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All beverage containers are returnable in Alberta.

I'm in. Looking forward to it.

Thanks for the drawing!!

@Susquatch should add plant the trees. :)

If it's on the 20th Crittermutt and I will come down for it.

It would probably work fine. I suspect aluminum inserts have a sharper cutting edge. I have used steel inserts on aluminum when finish is not important and taking cuts <1mm seems to work fine. I remove the aluminum inserts what I have finished as I figured that it would shorten the life of the...

What I found with the Ali/non brand inserts was I wasn't getting the finish that I wanted. I think I will give the parting inserts a try. Thanks for sharing this.

I with with you on paying a bit extra for a product if you can return. Had a look at their store front, lots to choose from and prices seem pretty reasonable. I wonder who makes their inserts?

I was in the same spot as you when I bought my lathe. I did some digging around on Alibaba and my thought process was to find a full line supplier of tooling. I found Sant Tools https://en.hnsant.com/ I have been pretty happy with the ones I have bought and I also purchased extra shims and torx...

The way I look at it if they are going to game the system they can do it whether it is live or maximum bidding. I put in what I am willing to pay for it in maximum bid and leave it at that. Sometimes I win, but mostly I am finding out I am too cheap. :)

For larger than 3/8 holes I use MT bits on my drill press, lathe and mill.

Looking forward to hearing your evaluation of this. I have started looking around for one so this might save me a whole lot of research time on the computer.

Parcel arrived yesterday Thank!! I will have yours in the mail tomorrow.

I would do it it on the mill with a dividing head.

I didn't realize that the holes were drilled all the way through. For some reason I thought they were blind holes. Why not use tapered machine screws?