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Home Shop Machining Projects
Taig, Atlas, Craftsman.
Most all my machining projects have been geared to small machines. Currently, I have Taig lathe and milling
machines, but have had Sherline (and others) in the past. Both good machines for their intended purposes.
I like the Taig machines. They're sturdy, and will do any of the normal machining operations within their size range. I bought
my Taig lathe some years ago with just the basics, and a short time later bought my Taig mill as a complete machine, ready to go.
The Taig machines are very accurate and hold repeatable settings, which is very important to me. I worked in machine shops
for many years, and after working with large machines for a long time, I know what I like in a lathe or mill. The Taigs are rigid
and precise, and able to do surprisingly hard work for their size. I'm not involved with the Taig company in any way, except as a
satisfied and enthusiastic owner. My remarks about their machines are from someone who has put them through their paces.
Taig sells many accessories for their machines, and I've purchased a number of them since buying my machines. There are many
tooling items that a person may need though, which are either kind of spendy, or just not readily available in certain sizes.
Sometimes you just have to make what you want. Sometimes you need a certain tool to complete a project in progress.
That's mainly what this website is about, along with some engines and other projects.
You'll notice that some of the tooling projects are rather utilitarian, while others are "prettier". The main consideration in
any case is an item built with the accuracy required for it to do its' job properly.
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[SIZE=+1]I also have a 6" Atlas lathe, which I use for all my "big" projects. A really nice machine, and I have a separate
page for it. Scroll down until you see the Atlas section and click on it if you're interested.
You can get back to this page from any of the other web pages here. Just go to the bottom of any page, and look for the Taig link.
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Atlas 6" Lathe Stuff
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I also have some interest in the Craftsman AA109 Lathe.
Click on the thumb above to go to the 109 pages
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[SIZE=+1] If you have any trouble with the thumbnail links above, please contact me at deanw@bmi.net.
Thanks much!
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Home Shop Machining Projects
Taig, Atlas, Craftsman.
Most all my machining projects have been geared to small machines. Currently, I have Taig lathe and milling
machines, but have had Sherline (and others) in the past. Both good machines for their intended purposes.
I like the Taig machines. They're sturdy, and will do any of the normal machining operations within their size range. I bought
my Taig lathe some years ago with just the basics, and a short time later bought my Taig mill as a complete machine, ready to go.
The Taig machines are very accurate and hold repeatable settings, which is very important to me. I worked in machine shops
for many years, and after working with large machines for a long time, I know what I like in a lathe or mill. The Taigs are rigid
and precise, and able to do surprisingly hard work for their size. I'm not involved with the Taig company in any way, except as a
satisfied and enthusiastic owner. My remarks about their machines are from someone who has put them through their paces.
Taig sells many accessories for their machines, and I've purchased a number of them since buying my machines. There are many
tooling items that a person may need though, which are either kind of spendy, or just not readily available in certain sizes.
Sometimes you just have to make what you want. Sometimes you need a certain tool to complete a project in progress.
That's mainly what this website is about, along with some engines and other projects.
You'll notice that some of the tooling projects are rather utilitarian, while others are "prettier". The main consideration in
any case is an item built with the accuracy required for it to do its' job properly.
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[SIZE=+1]I also have a 6" Atlas lathe, which I use for all my "big" projects. A really nice machine, and I have a separate
page for it. Scroll down until you see the Atlas section and click on it if you're interested.
You can get back to this page from any of the other web pages here. Just go to the bottom of any page, and look for the Taig link.
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Projects for the Taig Lathe A Boring Bar Holder for the Taig Lathe  Making Steel Jaws for the Taig Three Jaw Chuck  Making a Filing Rest for the Taig Lathe  Making Small Springs on the Lathe Part 1: Extension Springs Part 2: Compression Springs  A Follow Rest for the Taig Lathe  A Lead screw For the Taig Lathe  Making Multipoint Gear Cutters  Head Stock Indexing Plate  Extended Dead Center  An Auxiliary Spindle for the Taig Lathe  Gear Cutting on the Taig Lathe  Taig Arbor for a Slitting Saw  A Dividing Head for the Taig Lathe  Compound Slide/Milling Attachment  A Head Stock Center for the Taig Spindle Taper | Mill and Other Projects Building a 1" Diameter Miniature 4 Jaw Chuck  Tailstock Indicator for the Taig Lathe  Making a Counter Bore in the Taig Shop  A fly cutter for the Taig Mill  A Flex Wrench  Oooo... A New Mill in the Shop.  Indexer Project (Feb 2000)  Building a Screwless Vise Part One Part Two Part Three  Making T-nuts  Building a Rotary Table for the Taig Mill  Building a Boring Head for the Taig Mill  An Indicator Stand for Taig Machines  Easy Tramming! Tramming Braces for the Taig Milling Machine Stuck Arbor? (Got an arbor stuck on your head stock spindle and don't want to use a pipe wrench to loosen it?) "CLICK" | Shop Built Engines Building the Tripod Steam Plant (includes video)  Building the PMR-7 Twin Cylinder Steam Engine (includes video)  Building the PMR Drill Press casting kit  Building the Bijou, a very small engine. (includes video)  Duplex Vacuum Engine (includes video)  A Horizontal Steamer from Rudy's prints(includes video)  A Miniature Propane Burner (includes video)  Building a Rocker Engine (Includes video)  A Vertical Steam engine (Includes video)  Pee Wee Wobbler (Includes video)  Low Temp Diff engine  Rudy Kouhoupt engine  An I.C. Engine from the Home Shop (Includes video)  V-twin Wobbler  Horizontal Steam engine (Includes video)  An ongoing Clock Making Project. |
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 Black Powder Wrench | [SIZE=+1]Miscellaneous Projects [/SIZE]  Making Little Bits... (Knurling without a knurler.) |  A Powder Trickler (For the Reloader) |
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Atlas 6" Lathe Stuff
Click on the big picture!
I also have some interest in the Craftsman AA109 Lathe.
Click on the thumb above to go to the 109 pages
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[SIZE=+1] If you have any trouble with the thumbnail links above, please contact me at deanw@bmi.net.
Thanks much!
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