Recent content by kstrauss

I was surprised at the number of decent condition name brand DTIs at good prices. Even what appeared to be a real Indicol holder for only $5. You'll love the Starrett tap holders! I've enjoyed my A/B/C for years.

So you're the evil one! I got three 3-inch (#510) Kant-Twist on an initial pass and decided that I deserved the pair of 2-1/2 that you scored. I should have made an offer for all 5! If your needle nose are from the same vendor as mine they are great for the price. I wonder if the chisels for...

I just returned. As usual, most of the toys on offer were wood related -- planes, gouges, axes, etc. -- with enough metal related stuff to make it interesting. I bought a few Kant-Twist clamps, a never used 5/8-24 tap and some nice Italian made nippers. Also something that I didn't recognize but...

I plan to go. I've been to most since they were in Thornhill and later at Kahn's Auction Barn in Pickering (around 1980?). Wow, that's 40 years!

Intrigued, I did a little testing. I don't have a fish scale (I mostly trust the scales at the grocery) so I tried using a digital kitchen scale for some very crude tests. I secured a cheapie mag base to the ground cast iron of my Myford. With a force of about 5 pounds attempting to tilt the...

Perhaps I'm misunderstanding but the data at https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/bulletin/12/nbsbulletinv12n1p1_A2b.pdf seems to show that the magnetic permeability of cast iron and low carbon steel vary due to composition and heat treatment but are similar at perhaps 100 to 200 and vary somewhat...

Was the issue the actual boring head or the brazed carbide boring bars?

Ahhh! And thanks. I was envisioning that somehow the engraving was done using a rolling die rather than simply rotating the stock as it was engraved. I've often mounted something on my 4th axis and rotated as I engraved on the periphery. Does your attachment rotate only between letters or...

Looks great but what is meant by "roll engraved"?

12 different 100 word plaques. Each to have name, DoB, DoD (only dead people considered) and brief description of achievements. Yes, lots of words and I fear that I'll have to write or at least edit them!

Do any of the mentioned suppliers sell a Made-in-Canada product? If not, why insist on Canadian? Get it directly from China and use the savings to buy Canadian beer or wine!

Looking at the revised list of items subject to a 25% Canadian tariff. There are numerous specific items that will particularly impact members of this group. If you need something it would be prudent to purchase from vendor's current stock before any price increase. From a quick look: • Huge...

It's on my list of things to do.

I scored a quantity of 7x24x5/8 MDF scraps from HomeDepot several years ago so a perfect size to fit my mill's table. As others have noted it works well as backing when drilling or finishing the edges of stock. I've also used it with double sided tape (https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B000QC48UU) to cut...

Your point about the value of aluminum versus bronze is very well taken. The plaques are planned to be outside and in a park. There will be lights and probably surveillance cameras but that won't deter the scoundrels. I suggested such at an earlier meeting of our committee and the others...