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I stopped off at a distributor yesterday that stocks Pferd files. They had a few oddball files in stock plus 14” tapered bastards. The coarseness is a big change from my 10” bastard and is it ever thick. You could say it’s a fat bastard for sure. So far so good, it’s given me confidence to...

Every time I do something that throws chips all around the workshop it takes me ever to clean up my basement workshop. So maybe my wife is partially right- I should have my tools in drawers or cupboards. But there are some tools I’d never want to put in a cupboard or drawer because they’re...

Oh boy, I’m so jealous. You’re living my dream of building a home built aircraft. I no longer have my license and am unlikely going to get it back- and building an aircraft that I’m not going to fly doesn’t have the same allure.

(Thankyou for the moderator who edited my message above deleting the inflammatory political content. I appreciated that you did that for me!)

Festool has an “exoskeleton” to help with this. I can imagine if you spend all day working over your head this would be a fantastic investment.

I was reading an article about making battery packs for model planes, and the fellow was using a “Pencil” spot welder to weld on the tabs for the battery cells. If I ever jump to cordless tools, that might be a good addition to allow me to remake my own battery packs.

I had a bugger of a time with getting Windows 11 to not use OneDrive. It’s still not cleanly being unused, but at least it’s not continually reminding me to backup empty folders.

My memory may be getting a bit dim, but last time this president was in office I was thinking of importing a lathe directly from China to avoid his Tariff’s. I believe I called the Canadian department responsible for duties and was advised that for a product that was shipped via the US I could...

What about moving to Winnipeg? Too cold to rust for 6 months of the year. Some treatment required for the shoulder seasons. Summer can be humid, but that’s only 2 months.

I've found an answer: "Example: At a length of 250 mm, a cut 1 file has 9 teeth/1 cm of file length. A 100 mm long cut 1 file has 17 teeth/1 cm of file length, however. The higher number of teeth on shorter files ensures the same ease of use (in terms of force input, guidability and stock...

One of my local Winnipeg distributors will bring in KBC items, so far I’ve only paid the KBC sale price. No shipping.

I used cleaning vinegar (Canadian Tire, Sobies) and it usually took all the Mill Scale off in a day.

Funny how now Made in China is far more acceptable to me now… as long as it’s not Made in USA.

Wow, that actually makes sense on the origin of the term. “Pass me Fred’s file- the bastardized one that’s half way between the Course and Medium”. Poor Fred had been forgotten to time, but his bastardized file system lives on. The file is older than the movie unfortunately… But I enjoyed your...

That’s great to hear! If there comes a day when the US company I purchased from is no longer an option for parts it gives me greater confidence my lathe won’t be orphaned.