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My Pages - Miscellaneous Stuff
Specialized Lathe Work - Metal Spinning, Segmented Wood Turning,
etc.
- Segmented Turning - Information and
resources for segmented (patterned) wood turning
- Metal Spinning - Terry Tynan's metal
spinning resources; videos, classes, tools, etc.
Lathe and Mill Vendors and
Sources
- Bay-Com
- Blue Ridge
Machinery - Jet machine tools + more
- Bridgeport Mills -
including online factory tour
- Busy-Bee Tools -
(Canada) Metal lathes & other tools
- Campbell Tools
- Cowell's Small Machine
Tools, Ltd. - watchmakers lathes, etc.
- Cummins Industrial Tools
- wide variety of tools including mini-lathe and mini-mill
- Cyberbound Corp.
- Source for Clisby miniature machine tools
- Findamachine.com - Search for machine tools in
Europe meeting your specifications
- Grizzly Industrial -
Great source of hobbyist tools, 7x12 mini-lathe, mini-mill
- Harbor Freight -
Great source of hobbyist tools, 7x10 mini-lathe, mini-mill
- Hardinge lathes -
Manufacturers of precision tool room lathes
- Homier - Discount tools,
travelling tent sales, 7x12 mini-lathe, mini-mill
- Logan Lathes - www.lathe.com
- Micro Mark - Great
source of model maker tools, 7x12 mini-lathe, mini-mill
- Sherline Products -
Manufactuers of precision U.S. made mini-lathes, mills and accessories
- Shoptask 3-in-1
Lathe/Mill/Drill - Large import mill drill with a good reputation
- Smithy Tools - A
well-respected line of larger 3-in-one machines
- South Bend Lathes -
an American Classic
- Taig Tools - -
Manufactuers of precision U.S. made mini-lathes, mills and accessories
- Taig Lathe (at
Hobby Lobby)
- BoltDepot.com - good
online source of imperial and metric bolts and fasteners
- Enco - low price
source for machine tool accessories, metals, excellent service
- Industrial
Metal Sales - aluminum, brass, CRS, stainless, etc.; no minimum order
- Maryland Metrics - great
source for metric screws
- McMaster Carr -
metals, plastics, and other materials
- MetalMart.com -
online source for metal stock
- MetalsDepot.com
- online source for metal stock
- Metal Express -
online source for metal stock
- NutsAndBolts.com
- nuts, bolts, screws, washers and fasteners including metric
and stainless steel
- Online Metals -
online source for metal stock
- Small Parts, Inc. -
good but expensive source for small parts & materials
Tool, Materials and Parts Suppliers
- AbrasiveResource.com
- suppliers of sanding belts, disks, wheels, flap wheels, etc.
- Bearings
Reference Center - information on ball bearings, roller bearings,
linear bearings, thrust bearings and more
- BICL Beel Industrial Controls -
manufacturers & sellers of variable speed motor controls
- Blue Ridge
Machinery - machine tools & accessories, good selection of HSM books
- Nick Carter's Taig lathe
page - Nick has a well established business selling Taig lathes
- Cummins Industrial Tools
- wide variety of tools including mini-lathe and mini-mill
- Cutting Tool Depot
- suppliers of carbide tooling and other industrial supplies
- Cutting Tool Mall
- suppliers of machinery and cutting tools
- die-cut.net - Low cost nationwide die cutting
with no minimums or setup fees by Mag-Knight.
- Discount-Tools.com
- specializing in discount tools for the Home Shop Machinist
- Drill Bit City -
resharpened miniature printed circuit board drill bits
- Eagle Rock
Technologies - mostly high-end tools: air chucks, etc.; lots of knurling tools
- Electric
Motors Reference Center - information on AC motors, DC motors, stepper
motors and servo motors
- Enco - low price
source for machine tool accessories, metals, excellent service
- Enviro
Safety Products - eye, ear and body production - Mag-Safe magnifying safety glasses
- Grizzly Industrial -
Great source of hobbyist tools, 7x12 mini-lathe, mini-mill
- H&H Industrial Products
- Industrial supplies, tools, etc.
- Harbor
Freight Tools - great prices, slow shipping, lots of import tools
- Hobby Lobby
- hobby supplies & tools, R/C, motors, gears
- J&L Industrial
supply - machine tool accessories, metals, extensive selection, excellent
service (merged with MSC in 2008)
- KBC Tools - machine
tools & accessories
- Kodiak Cutting
Tools - Low-cost American made cutting tools; mills, drills, etc.
- LittleMachineShop.com
- Parts and accessories for mini lathes and mini mills
- MSC Industrial -
similar to Enco (in fact now owns Enco) but higher priced
- Mag-Knight Die Cutting -
for low cost nationwide diecutting
- McMaster Carr - all
kinds of industrial & machine tool stuff; one of the larger industrial suppliers
- Metalspinners.net -
links to companies that do metal spinning, hydroforming, etc.
- Micro-Mark Tools -
miniature & precision model makers tools
- Northern Tool -
machine tools, hand tools & accesories
- Pennine Automation Ltd
- CNC Machine Tool Spare Parts Resource & Repair
- PM Reseach
- steam engines, miniature historical machine tool models, etc.
- Ringmaster
Tools - Wood turning lathes & accessories
- Seaways
Model Ship Builders Links
- Shars.com - Shars Tool Co.
- good source for tools, DROs, etc.
- Small Parts, Inc. -
good but expensive source for small parts & materials
- StephanFerdinand.com -
supplier of specialized lathe/mill alignment tools and other accessories
- Stock Drive Products -
gears, drive belts, etc.
- Tinker at Home -
Sherline dealer plus some astronomy projects
- ToolKing.com - new and
reconditioned tools
- Victor Machinery Exchange
- machine tools & accessories, good reference info
- Walden Specialities
- tools and accessories, run by Jack Walden, a dedicated home shop machinist
- Wholesale Tools - All
kinds of tools
Home Shops and Projects
- Dave Audette's
shop - Dave has a streeetched 7x20, info on powder coating and more
- Steve Bedair's shop
- Great project & info resource, Grizzly G4003 gunsmith lathe, G6760 mill, TES Warning!
- John Bentley's shop -
Busy Bee 7x8 and Taig lathe info & projects; beautiful miniature engines, miniature
Unimat
- Samuel
Brown's shop - Homier 7x12 with milling attachment, Jeep off-roading, Linux
- Chris Burgbacher's
shop - Homier 7x12, and mill, projects including executive balloon inflator
- Bill
Cotton's shop - Shoptask 3 in 1 lathe/mill/drill
- Jeff Davis'
shop - Enco 9x20 lathe mods, CNC info
- Dean Dempsey's mini
lathe page - plus R/C racing, benchrest & more
- David
Denker's site - some nice mods (new link 04/07)
- Dragonworks home page
- Harvey White's site - lot's of great info here
- Russel Dunn's
shop page - Sieg lathe/mill/drill combo; scale locomotive
- James
Eckman's metalworking page
- John Elson's
machining page - Atlas lathe, Bridgeport mill, EDM system, sharpening end mills
- Willy
Ermers' shop - In the Netherlands; mid-size lathe & mill, QCTP, power feed, metal
blacking, etc.
- Vikki
Ford's mini-lathe mods - great mods, excellent photos, foundry info
- Charlie Gallo's shop
- Live steam, metalworking, astronomy
- Steve
Foutty's shop blog - Adventures in home machining
- Ron Ginger's shop page
- check out Ron's CNC mini mill conversion
- Dave Goodfellow's
shop page - mini-lathe, mini-mill, engines, CNC
- Les
Grenz's home shop page
- Thor
Hansens home shop page - PDF files of screwless vise, QCTP for Emco Compact 8,
dividing head
- Harlan's
hideout - some neat stuff here, hit-and-miss engines, foundry
- Peter Harrison's
Helicron pages - Myford Super 7B lathe, Mini-lathe, micro-mill, gear cutting and more
- Chris
Heapy's model engineering page - tons of great info at this site
- Ty
Hoeffer's mini lathe page - great source of 7x10 info
- Scott
Holme's mini lathe page
- Michael Horgan's
amateur machinist page
- Houston Home
Metal Shop Club
- Graham
Howe's model engineering page - full size tools, impressive steam projects
- Jerry
Howell's engine kits - some really nice Sterling and IC engines and supplies
- Dave
Hyland's shop - Sherline lathe & mill
- Makoto Ishimura's lathe/mill
site - Check out some really nice projects and accessories he's made
- Dave
Jinca's Project Page - casting, PCB router
- Simon Jansen's
Jet Powered Beer Cooler - this will make you laugh
- David
Jarzyna's shop page
- Richard
Kinch's shop page - 7x10, mill drill, microscope camera adapator
- Dan Kautz's hobbyist
machine pages
- Syd Levine's mini
lathe and coil-winding page - also lot's of interesting info on well drilling
- Steve
Lindsay's Hardinge restoration page
- Metal Working Gearheads
- green sand casting, homemade lathe, scraping
- Micro
Machine Shop - info on Taig mill and lathe; lots of good 9x20 info and mods
- J. Kelly
McCoy's shop - Enco 9x20 lathe and RF30 mill
- John Moran's shop
- 7x12 and microscope info, taper fixture, 3C collet chuck
- Juan More's
home shop page
- Steve
Noll's glassworking lathe - based on a Taig lathe
- ProjectsInMetal.com
- Tyler Youngblood's project site. Lots of project plans and ideas
- Donald
Qualls's - Home made lathe
- James
P. Risers page - lots of fascinating stuff including metal spinning, crystal engraving
- Jose Rodriguez' machining and
tooling page - Jose started the 7x10 craze, check him out
- Jin Sato's Robot Factory
- interesting stuff, but in Japanese
- Richard
Shell's shop - Stellar Technology International astronomy & 9x20 site
- Shopswarf
- Tom Martins page. Lots of good reference material
- Bruce
Simpson's shop - RF30 mill, mini-lathe, jet-powered go cart (no kidding!)
- R. A.
Sommer's shop - HF 3-in-1, restoration of vintage British sports cars
- Dr.
Spiff's HSM page - older Logan lathe, Hardinge mill, etc.
- Jim Stewart's home
shop page - Full size lathe
- Ken
Stuempge's shop page
- Ken
Stuempge's 7x10 accessories (on Ty's site)
- Swarfmaker - Bill
Ward's shop page
- John
Taylor's shop - full size lathe, RF20 mill, steam
- Ron Thibault's
shop - R/C combat warships, steam locomotives, Atlas lathe
- Alan
Trest's shop - Lathemaster 9x20 and 8x14 lathes, 8x14 review.
- Toolbit.net - very nice
clamp-style knurling tool
- Tooljunkie's
Advance Lathe page
- John
Upton's shop page - plus electronics, optics, telescopes and more
- Varmint Al's
mini lathe page - one of the first and one of the best 7x10 sites, lots of gun
info
- Mike
Welch's mini lathe page
- Dale
Wentz's shop page
- Harvey White's shop
page - great site, lots of mods and other info, electronics projects.
- Willie's metal works - sand casting, Gingery lathe
- Tyler Youngblood's
site - ProjectsInMetal.com Lots of project plans and ideas
Mini-Mill Links
Quick Change Toolpost Designs
CNC Lathe & Mill Conversions
DRO - Digital Readouts
4x6 Metal Cutting Bandsaw
Steam Engine Links
Guns & Gunsmithing Links
Home Astronomy Links
Home Foundry - Metal Casting
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