Recent content by Robert Fontaine

Just so everyone can tell. I am not nor have I ever played a machinist. Is the Kennedy toolbox the only toolbox with a drawer for the book? I have a pdf on my tablet but it would be nice to have a paper book in the garage.

Bicycles are thin-wall chrome-moly when steel. The bottom bracket itself is a little beefier but the idea of running a pilot hole unnecessarily seems risky. I am too fat for my Columbus sl frame these days and it is like trying to ride an elastic band. They make racing bikes with minimal...

Dremel with one of those extension shafts plus a carbide burr grinder and a willingness to completely destroy your bottom bracket and you are good to go. A die grinder will make it way too easy to cut right through those thin walls.

From what I can gather the 9" was there cheap version built in the mid-50's. There was a machine shop still making parts for them in 2012. Not sure if this is still the case. 9X17 http://www.lathes.co.uk/logan/

I sent a note to ask about spindle runout and bedways. I suspect this will be gone very quickly before the weekend. As long as the bedways aren't complete trash I suspect this will be gone before I convince myself to buy it.

I'm in Winterpeg so it's a bit too far to drop by but thanks for the offer.

I looked at the King Canada 13" Drill Press on the internet and the words in the ad look about right but I have never had one in my hands. Is this a decent tool.? I'd like a good enough drill that I can drill and bore 1/2" mild steel without making a mess. I think the laser thing is kind of...

I did not find out. If I was I wouldn't have posted it on the forum :) I don't have 2k in my wallet to buy some old iron with. I need to buy a lottery ticket or start a piggy bank.

I could convince myself that it fits in my garage. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/867406991657107?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3Ae30390a1-63e3-42df-9391-9b424f00ae2b

Sound like I need to find a business. Infodungeon.com likely won't do it.

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-power-tool/winnipeg/myford-metal-lathe-24-bed-with-3-jaw-chuck/1669383570

How are you getting product from McMaster-Carr. When I look it says no shipping to Canuckistan.

I miss greyhound for shit like this. The bus used to be a cheap fast way of sending small heavy freight.

I don't wear glove around a live machine but barrier cream (pb 88) and nitrile gloves when handling metal and rust keep me from having a rash up to my elbows. If I don't use the barrier cream/gloves I have a nasty bleeding rash within 4 or 5 days. Excema is no fun and oxides and solvents...

flatter flat .