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    Tool Tubing Bender

    https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/25508549008760698/ Princess Auto, acceptable but a bit clunky to use. If you can swing enough cash for this one, you won’t be disappointed. I have made thousands of bends with Ridgid tube benders, they last forever and do a perfect bend every time...
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    DICKSON quick change tool holder（Who uses it? Detailed dimensions can or have been mapped）

    https://modeleng.proboards.com/thread/12428/cnc-machining-dickson-tool-holder 640 × 550
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    Just signed up and here to learn how to weld

    Welcome from Vancouver!
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    New member saying hi

    Welcome from Vancouver!
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    Acronyms

    Problem with acronyms is they don’t cross language boundaries well. Used to do a lot of business in Chile, sent out many product proposals littered with acronyms. Took a while before I learned the acronym used for one of our product manufacturers was the Spanish equivalent of the English FOAD...
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    Parting is such sweet sorrow

    Pump sprayer from a bottle of Windex, needs to be the type of sprayer that has a nozzle that selects mist or needle spray Empty glass bottle from maple syrup, because I’m Canadian 10:1 synthetic coolant Use the needle spray, makes it possible to get coolant deep down into the groove made by...
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    Tips/Techniques Greetings from Okanagan

    Welcome from Vancouver !
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    Radius cutter - $380 Central Van Island

    Also has a nice looking 5c collet indexer https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/3834117013525942/
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    Chicken lights mistakes

    Bit of a splurge, but a coaxial indicator is spiffy. I use mine all the time, in the mill to locate centres and also in the lathe to reset the tailstock after I’ve turned a taper. https://accusizetools.com/products/co-ax-indicators Amazon has much cheaper ones.
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    Mecatecnica Dividing Head $1000 Duncan BC

    Maybe not a super-duper deal, but looks well worth the asking price https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/990433582602922/
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    Craftex Metal Lathe CT089 Swap/trade Edmonton, AB

    Think they would do an even swap for a Daisy air rifle?
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    King 10x22 Lathe Thomson-Nicola BC $1025

    Sold
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    King 10x22 Lathe Thomson-Nicola BC $1025

    Someone needs to grab this https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/410517711755626/
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    Mill Power Feed Weight Question

    Today's work, 90% done. Tale of mild woe and greater success. Sent Busy Bee a request for spare parts for my mill, I wanted a new end plate as I never want to drill holes into the original parts when I do machine mods. Never got a response. So went to Grizzly Industrial and took a chance and...
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    Tools you waited too long to acquire

    Add a ChatGPT AI processor and we’re all f#$4ed
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