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I did attend. Bought a large drill bit, a long drill bit, a large used brass punch and a few HSS used end mills. Including admission...

God people - did I say China??? Seriously who would buy from Canada or US...

Jezz, you could buy solid brass bar for less, machine it to what you want, and then sell the swarf. With the right tools, you might even...

So, I'm new and need metal. I decided to do a bit of running around the Toronto west area looking for brass and aluminum to start...

If you're in West Toronto head over the metal recyclers Dixie/Shawson Rd area near the airport. They let you look through the bins and...

I can't speak for Alberta. For Ontario, I am stunned unless there is something I'm missing...

It is hard to figure out what exactly they are selling given that they are selling it with ONE picture. He includes an old vise - say...

I have lots of similar stuff from accusize. It is clearly Chinese but they do enough volume to be able to insist on higher quality...

They are really nice. Very smooth and clean without much need for a full cleaning. I've had excellent luck with everything from...

I found this one for $50.00, a little bit of elbow grease, a razor blade and some wd40, shows it to be in pretty good condition. I have...

I think too many people are giving me credit that properly belongs to @CWret. He did the vast majority of the work pulling this together...

Glad to be of help. For the ones that are concerned about alignment of a weldment: one can always turn a ”pin” on one part and a close...

No DRO and in THAT condition...sheesh! If he gets it then I am sitting on gold. Only other consideration is 220V single phase...

I say, just live longer…