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Bill Tuttle

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  • Birthday 02/20/1947

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  1. I believe Robere's post sums it up perfectly. And furthermore I have seen some real good buys recently on these machines.
  2. Check the resources page of the Nautical Research Guild. There is a wonderful article on building one written by Phil Krol. I built this years ago and it turns out beautiful rope. The motor I used was an old Enesco Dental Drill motor which you can always find on Ebay. This is particularly good because most will reverse direction and you can control the speed with a rheostat. Good luck.
  3. Jim, You have received some excellent advice from all of the replies. I purchased a Cameron Drill press about 40 years ago from a professional modelmaker. I have had excellent performance from it and their service is beyond compare as well as advice over the phone. As, I believe Kurt mentioned it is overkill but I find it very useful when I am making blocks or something that requires a lot of repeat work, using one of the X/Y vices I believe was made by Charlie Files, the manufacturer of the Preac Table saw. You will never be sorry you bought it and service as well as parts, have been available for years. If you are still interested I would recommend a look at their website and a call to their service folks. They have always been very helpful to me but I have never had a need for any replacement parts on my old machine.
  4. Benjamin, Dremel made a small inexpensive lathe years ago. It would serve you well for the small wooden things like, cannons etc. I have never been much for turning spars finding that these are better made on a long cutting surface with a small plane and sand paper. The little Dremel would give you some experience that you would find useful when you move up to a metal working lathe. I would offer the suggestion to watch ebay for one of these and follow Bob's advice to save your money for the future purchase. I had one of these years ago before I purchased a Unimat III and it worked well for me. I may even have that laying around somewhere and will look and see if I can find it. Bill
  5. I am not familiar with that particular pin vise but it does look like a nice one. In recent years the China versions have been very cheaply made. Check out Ebay for a couple of Starretts and you will never be disappointed.
  6. I would agree with all of the folks who recommended Starrett. When I started building models most of the pin vices were at least acceptable and some very good but they seem to have all gotten cheaper as production of these has moved to China. You can always count on Starrett and they can be bought used at a very reasonable price on E-Bay. Likewise on the drill gauges. The old General used to be fairly decent but now it is hard to tell the difference in many of the holes side by side. I also use only Starrett from E-bay for drill gauges.
  7. I am getting into this way too late but what about PegBoards. I never seem to have enough pegboard space or wall to house them.
  8. John,

     

    Mihail's address is : mihail.kirsanov@mail.ru      Remember he does not speak english so you will have to translate to Russian.  Let me know how it works out.

     

    Bill

     

  9. This reply is directed at the warranty comments made by Gregory in the previous post. I carried a socket wrench into the local large Sears store for replacement. The clerk dug around in a box under the counter and came up with an old socket wrench to replace my like new inoperable one. I queried him regarding the guarantee and he said that was no longer effective. I haven’t nor will I ever buy a Craftsman tool since then. Furthermore I wrote a letter to the President of Sears relating this experience and I never received a reply. Sad situation as these were very good tools at one time. I see Lowe’s has taken over the line and I am not sure what their guaranty is but I am through with the line and their products.
  10. Ron, I can only further confirm what you have already heard. I have been building models for over 45 years and have purchased every table saw made trying to get perfection. The only thing close to any of this was the Preac Saw and you were severely limited to size. I certainly can't acknowledge any problems with the Proxxon Saw because I have seen so many people praising this, but I can say you will not find a better model saw than the Jim Saw and he will stand behind this to the end. His customer service is beyond compare and his product is wonderful. Congratulations on you purchase!!!
  11. I agree with you. I was a Commercial Banker for 40 years and in the early years of my career when I did consumer lending you could tell a customer to go ahead and write a check and come in and sign the note later. Couldn't do that now. Mihail's service as well as Jim's is beyond compare. I just hope someone else jumps on these carving tools. They are really great tools. There is a learning curve on sharpening and I am still a novice on these. I use shapton ceramic stones on my chisels and planes and can put an edge on those that scares me but these tiny little gouges are not easy. I am even sharpening them under a low powered microscope. I am getting better just have to use a light touch.
  12. I just finished using some of these carving tools that I bought from Mihail three years or so ago. I had misplaced my instructions for sharpening that he supplied and found a need to contact him again for help. He provided me with a detailed e-mail regarding the sharpening process. I can only applaud again these tools as they are the best small carving tools I have found. In this correspondence, he mentioned to me that he still had three sets left for sale at $420.00. Just wanted to post this as he travels somewhere in the summer and these will not be available again until around October. If anyone is interested let me know and I will provide his e-mail as we have done in the past.
  13. Vossiewulf,

     

    I am always in awe of your tools and being a tool Junkie myself I like to check things out before buying.  I notice your previous thread on Micromotors and I am currently about ready to pull the trigger on an NSK Evolution. 

     

    This thing has gotten pretty pricey but I would rather buy once than experience future problems.  I have a Ram now that I have had for about 20 years but it is time to upgrade and this NSK will do about 40,000 RPM's. I just wanted to check with you before I commit.  Do you have any thoughts or opinions on these.  From what I understand they are indeed the Rolls 
    Royce of micromotors.

     

    Thanks,

    Bill

     

     

  14. Great advice on the Stanley vise. I will have to buy one of these too. There are some excellent videos on these on the internet showing all the different functions and capabilities. The GRS in one of the previous posts is also a great vise. Their stuff is pretty pricey but always excellent well made tooling.
  15. Wow!!! Beautiful work, just wondered if you have trouble with the Veritas sharpening jig slipping on the Mortise Chisels. Even with the attachment for them I have to support the bottom of the chisel to stop it from slipping. Even contacted Lee Valley about this and they agreed with me. Suggested double face tape as I remember. Bill
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