward to yoir imput !
@@Wrighmachining Ha! yeah many years ago I was a controls engineer for a company where we designed CNC controlled grinding machines! Fun job. Yesterday I tested the idea of using a poteniometer connected to the VR1, VR2, VR3 pins on the board. There are two sets of these named the same. But neither one worked for me :( The schematic is not clear on what these are used for. So I think the next step is for me to come up with some kind of encoder. A rotory encoder won't work because it needs the signal interpreted by a processor. Meaning the pulses are detected by the rising and falling edges of the square wave pulses. Looking at the schematic, I can see the UP and DWN circuits have pull up resistors, and by shorting these to GND, creates a 1 or 0 effect. I may need to create my own circuit board with a flip-flop and a couple of buttons, which will create the 1 and 0 pulses as long as the button is pressed. Stand by more testing to follow.....
final UPDATE: I installed a square wave pulser circuit and a momentary SPST (on-off-on) switch. By holding the switch one way or the other, the pulses tell the controller to speed up or slow down the motor. It works, but the motor circuitry puts out a ton of EMI noise on the 5 Vdc line, which sometimes interferes with the pulses. Which causes it to skip pulses or not detect them. I put in some bypass filter caps across the power supply line. It helped some. I will also put a ferrite donut on the motor wires to see if I can filter some more noise. Bottom line, it works. So if someone with the knowledge wanted to do use this method. It is possible!
Just read your article in the November/December 2024 Home Shop Machinist re Treadmill Motor to the Rescue, excellent article and now subscribed to your Channel.
Thanks merc , glad you liked it . Curebtly planning 2025's shop fun :) look forward to the crank truing station machining video mid dec :)
Very nice work. Great idea. Just subscribed to your channel.
Thanks ed ! Should have the stand machining video coming soon ( 2 weeks )
I have the old aluminum storm windows outside double hung windows and I've been trying to figure out what this pile stuff is even called. I have none in my storm windows except a little brittle piece of plastic thing , i guess they've all rotted out and my windows rattle when the wind blows .
Glad this helped . You will need to know the length amd width . If memory serves me just measure the base of the peice you take out and then measure how deep the groove where it was the gap in between the windows and add some thickness for the seal . Could be a small trial and error . Failing that a place that sells and repairs house windows could help as well figuring out what supplies to buy :)
@Wrighmachining thanks 😊
this is awesome I hope to open my own shop one day with a rotary converter I appreciate your open source videos very great work
Glad you enjoyed watching . Research research research is my best advice . American rotary is pretty cool to years ago i called them with a different install and they where alot of help with everything from sizing to sugestioms :)
Please sir acme thread chart want share please
Does this work ( external ) www.scribd.com/document/416444173/ACME-Thread-General-Purpose-Size
Awesome shop, Man! I hope you continue making videos. I enjoy watching and hearing your knowledge
Thanks chris , definatly will . Workibg on another as we speak and should ve done by mid dec :) slow going currently juggling life , family and getting out tp the shop :) fk just spent all last week cleaning up again , it feels good to walk around in there again :)
@ I hear ya, man. I wish I could work in my wood shop all day but I can’t. Nobody in America wants to pay good money for well built furniture. I like the aluminum casting process you do. Can you also do that with steel?
yes its done with anything hotter than alum . I wish my foy dry was hotter . I have so many ideas to build steel projects but not enough heat or time :)
@@Wrighmachining can’t wait to see what your next projects are. 💪🏻
Next time, flip any two wires on three phase and you get the opposite motor direction.
That is correct
Wow. Great tutorial Am new to machining and i can't quite understand how does this work with knurling! How wont knurling tool teeth overlap from one turn to the other unless it is perfectly maching shaft diameter? Is that how it works? So you just have to get perfect shaft diameter to get correct spline teeth number and no overlap? Thanks
Great question . Knurling is a metal forming operation . This means metal is molded like you would clay . Just at higher pressures . The first step to it working is to have a closet size diameter . Since its forming the metal its a wider tollerence that you can have and usualy is not a problem, usually the wrong size diameter means the wrong amount of teeth and not overlapping. Once you start the tool into the work it creates a path , it has to have a good pressure on it so its deep. As it does a full rotation the last tooth of the knurling tool will hopfuly pick up on the first groove formed either mold that very first tooth wide or a little short . Then it molds the next tooth with less error and so on . By the time it has gon around a couple of times it would have evened out like it nexer happened . In saying that there are times when it just will not seem to work . Thats because the hight of the tool is wrong , dull or rarely the diameter is not correct .
Thank you so much for explanation. I will read it and think it few times to try and get the idea lolll..
suggestion try skipping the ring light next time and find a more defused light source its extremely distracting seeing the circles in your glasses. Over all good content nice info to share out there.
Thanks pat , good point i will experiment a bit with that . Glad you enjoyed
Good video and info my channel is pretty random but sticking with gear head stuff
Yeah totally I im staying with the gear head stuff for sure i was planning to do another one or two of these and thats it . but they will be far and few between . This one has been sitting around for quite a while and I wanted to get it out for people. Originaly i was gonna start a second channel but its not my passion and I wasn't having as much fun doing that aspect . Now I'm gonna get back to finishing some of the casting machining and doing some of the other fun stuff. As alway thanks for the feedback
You have to keep it fun and enjoyable. There is that fine line between fun and chasing the dollar.
Absolutly !!! I had to step back last year and re look at it all , almost burnt out chasing the algarithem . Now im getting back and making sure its fun and not worried about algarithems and other imputs .
Screw TH-cam! The good days are OVER! Once you you satisfy their rules, they change them. Once they figure out you aren't a leftist, they hide your content. If you don't have a couple hundred thousand subs, you make more money working good at mcds. The people that didn't grow their channel organically are to blame.
I can see how you would be frustrated with that . My current goal is to make sure im having fun and doing the things i enjoy doing . Its been good so far it has drawn in a ton of creative people to my circle and been able to share and absorb new ideas .
@Wrighmachining That's a good reason and should be #1.
Now you know that's your glue gun 😂
Lol , so long as it doesnt burn my shop down :)
I know it's trivial but cross slide is going across bed of lathe. Top slide or compound slide is the one your changing angles with. If things are moving around, first, adjust gib strips then, find the saddle lock . If you don't have one, make one It would have been a more rigid set up if you had cut outer angle first. Centre drill is really for 60 degree centre, for drilling, a short 'spotting drill' should be used but very few people actually use them (me included) At least your shop is closer to reality of hobby shop where you want to get something done and may have limited time - BSA, (bits stuck anywhere)
Good points , thank you :)
Hi! Might sound like a no-brainer, but are the TRACKS on which aluminum windows slide ALSO aluminum? My windows are leaking rainwater,, and a window specialist told me to drill a few extra holes on the other side of the track as extra weep holes through which rain can escape. Bottom line is, I wanna use the right drill bit for this metal Thanks in advance!
Im not sure about you spacific situation but a good quality metal drill bit will drill through both steel amd aluminium no problem . Just note that when you drill through the material as the drill bit comes through the other aide it will have a tendancy to grab and twist the drill in your hand or brake . Not usualy a big deal :) just eaz up on the pressure a bit as it come through the other side .
Thanks so much for the tips!!
They should race to see which can cut grass faster. If they just race on pavement without blades, they're not lawnmowers
Hahaha , can you imagin the carnage that would follow ,..... i would buy a ticket :)
Spring loaded center's are great for tapping on the lathe.
Good idea , i will look into that .