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That is why I jumped on the Starret vernier protractor.

If all you want to do is make stuff then carbide inserts are the easiest and best go-to option to start with. I still hold onto the...

IMO they're handy for carpentry, woodwork, and fabrication. I have all three, and while I don't use them a lot, they have their uses...

I have the same problem as the seller. No room for it. Pretty cool machine, not a huge footprint either, and the price is right. The...

I find a plasma is the greatest tool I have, as it makes me look like I know what I'm doing. I can sit at the computer, listen to River...

Hardware and small stock cart is coming together.

That's fantastic work Charlie. I remember seeing a pretty rusted and rotted out donkey when I was about 10 or so, at a roadside...

Just found out these things existed, and thought I'd share. Pretty versatile mounting options from a 1/4" hex driver, to wrench, and...

Finally making some progress on my garage awning (and now gantry crane), at least more than just collecting material Story goes, my...

The OXA size from little machine shop is what I run on my super 7. Perfect size for that lathe. I bought the toolpost with 5 tool...

I thought it was the day he buys a boat, and also the day he sells that boat. I don't know about the divorce thing, but If I buy...

Ya probably. I will consider this an expensive educational lesson...... Still relatively cheap compared some other ones I've learned :D.

Thank you, Great tips. For stops, you're saying I should snap back out of the puddle? Then strike ahead and fall back into where I...

Wow, that's impressive. There is a great lesson here..... I need to find somebody like that locally.

I made up a tapered mandrel and poured the bearing in the drive pulley. Chucked it up and bored out the babbit. The clutch facing had...