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If you have a gate valve, throw it in the garbage and replace it with a ball valve. Unlike a gate valve, a ball valve is obviously...

My experiences are closer to @Susquatch 's, although it was strictly a stop over going and coming from the Philippines, and some years...

And it did say "as is".

There is a gentleman ("Old Mart") who posts regularly on bbs.homeshopmachinist.net, in the UK I believe, who has one of these. I think...

She's cute, but that first photo made me think of that motown song from the 60's about "the girl with the skinny legs". Then I saw that...

If I hadn't just gotten a mill two weeks ago I'd jump on this. I'm just down the road and wanted a vertical/horizontal combination.But -...

Thanks for that info - my 250-101 (I think it is) measures about 9/16 at most, but if the one you link to has a larger slot, or if I can...

@Susquatch You said you got this set from Amazon: https://a.co/d/8g8MUfG I learned on HSS and have bucketloads of it, but want...

Not shop related, but then neither are advent doughnut puzzles. If you have a gardener in the family (or a rose propagator...) you might...

My two cents after my fridge experience. First of all I blew up the fridge motor controller board by not using an isolation transformer...

Over a year since moving I'm finally unpacking and organizing my shop and found this. I don't anticipate having a use for it. Maybe...

Apart from the regional price differences.... I don't see most hobbyists buying, or interested in buying a complete shop. Almost by...

Ouch. As a musician and amateur repair person, this hurts. My pile of instruments to repair includes a trombone which needs a new slide...

When I lived in Victoria (moved something over a year ago) I had bought tanks and had them filled at KMS. Yes. at hobbyist consumption...

Well, it might matter to the person buying it if they have something to compare to, and can look up other peoples experiences with using...