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  1. Ironman

    Hello!

    Heck, she moved back to Alberta just to be close to us. And yes, I like your "silly videos":p
  2. Ironman

    Can you drill a magnet?

    It is a ceramic magnet, so is a china plate. Practice drilling a plate first.:p I would use a cheep PA hole saw about 3/8 OD to do it.
  3. Ironman

    A near miss and big consequences

    Dabbler, I went through this in 2015, exactly the same. My lungs have never been any good since, but you and I are still alive, so we must have a lucky charm..
  4. Ironman

    Spindle square

    Here it is. You take the magnet off and put it on the table, and then zero both dial indicators to the top of the magnet. Remove the magnet from the pathway and then rotate and check your readings on the table in the X&Y. The bar can sweep a 10" circle at its outside hole position
  5. Ironman

    Spindle square

    I made my own a few years ago, after using a new 12" brake disk for tramming the head long enough that I was sick of it. The spindle square tram produced the same result and did it much easier. I use a small round magnet about 3/4" long for zeroing the indicator, and it stays stuck to the t-bar...
  6. Ironman

    iPhone to Android - phone recommendations?

    I have the Samsung Galaxy Flip 5. If you have to have a smartfone, and I was forced to by 5G, it is great.
  7. Ironman

    WTB: Hypertherm Plasma Cutter - Powermax 45/45xp or 65

    Yes, it has torch height control. There is a port on the 1200 that a DIN plug wires into and this controls the firing of the torch. The trigger circuit is different for the machine torch. If you were using a hand torch, You can unhook the small black and white wires from the purple trigger wire...
  8. Ironman

    12 x 36 lathe vibration

    When you have a belt flutter like that, the other thing that happens if you run it long enough, is that the pulley itself wears oval because at the high side of the bounce the belt will slip under heavy load. New link belts, new sheave, problem gone.
  9. Ironman

    WTB: Hypertherm Plasma Cutter - Powermax 45/45xp or 65

    You will be happy with Hypertherm. I have the Powermax 1200, and on my table I use an upgraded Duramax machine torch. I've been using it since 2006, and it just keeps on going trouble free.
  10. Ironman

    Tool Inexpensive demagnetizers?

    You are right, you could do that with a 75hp motor. The motor will draw it's idle current, which may be 20-30 amps for a 75 horse though....I'm guessing on this. The fact is, you can use any single phase motor. Let's say you have a burned out pump, but the motor works, it wont pump. So take it...
  11. Ironman

    Tool Inexpensive demagnetizers?

    You guys, rather stand on your heads to build something complex instead of using the field of an electric motor.:p
  12. Ironman

    Product Canadian VFD Supplier

    Mike, that is a good idea in every case with vfds.
  13. Ironman

    Product Canadian VFD Supplier

    They are all made in China, no matter what they claim, and Vevor is one of the cheapest and easiest to set up. Sort of like autodark helmets, tear down a Miller and see the printed circuit board numbers and mfg, and then tear down a Princess auto helmet...oops same components but 10% of the...
  14. Ironman

    Shake my head sometimes

    I found out the hard way that when a postal employee "inspects" your package and wants it, all they have to do is pay the Duty (tariff) and GST, and it is theirs. The union protects them and the post office refuses to release the card holders name.
  15. Ironman

    Miller 180 Autoset

    It is a new liner, but is may be metric or something dumb. The tips that came with it were metric bore
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