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Milling a 3/8” keyway in stainless pump shaft. After years of having a complete hodge podge selection of high speed steel endmills, most were already used, I wanted to try something new.
I picked up some new Titan USA by Harvey Tool Company cobalt 2 flute end mills to try for keyway cutting in the manual mill. This 3/8” end mill did a great job with a clean cut and a finish slot width of .374”.
So far I’m impressed and it’ll be nice to open to drawer and have a selection of NEW end mills to run with the shaft jobs that’s been coming in.
This shaft job will be featured on the YouTube channel soon.

Our Chicago-Latrobe drill sets are back in stock and we have Red & Matte Red drill indexes available now on our website Abom79.com 👊🏻

We also have a few Scratch & Dent units available too.
Get em while ya can!

Thanks everyone! We greatly appreciate your support for our humble little manufacturing run on our own parts. I know we’ve had a lot of requests for a metric version and I want to let y’all know that it’s coming down the pipeline as well 👏🏼


Walter Surface Technologies Greenfield Industries

I’ve learned how important it is to have very clean parts before sending out for anodizing. Each batch we’ve made there’s been a few that have bled out or had spots in the finish, causing them to have to be stripped and anodized a second time. They do get dipped in a cleaning vat first but it’s not guaranteed that all of the oil is removed.

We’re using the CRC Industries Chlor-Free Universal Degreaser to ensure our parts are clean of any coolant, oil and chips before shipping them out to anodizing. It’s easy to use, drys fast and leaves the parts completely clean.

Every day our machine shop relies on the dependable, clean, dry air💨from our Kaeser Compressors, Inc. 5C Airtower. It provides the needed air supply to the CNC mills and gives us oil & moisture free air when cleaning our parts.

Another batch of our drill indexes are about ready to ship out for the 🟪 color treatment 👏🏼

These Reed 8” vises are hard to find! Now is your chance to own a legacy. I’m letting go of these two and they’re in great condition.
All vises and tools will be up for sale this weekend May 30, 2026. Visit Abom79.com for location.

Reed 108 $3,000 Firm
Reed 208 $3,500 Firm

Lots of other vises available too. Athol, Starrett, Parker, Rick Island, Wilton, FUP, Columbian and more including a few machine vises.
Precision tools, cutting tools and hand tools. So much stuff I need to move out.
Come visit us this weekend and help me pass this stuff down to the next care takers!

1-1/2 pump shaft that needs threads & a keyway.
Single point threading 1-1/2-8 left hand.

Another full trailer load of tools moving down to the new shop. Can’t be more happy with our Air-tow Trailers for how helpful it’s been moving machines, tools and shop equipment 👏🏼

Come to our Shop Tool Sale May 30th and pick up a vintage vise! If vises aren’t your thing, I’ve got loads of machinist tools, cutting tools…we got loads of tools!
Location & time can be found on our website Abom79.com

Packing up drill indexes for anodizing. These will be finished in purple 🟪
We’ve got more drill sets on the way too. We’ll have the red indexes with drills available very soon.

In your Schwarzenegger voice, say Aluminator!

90 seconds of the best milling sounds coming off the VM throwing rooster tails!
This 2” facemill is taking a 1/4” doc across the 3.5”x 8.250” aluminum blocks in one pass around. Then it roughs out the center.