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Recent content by Tom Kitta

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    Myford ML7 Resurrection - A New Summer Project

    Stuff other then the lathe looks like is worth $300. Several oilers Spindle bearing oil cups I got these off aliexpress - you can get nice brass ones.
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    8”inch rotary index table new, $120, Barrie, ON

    Damm that is a good price! like 1/3 or so of in store.
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    Machine Shop Tooling, $200, Calgary, AB

    Price is fake.... He says 50% of catalog price! I can sell for like 25%.
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    6.3” 4 jaw lathe chuck, new, $170, Saskatoon, SK

    or get new for 160...
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    Milling machine: Albrecht chucks, Silver and Deming etc.

    Albrecht type overtightens large drill bits and than makes it fun challenge to remove the drill bit. There is a reason why they don't make them big - largest is like 5/8 / 16mm or so. Do not use Silver & Deming in them or you are up for an adventure. I am strictly Jacobs shop and I do use...
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    Parting is such sweet sorrow

    I did that... all went well for under a minute - nice cut... then ... boom. I guess feed to high ;)
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    Big lathe calgary $1000

    Already sold. This was not such a bad price - I sold my Enterprise 1675 - so smaller - for over 2000 on auction! And it was missing chains!!!
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    Little Giant trip hammer on BCauction

    Yeah these things are NOT cheap. Over 5K with fees!
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    7" Metal Band Saw - Or Best Offer, $1300, Drumheller, AB

    What? You can easily get these under $1000 used.
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    Tips/Techniques Cutting High Strength Steel Forging

    I tried few times but I only managed to damage the drill bit - so I need to watch some videos. Some of the drills I have are like 50cm long 2" with 2" shank.
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    Craftex Metal Lathe CT089 Swap/trade Edmonton, AB

    What???? I have a mint 14x40 under tarp now that I am polishing up and I plan to sell it for $4000 (!) its Modern tool - some say its 13x40.
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    Tips/Techniques Cutting High Strength Steel Forging

    I have like 50 of these. Have not really figured out how to use them - need to see some videos. part of the problem is that shank is not MT and sometimes huge.
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    Little Giant trip hammer on BCauction

    Current price 2669.69 closes today. Item A258570 Links don't work as their system with open.dll is... well... pre-dynamic languages. Long time ago there was just static HTML and no way to display dynamic stuff. So people used Shell Scripts written in say C to generate dynamic HTML text...
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    METAL BAND SAW, $50, Springbrook, AB

    It is right between Calgary and Edmonton.... near Red Deer.
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    Marketplace cylinder square

    Tried that - its OK, I forgot to bring it to a meeting so people can tell me how bad it is. I think my other square will just cheat and use the grinding on the shaft of the hydraulic cylinder. This is quite precise. Maybe not a million of an inch but quite good. Then I do proper grind of both...
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