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bottlecutter.jpg Hello, I saw your post and just wanted to respond with my bottle cutting experiences. The best bottle cutter I have ever used is actually very simple. I have attached a picture, I've worked with stained glass as long as I've been woodworking and have cut many bottles with this tool...

Thanks for your information. I did watch you tube and found a video that demonstrates the use of the Magma Compressor. I found that there is detailed information in the owner's manual, that I need to get. I got my Mark V passed down to me with a bunch of extras, some of which are not complete, inclu...

Hello, I am extremely happy that I finally have my older Mark V running and am enjoying the use of the basic tools. My machine came with an air compressor attachment. It seems pretty straight forward as far as basic use, but does anyone know anything about these? I don't see any documentation about ...

My Mark V is one of the earlier Mark V's. The unit came to me from my brother who thought I would enjoy it. I'm still anticipating the enjoyment as the machine has not worked. It basically looked great but had almost everything wrong with the headstock that could happen. My brother thought it needed...

Thank you all for your replies! Through reading them all and reasoning out the problem, I found that my mistake was winding the spring onto the Quill Spring Feed Shaft and then sliding on the housing. For some reason that changes the tension. I ended up winding the spring into the housing and then h...

Thanks for your info and video. This is somewhat helpful, but I actually attached the spring to the shaft first and then wound the spring tight and slipped the housing over and fit the end into the slot. I released tension on the spring after it was attached. Then I assembled the Quill Spring Feed b...

I don't know if anyone else has had the "vocabulary" to wind a new spring into the Quill Spring Feed. Well, after watching Nick Engler's video several times, I thought I could do this. After being able to get the spring onto the nub and then winding it into the housing, I can only get abou...