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I needed to replace the shelf I have for my lathe’s quick change tool holders. Coincidentally, ArcCaptain reached out to me and asked me to review their MIG 200 welding machine. I decided to compare it to the PrimeWeld MIG 180. I share what I saw and got a nice new lathe shelf in the process.

ArcCaptain MIG 200: https://www.arccaptain.com/products/mig200-200amp-multi-process-synergic-mig-welding-machine
PrimeWeld MIG 180: https://primeweld.com/products/mig180-mig-welder-with-spool-gun

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NOTE: This video is not intended to teach the viewer how to machine scrape.

Ron Grundy, who worked for Kearney & Trecker for 30 years as a machine scraper and rebuilder, invited myself, Kevin and Kyle to his home shop in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to get a crash course on machine scraping. Now that I have my straight edge machined, it’s time to learn and to start to scrape it flat. Ron covered a lot of information in two days, and told a lot of great stories. For ad free editions of this video, head over to my Patreon page and become a Rock Crawler or higher. https://www.patreon.com/mylilmule

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#machineshop #scraping #biax #sandvik #straightedge

A few updates on some projects around the shop, plus a big giveaway for passing 3,000 subscribers!

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WARNING: For entertainment purposes only. This is NOT a how-to or instructional video. I am not an electrician.

I wanted to add some additional protection to the wiring for my 1960 South Bend lathe, but using more modern components. In this video, I show how I wired a breaker, a contactor, a phase monitor relay and a thermal overload relay to the lathe.

If you want to do your own research on this method, here are links to the parts I used.

Enclosure: https://amzn.to/48WCzPZ
Start/Stop Buttons: https://amzn.to/3rQigCT
10 amp breaker: https://amzn.to/3Fh75Gt
3 phase contactor: https://amzn.to/46xAng4
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I try to be constantly working on learning new skills, and one that I have been wanting to learn is machine way scraping, a skill I plan to use when I rebuild my 1960 13″ South Bend Lathe. There are a bunch of new tools I will need to accomplish this, and a straight edge is one of them. I picked up this 18″ prism straight edge as a raw casting from Denis Foster. The first step in preparing this raw casting to become a useful tool is to machine all of the necessary surfaces.

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The indexing keys in my dividing head and foot stock work perfectly on the Bridgeport mill, but are too narrow for the Kearney & Trecker horizontal mill. I wanted to make a set the was a very snug fit to help ensure I have proper alignment between the two pieces.

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The drive shaft on the K&T Universal Milling Head is severely work. I wanted to run a test first, so I am machining it in Delrin first to make sure my math, my order of operations and my setup is correct.

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The drive shaft on the K&T Universal Milling Head is severely work. This is the first part in my attempt to manufacture a new drive shaft.

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This the second and last part of a series on how I made a set of machine skates. These turned out OK. The machining could have been better. The welding could have been better. I suppose I broke the cardinal rule that if it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing. But I just wanted a set of skates. They didn’t need to be perfect and they didn’t need to be pretty.

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I’ve been wanting a better way to move heavy machines around in my shop. Typically, I would use 1″ black pipe as rollers, but in many case, a set of machine skates would be easier. I want to make these so they are steerable, and will handle the weight of any machines in my shop.

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