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buddy of mine is entering the world of tig welding. He has 3 options that he is considering so far ...converting his existing wirefeed with some sort of high frequency upgrade or purchasing a new purpose built on-shore name brand outfit for $ 3200 or one of the Amazon off-shore outfits for...

So, I aint no A.C. lectrical engineer, like all truck drivers ever born i can re-wire any 12 V system to perform better'n any engineer ever thought of but AC aint my cup-o-tea. I expected there to be 4 wires inside the hard cover but there are only 3. two white and a black. I will be...

Not a Kijiji find but a phone call from a very considerate neighbor should land a very old lathe in my shop next week. I havent seen it yet but he describes it as "in pretty good shape for its age". It has 2 patent # on it that date 1892 and 1894. Pretty sure it started its life as a...

Well we got Jim's compressor issues pretty much hashed out so on with another one. I said in one of my post's that the topcic has renewed my interest in acquiring a small machine capable of "severing" 1/2" mild steel. Most of my cutting these days is 1/4-3/8" but if the need arises "better...

My first day at my computer in 3 weeks. Well, 21 days ago I was the object of interest of a knife happy surgeon for 6 hrs...while he seems to have done his job quite very well, even a modest recovery will take a month or so yet. Through a comedy of errors at the hospital office level...

Morning fellows, I have a "bucket list" project in the works that will require machining, drilling (prob. 3/8 hole) and milling a Gr 8 bolt. I wanted a gr 5 but the wife came home from town with a g 8 (1 1/4-7) for me. I thought any course tread would be gr 5 but I guess not. Anyhow I...

The cost of hobby machines & tooling can expect a hit in shipping cost that might just make new stuff prohibitively expensive to a lot of folks. This is a snippet of postings on another forum I visit every day. I cant help but wonder if John Conroy's new mill is the last one to hit N. A...

Brian James in Facebook page: Battleships, Battlecruisers, & Monitors: The Big Gun Through Two World Wars The Japanese had a small blast from the past - out of oblivion, the general public was reminded of the existence of the legendary lathe, on which the barrels of Yamato and Mutsu's main...

Premier Auctions is advertising an auction to be held at Olds Ab. On-line now with bidding starting on Sept 22. Auction contains a Beaver knee mill with a couple lots of accessories and a Clausing lathe also with accessories. numerous other metal shop tools (bandsaws,cut-off saws, etc)...

Morning Craig or anyone else for that matter that is familiar with CGN, can you try to access CGN and see if you can hook up. It is unavailable to me this morn. Thanks. Been trying for an hour with no luck and the "severe withdrawal" symptoms are really starting to get going....violent...