Recent content by Al Smith

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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On that subject there might another possibility other than replating .That would be over bore and cast iron or 4140 steel cylinder liner .I've only done one being a 125 McCulloch . Dave at I think CCC in Columbus Ohio has done several with good succcess .He has a small boring machine while I...

You have to watch rolling it over with a drill . I spun a nut loose on a 95 cc old as the hills gear drive once .That flywheel orbited my garage about three times and just missed my wifes Cadillac ,

Chainsaws are kind of like women .They are all sisters but they are not identical twins .How they start or run you have to figure out plus remember .

If memory serves with a stock cylinder with a gasket the head deck clearance is around .043-.046 .With a shaved base you can get around .022 and still pull it over but unless to have arms of a gorrilla it about takes a D-handle .With the set up it will eventually once the rings are seated be...

Before you get carried away first try the good old kerosene flush .However somebody might have adjusted the piston travel thus making it discharging less oil . Unless it's different from the normal 10 series impulse pump it should have a screw that sets the piston travel .More travel more oil .

If you Google it you can find the caps,around $20 .If worse comes to worse you could fire a double coil which I once did for a Caterpillar D4 pony motor using a dry cell 6 volt lantern battery .Afterwards I did repair the bad magneto coil .Onan pancake two cylinder engines used a double coil .

I share your pain .With me it's not if I have it or not but where in the world is it .In other words my organizational skills are very lacking .Sometimes if not for the fact my head is attached I'd lose it .