Hello! Just getting started in metal work. I stumbled upon a 1950s NRC machinist’s basement workshop at an estate sale and am picking it up and moving it to my own basement.
Logan 200 series lathe, a Canadian Buffalo drill press, a die filer, two chests of Starrett gear, and drawers of files.

Please send positive vibes as I do my best to transport it all up and out ...

I was just gifted, from my BIL, an Ender-7. I haven’t heard the greatest reviews on them, but hopefully it will be fun to play with.


To note at the start. This has absolutely no instructions, and there is no user manual online either. In ...

Here they are recycling metal from old electric motors.

This is how it's done in India? Pakistan? with a lot of hardworking guys, a basic approach, lots of chisels and hammers, no PPE, yet they get it done. Gotta admire them and be grateful we live in Canada.

Some here have observed my nail polish and earrings. I'm about to take a next step in my life, and many of you have met me as bearded, dressing typically as a machinist... I am about to change my government documents to reflect my transition, and adopt an appropriate name to match. Thus one less "John" on the forum, and a new name "Joni", with a drivers license as "F".

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I’m learning to single point thread with the spindle in reverse (away from the chuck). I’ve been deepening the cut with the compound but getting a poor finish. I started wondering of I need to have the compound 30deg clockwise of perpendicular or if I can just plunge with the cross slide. I’m cutting a 5/16-18 with HSS on a 2hp 13x40” 25 year old Chinese lathe (Enco/Grizzly).