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I think they are referring to rankine cycle efficiency and not overall thermal efficiency. A steam power plant will get around 40% thermal efficiency.

Well it is too late, I just bought a 3" boring head as I thought the 3/4" shank would be more rigid so I will have to make it work for me. Thanks anyway.

Kevin

Use batteries and an inverter if you go with a steam engine. And a steam engine might just be the way to go.

A little math to look at is the average home consumes about 12 million watt/hours per...

I'm a newbie that just bought a syil Super X3 and am in the proccess of rounding up the basic tooling from a list I made but don't know what size boring head I should buy. The options I have seen are...

You do know that you push the e-stop to make it stop and turn it to reset it. It only has arrows indicating that you turn it but you have to push it to stop. If you have never worked in industry or...

If you don't mind what were you instructed to do with the Z axis. Did you do any disassembly or just clean it as is. I would also like to know how one adjusts the gib correctly on the Z axis and know...

While I had the head opened up installing the large pulley and belt I noticed that the spindle made a moderate rolling sound while spinning it with my fingers. It also did not feel silky-smooth like...

Thanks for the info. Sounds like there isn't a good set out there to buy so I will take the general advise here and get a cheap set, then buy the individual ones as needed, making them HSS.

I will try to figure out a way not to lift it by the spindle case. I am somewhat on my own in moving it and that seemed the most stable.

Well the bench I am using is at 33 so I think I will just leave it at that.




Do any of you think it's OK to lift the mill by putting a sling around the spindle box where it mates up to...

If any of you have been through em all and have a few pointers as to what is junk and what isn't, I would like to here your advise.

I have seen different sets advertised as being made from...

I am making Lou's coolant enclosure for a SX3 and will set it on a heavy duty bench but I would like to know what is the optimum height for the milling table to set at? I know it is probably a dumb...

I hope the transformer is at least rated at 30VA. If it is only rated at 15VA and you draw 15 watts, it might have limited life.

I am looking into one of your mills for purchase and like your...