Recent content by frankcal

I find Banggood to have less selection and higher prices than Aliexpress. However, if they have something Aliexpress doesn't or they have a deal on a specific tool then of course that puts them first. Delivery with both is spotty; cheap items usually get shipped via SunYou or Yanwen economic...

Got any more 35mm rods? Would pay the original $20ea seeing that they are $100/ea @ Metal Supermarket

Price jumped up a touch from @ $31.69 so maybe a few folks bought that and then they hiked the price.. Not a big deal but I have software that tracks pricing and they historically sold for $28.99. FWIW - I love how Amazon uses algorithms to adjust pricing. If you are patient, you can use this...

Even a few years ago they were selling off-cuts at/near full retail and that was PER INCH retail....notably higher than PER LENGTH retail; was pretty obvious when I remember when they used to toss the offcuts on a scale and calculate price that way...instead they took out a tape measure. What I...

Anyone here pick up that machine (ad is gone)? Ran into a fellow in that region before that had BP's for sale and called them 'project machines'...but then admitted that he serviced said machines for a living and appears he has already figured out they were not worth rebuilding.

Found some metalworking tools from seller with this listing: https://www.kijiji.ca/v-view-details.html?adId=1446709177

do you have/have you used a riser?

my biggest concerns: 1) adding a riser that is so tall that it negates shallow work; you dont want to 'fix' one problem and generate another...and adding/removing a riser would be a lot of effort 2) paying up for a riser (say, 4") and then wishing it was a 8"...considering the amount of risers I...

re: RF45; is there any sort of riser on that unit?

I know that this is a subjective question depending on work being done/personal preference but overall: - who here has added a riser to the column of their knee mill? - what height (inches) did you select? - did you find the height you selected as being overall useful...or wishing you had gone...

Finding my way around...