New fella

[RedDogForge]

hi all new to group, love tooling, its a professional hazard
blacksmith and knifemaker by trade with pretensions to manual machining.
just finished a 12x36 atlas lathe rebuild,
was led here by the desire to build or refurb a die filer.
Live in McKinney TX

[Jon]

Hi RedDogForge - welcome to HomemadeTools.net

Sounds like you'll fit in well here

What's next up on your projects list? Anything that we can help with?

[RedDogForge]

Id like to refurb or build a power hacksaw, something along the lines and beefiness of a older Keller "home sized"
Im in the middle of a wilton sq wheel grinder rebuild but have that one in hand..
die filer of course....*looks intently at a old dead benchtop drill press after seeing Robert's thread*
a motorized smaller benchtop roller mill (around 4-5in long rollers)
the big stuff will have to wait till we move in a year or so building a large shop, dont plan on moving again after this last move. saving the really big stuff for that. I mean who the heck wants to move a turret lathe or knee mill more than once *grins*
but Ill be interested in projects like a large roller mill, a hydraulic press, induction forge....you get the idea. big.

[Jon]

OK, we can help with that. Try these links:

Homemade Tools Search: power hacksaw - HomemadeTools.net
Homemade Brakes and Presses - HomemadeTools.net
Homemade Tools Search: roller mill - HomemadeTools.net
Homemade Forging and Casting Tools - HomemadeTools.net

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