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I'm tired of paying Messer's rent on a bottle that I don't refill nearly often enough to be worth the fees. Any suggestions for non-rental bottles and refills in Victoria? Paul

I appear to continue to be in DRO heck. I've never looked at my DRO output vs a dial indicator until I was trying to get my lathe's X axis working better - using just the DRO I was unable to hit diameters by better than ~2-4 thou. And when I correlate my DRO movement against my DTI, I see a...

My lathe is a Busy Bee/Craftex CX701. I'm trying to figure out my nominal spindle dimensions: nose, bolt pattern. The spindle flange is 125mm. The nose is 70mm (2 3/4")across, with a 43.5mm (1.7") passthrough. I've measured across the studs on a chuck, subtracted the diameter of one stud to...

Ok, I'm fuddled. I haven't used the DRO on the lathe for anything precise since I transfered it over. Today, wanting to hit a measurement I put in my current diameter, and it set the display to a near, but not the same number. And I don't means the bounds of precision, I mean a few thou out...

Anybody have a clue on where to find such? Asking for a friend (really!). Ideally on Vancouver Island, but we can visit the mainland if we need to.

I have ~15kWh of batteries in my shop, and on a summer day I produce an easy 2-3kW for 5-6 hours. My power hammer and compressor and belt sander, while I'm working all day, on a cloudy day, drew less than 25% of my capacity. That leaves me with only one thing to do: Move to an induction forge...

I've been screwing my VFDs to the wall and running armored cable to them from both supply and to the motors. But at the VFD itself there's no good way to tuck away the conductors. Clearly these things need to be in grounded cabinets. I'm not sure I need DIN rails in there as most of my setups...

The inexpensive 60kg blue boy is now mounted and level. Trimming the stump was a bit of fun - rough with the chainsaw and level with the router running on some level 2x4s. And then I failed to drop a Hardy tool through the hole, which is a shy 1/8" smaller than my current anvil. Words were...

https://www.ironplanet.com/for-sale/Dozers-1960-60.96m-812.55-Ton-Camp-Steel-Barge-British-Columbia/9060481 Comes with 22,000lbs crane and 50 rooms, and helicopter pad. Current offer $55,000.

I have a little bit of casting to do, so it's time to get set up. Where do I find green sand in Victoria? I could mail order, but the cost seems to be freight-dominated.