 For the last 8 years or so, I have run my two websites on a Dell PowerEdge 1900 and it is long past time to…
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 A long time ago, when I started working professionally on computer networks, I purchased a four port Cybex Swithview VGA KVM (Keyboard, Video, Mouse )…
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 IT Homelab and Server Cabinet Every year, each of us takes stock in their situation and this year is no different. This year, I am…
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 For a home server or lab setup, you simply do not need to have a high availability load balancer. However, if you wanted to set…
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 As part of my 24-Pounder Naval Gun model project, after laying out the pattern onto a 2 inch piece of bar stock, I decided to…
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 The 24-Pounder Naval Gun model I am building is approximately 1.8 inches in diameter and about 9.5 inches in total length. The barrel tapers along…
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 The ideal home server setup for me runs on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Server Hardware Currently, my home server is running on an old Dell Poweredge…
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 For my home network, I have used many different routers to secure my systems from Internet Traffic. I am not fond of the cheap routers…
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 Reclaiming my home network switch. I don't always need 24 ports, until I do.... For the bulk of my professional career network computer systems, I…
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 Over the July fourth holiday this year, I decided on an impulse project to build a gib screw locking tool for my Lewis Horizonal Mill.…
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 Once I had the Headstock Spider out of the Lewis Horizontal Mill, I needed to open up the bore to have a snug fit on…
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 Drilling a hold at 180 degrees for the South Bend 9A headstock spider The headstock spider for my south bend 9a lathe made some great…
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 After acquiring a Lewis Horizontal Mill, I took stock in my inventory of tooling. My current skillset in milling is that of a complete "newbie"…
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 Now that I have a few months working on the old South Bend Lathe, it has become crystal clear that I need to improve the…
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 South Bend 9A with an aligned tail stock, rewired motor, new tool post and cleaned up from 80 years of use. It was been sometime…
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 When I picked up the Project South Bend 9A lathe from its previous owner, it was in perfectly servable shape. But... it was dirty. There…
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 Originally, the old South Bend came is a lantern style tool holder. I am sure a skilled machinist can swap tool bits with a minute.…
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 Since deciding I wanted to start an Equatorial Mount for my budding astrophotography career, I have been going searching for parts. As luck would have…
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 As a photographer, I have long understood the need for a good tripod and camera mount when operating in low light and thus a need…
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 Last year, I was fortunate enough to acquire a 1945 South Bend lathe Model 9A. Prior to the 1960's the history is known, but after…
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 Getting Closer to Chips on the South Bend 9A AKA "The General" In July, 2018 I was gifted a South Bend lathe, model 9A which…
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 In July, 2018 I received a phone call offering me an old South Bend 9A lathe and a mill. I will not go into the…
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 Destination4x4.com I own and operate a website called Destination4x4.com. I started the website about two years ago with the primary goal of keeping my website…
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