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  1. Al Smith

    The Phoenix

    Bump just for general info
  2. Al Smith

    The Phoenix

    No paint ,the saw was not beat up only improperly used by some roughnecks as I 've been told .I guess they trashed that poor thing in less than two months so it really didn't have much running time . The air filter cover is new via Curt Bailey .The rest was just washed with solvent and blown...
  3. Al Smith

    The Phoenix

    Thank yew.I have still have a little bit of "restorer" left in me .:)
  4. Al Smith

    The Phoenix

    Done The Phoenix is done,right down to the decal . I'll bet it doesn't hardly resemble it's former self,should have taken a before and after .;)
  5. Al Smith

    The Phoenix

    Really .Hmm I figured just about any toolroom set up had either a EE or a Hardinge ,at least one if not several . Show's how much I know,duh .
  6. Al Smith

    The Phoenix

    Long winded post,hang on. It's an 038 Mag,made in Brazil ,not an AV model . The cut piston method is very controversial.Some like it,some do not.Who is correct is anybodies call. That dome is 30 thou above the rest of the piston and dead center so the balance in theory won't be thrown off...
  7. Al Smith

    The Phoenix

    1956 or '57 Monarch 10" EE toolmakers lathe .
  8. Al Smith

    The Phoenix

    Well,I guess I was a little grumpy about that ,sorry.I'll take old Monk under wing and school him in the fine arts of chainsawoligy .;)
  9. Al Smith

    The Phoenix

    Oh heavens I must have had 50 offers to tweek and twitter saws but I made up my mind years ago I would never do that over the net . Just general conversation,too many times somebody would bitch about it or somebody else would comment about how stupidly it was done.It's just a hobby for me...
  10. Al Smith

    The Phoenix

    Keeps them from galling up.When you screw a steel bolts into an aluminum housing there is the possibility of electrolysis or galvanic action because of dissimilar metals . The metals kind of act like a little battery of sorts .The one acting as the neg. will get "plated " by the other and...
  11. Al Smith

    The Phoenix

    Ha Ha Ha.:lol: Oh I doubt it would outcut that 066 .
  12. Al Smith

    The Phoenix

    Couple more .The last is cutting oak "cookies" most people use poplar,ha .:D
  13. Al Smith

    The Phoenix

    More pics .
  14. Al Smith

    The Phoenix

    Not really just an 038 Mag I saved .Originally bought from Rocky as a parts saw several months back. When I really looked it over I thought myself,self I said this one can live again .Live again it does most likely faster than it ever was before . I did a rather unconventional type of port job...
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