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I won't do it for you but I'll say a little bit on how I did it .This was/is on a 200T Adam Clack in California sent to me .First you have to work on the muffler,completely gut it .Enlarge the hole the baffles come out of .The exhaust doesn't get raised but widened just a bit .The transfers are...

What I have seen is when the plant that makes the Abrams tank was reactivated .I spent about a year and half upgrading those old machines which were perfect when myself doing the electrical work and a tool and die maker doing the mechanical .Only to reinstall them and shortly afterwards having...

Like I've said many times it's all where ever you live on what you might find .In Ohio it's not really a problem but in Montana or Alaska it certainly could be . In my example the Monarch 10" EE cost me $800 and the Bridge Port Model M milling machine was also $800 but that was 25-30 years ago ...

At the risk of sounding like"I told you so " where I worked for 29 years ,Ford Motor tried those Asian made lathes .Most of them after about 5-6 years got scrapped .It was a case of accountants thinking they knew more than engineers and trades persons As a cost cutting measure they scrapped out...

I've got one section of my dealers book covering special tools but they are not up to date with the newer saws .Being a tight wad a few times I've refered to that section just to get an idea and make whatever it is I need .For example at one time you could not find flywheel pullers except...

A story from a few years ago .I landed a Husqvarna 2100CD from a forum from some island off Washington state ,cheap . I could not hardly pull that thing over but they pull hard anyway being 99 cc's and no compression relief .The starter drum on that thing had a nylon bushing that was worn out...

Realisticaly probabley a cord a day using a hydraulic splitter but usually about half that much .A skidder is just that .Could be a mule,garden tractor,farm tractor, dozer .Depends on weather it's a pecker pole or a 3 foot white oak . I've got tractors and dozers but no mules nor will I ever .I...

I'll just say that yellow splitter is very unique .Evidently that design wasn't real popular .

Just a note,take it for what it's worth .I've built and repaired a lot of splitters .Recently those of "dirty hand " design are made in China .I would not be surprised if that County line was . First of all the Chinese don't know how to weld .Secondly the hydraulics are sub standard in my...

It can be heli-arced .Firstly every bit of the e-coat has to be ground out because it can't be welded through .In addition it may take some experimentation on what alloy of filler rod to use .I'm not familiar what that would be on Stihl nor am I a good heli-arc welder .However I "know a guy "...

I think the 038's might have had a metal starter pulley ,single or two pawl but some could have a single pawl plastic pulley .If I recall the metal had a brass bushing that should last forever .Plastic I don't recall if it had a bushing or not .If the pulley tilts on the axle very much that...

Something is not right with this .My modified 038 mag has 180-185 PSI compression with 22 thou piston /head deck clearance .I've got a d-handle start .It pulls over fairly hard but always starts . If I recall the stock clearance with a 20 thou gasket is around 46 thou You might look at the...

I would just say depends on the machine .Something like the relatively newer ones such as JET or Grizzly you might find new parts .Older machines like Atlas,Lodge and Shiply .or South bend you'd about need to find a scrapper who sells the parts .Then again those older machines have enough...

Like they say there must be a zillion ways to skin the same cat but the end results are the same .Bearings on Stihl or Partner usually are heat shink both housing and shaft .You can remove them with the crankshaft or without .It's simple freeze heat deal . I prefer to remove the entire rotati ng...

To the above machinery brokers from all over the USA sometimes would converge on the larger auctions .These were big time operators taking bids over cell phones .Stuff went high .However the smaller job shops things went a lot cheaper .At one sale I bought an entire pallet of lathe chucks for...

I noticed this and to reply the Monarch 10" EE in the pic I submitted tips the scales at around 3,600 pounds .My larger lathe ,a pre 1920 Boye and Emmes 20 by 48" is about twice as heavy. In addtion to that I was gifted an American Hole Wizard 10" column radial drill press I would guess at...

Now regarding sleeves .The process requires some forethought .Any decent machinist could do it .I myself am not a machinist by trade but I can do anything a tool and die maker can do it just takes me a lot longer .

It could have been him also .I talked to both of them at Saw Fest last year . Not to change the subject but Dave had an old school Homelite 650 racer I recognized from years ago done by big Dave Neiger (RIP ) .I ran that thing a long time ago .

Most of the non clam shells use what is called heat shrink fit .The process,right from the book is heat the bearing pockets up using a heat gun .torch or whatever you have .Once you get on to it it's relatively easy . Some use case seperating tools but few can afford it just doing a few DIY...

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