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moving the excello ,,,, you may want to set it down on 1/2 x 6 x 6 steel in each corner ,,, that way you can get a pry bar under to slide in pipe to use as rollers Egyptian style

When welding cold rolled mild steel sheet metal you must use tig filler wire reason being the sheet metal has not been killed so it has oxygen in it ,,, the wire for tig is triple de-oxidized and also has a deoxidizer in it ,,, no wire you will get porosity and brittle welds ,,,, do not use...

Put the Excello where it will not be needed to moved

buy the largest that fits your machine and lifting is out ,,, make a table that is attached to the the milling machine and swings out of the way and then swings into place to set the them both the same elevation and slide the rotary table onto the swinging table clamp and swing the tabled...

I have many many handwheels for sale ED cambridge ontario

just throwing this out there ,when tig welding you can't use oxyacetylene wire , you'll get porosity ,,, I think its because the wire is not deoxidized

Feel free to ask ,,, glad to help

Yes swing by next time your wife sees her mom,,, my email is hovercraft57@gmail.com

Thanks for your response and the drawing ,,, FYI if you have welding questions I can help ,,, Happy New Year

yes Craig thats what I should have typed

At the risk of offending buy North American fans there is a Chinese site called Bangood . In general its like Aliexpress . There is a store called Machinefit . They sell good machining items like carbide , holders ect . The stuff I have got from them came surprisingly fast and priced very...

the metal is resulfurized steel great for machining no good to weld

Hello I live in Cambridge Ontario if there is anyone in the general area . My question is about disengaging the feed on my SM 13 x 40 lathe . If the feed lever is moved just enough to start things moving disengagement is ok but if the lever is moved to its full travel position the force to...

Hi Brent If you don't mine buying Chinese a site called Banggood has inexpensive machine shop items . The down side is it will take 6 weeks to arrive and some time to fish around the site to find what you want . Cutting keyways in tempered 4140 is doable with hss with oil a few times .

Hello All - I have a welding background so feel free to ask questions . I am a retired shop teacher but work time to time as a UA welder. In my garage shop I have a 9 x 42 first vertical mill with dro , 10 inch rotary table , metric standard modern lathe , bandsaws , welder tig and stick ,, belt...