Howdy from Central Texas

[jimirwin]

Just found this list today.

Been making chips about 60 years.
Have three Atlas lathes and a Benchmaster mill (& a Unimat)
Gunsmith by chosen retirement gig.

Hope to see lots of good stuff here.

Jim Irwin

[Jon]

Hi Jim - welcome to HomemadeTools.net

What's next up on your projects list? Can we help out with any ideas?

[jimirwin]

The only project I see soon is to make or find a steady rest for my 12 in Atlas. Not a small ID like factory, but something larger. I have a 10 in Atlas steady rest, and can make a block to raise it to work fine on my 12 inch lathe easy enough.

Thanks for the welcome. Now I just need to get familiar with this very strange (to me) format.

[Jon]

Here's a link for steady rest builds: Homemade Tools Search: steady rest - HomemadeTools.net

Also, here are our best tool builds overall: Must Read