Metal Shop
Indoor Machining / Metalworking Tools
Grizzly G4000 9x19" 3/4 HP benchtop lathe (1995 model) and various tooling
LittleMachineShop HiTorque 3990 mini mill (Sieg X2 clone; 18x5 table, 11.5" spindle to table)
now with a LMS 5514 3-axis Bluetooth DRO (official licensed kit of TouchDRO / Yuriy's Toys DRO) with 0.0002" resolution / 0.002"/m accuracy magnetic scales
DRO display runs on a standard Android tablet attached to the milling machine bench; for future reference, the app is TouchDRO on the Google Play store; when setting up the app, all axes must be configured for 5080 Counts Per Inch (CPI)
DRO software Quick Start Guide and User's Manual
Benchtop vertical-mount mini bandsaw
Benchtop drill press
Various tooling, layout tools, taps and dies, drills, etc.
Outdoor Metalworking Tools
Lotos TIG-200AC/DC TIG welder
Eastwood MIG 175 MIG welder with spool gun for aluminum
Stick welder
Eastwood Versa-Cut 60 Plasma cutter (currently non-functional, missing air compressor)
Harbor Freight 93762 4x6 horizontal bandsaw
better owner's manual from Grizzly on Slack (same castings, essentially the same saw)
Small sheet metal brake
Various other welding, brazing, and cutting tools
Charcoal forge and basic blacksmithing tools
Requested Tools
dividing head, angle plate, tilt table, etc. small enough for an 18x5" mill table
precision angle block set
small (12x18 or similar) surface plate in decent condition, and height gauge
set of gage blocks and small (5" or less) sine bar
any micrometers over 1"
5C and R8 collets, especially in intermediate sizes (i.e. not what's included in a standard 8-piece collet set)
Portable/rolling welding table
5" 5C collet chuck for lathe (we'll machine a new back plate, but if it matters, spindle is M39-4.0 thread)
Any small end mills or other tooling that would fit a mini mill (R8 spindle taper) or mini lathe (MT2 tailstock, MT3 spindle, max 1/2" shank tools)
Set of bottom taps
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