Recent content by Rick Runciman

Ya, but even though I'm a retired hobby machinist now,, still thinking like an old journeyman,, LOL.

Can never have too many tools,,, ummmm, does that make us hoarders,,,LOL.

Haven't seen a fly cutter in ages, inserted face mills are the way to go.

Hey Kris, I know a guy who has been looking for some stainless welding. He recently had to pay 60 bucks to get 2, 1' stainless shafts welded into some conveyor rollers. A 15 minute job. If you can beat that price, I can get you some business, are you interested?

Welcome Simmons,, this is a cool bunch here, you'll enjoy.

Welcome Tom, I'm a retired machinist with the same equipment in my garage. Looking forward to meeting you some time.

Hi Chris welcome,, I'm a lifer machinist retired to a small garage hobby shop. If you have your own tig, I may be able to send some work your way. Cool stuff you're building. I'm starting to play with some metal spinning.

The best way to get scrap metal for practicing on,, is to go dumpster diving behind machine shops. IE,, Union Pump, at 61 and barlow, tosses lots of old stainless pump shafts. After a while, you get to know whose Calgary Metal dumpster has what.

If you are in Calgary, just drop over with a usb flash drive. Send contact info to [email protected].

it's 440C stainless, and had to be heat treated.

Here's one I made for myself some time ago.

If anyone wants Gibbs Cam with a dongle emulator. I can set up a download link on a web page.

Naaaa, this is more like it. LOL.

Always do the threaded end last, if you can.

He who does the most, with less, has the biggest bank account.