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    What's Paul up to?

    I can attest to that, in high school a very close friend of my brother and I had his boat run into by an impaired woman driving a typical runabout. His leg was run over by the propeller, and the leg basically severed into chunks as if by a maniac wielding a clever. They said it was a miracle he...
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    Which lathe models that have D1-3 camlock spindles?

    IIIRC I ended up paying $21.51 a piece = 64.53 PLUS an "Admin/Postage" fee of $45 for total of $109 and then GST upon arrival in Canada. I got hosed on the deal and didn't get my small parts to boot. par for the course with british lathes. The only thing worse is ordering camera gear from...
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    Which lathe models that have D1-3 camlock spindles?

    thanks again, I've ordered the correct parts now.
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    Which lathe models that have D1-3 camlock spindles?

    Johnwa, thank you very much for the info and link. I had looked at Grizzly before and discounted them because the SB Heavy 10 is a D1-4 machine not D1-3. However, while I was able to source the camlocks overseas for an arm and a leg, I was not able to obtain the retaining pin assemblies...
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    Ontario meetup, April 6

    I was going to the Tools of the trade show as well, which means there is far less chance I'll be free on Saturday. If other regions have their meet ups the same day I'd suggest having a computer, web connection, and large monitor may prove very helpful for presentations, and could facilitate...
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    Rear mounted parting blade.

    not just more rigid but the cutting force direction tries to push the cutter away rather than into the workpiece causing it to bind. Watch Mark's video for the detailed cutting dynamics
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    Dickson type tool holders perhaps S3 size

    These are now sold.
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    Colchester 8000 gcsurplus Quebec

    damn, we may need to swap out the one master 2500 for this one... too bad the auction closed. We'd have paid 6K which I doubt the dealer would have done. selling through the dealer at just the mark up I'd expect
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    Dickson type tool holders perhaps S3 size

    I've reached out to my acquaintance to see if he still has them. I haven't heard otherwise. If he does I'll put you directly in touch with him
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    Late model Precision Matthews 1236T lathe GTA $2700

    sorry I did not catch that this was a scam. I chalked up the awkwardness in the language to non native english speaker using translate and I trusted marketplace who sent this as one of today's picks. But I agree it is a scam since the person is new user etc etc
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    Metal shaper. $7000, Melancthon, ON

    This seller is well known for being over priced on everything he has... he can afford to be because he has storage space coming out the butt... and he seems to find all the really hard to find goods. I've wanted to have a few items he was selling over the past few years but his prices are what I...
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    Late model Precision Matthews 1236T lathe GTA $2700

    On facebook marketplace in Brampton there is a newish and very clean looking PM1236T lathe plus $1000 in accessories and a engine hoist going for very reasonable price. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/695026399327725/
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    Argon in GTA

    When you have a gas mix in a sealed pressure vessel the pressure is dependent on the external temperature. So if you want to ascertain the remaining volume of gas within the given volume tank based on pressure the temperature must remain constant. Therefore you can't use my readings to compare...
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    Laser Engraving

    THIS ^^^^ Not just knife making, but marking general metal working, jewelry etc can all be done better by using a laser to burn out a mastic type resist and then using an appropriate etching solution. In fact this method would be much easier than the laser toner transfer method I've used to...
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    Laser Engraving

    No John, I parked that project indefinitely since I had other more pressing things to deal with. I do have a laser cutter guy in the GTA I have used in the past and was going to ask him to cut parts and provide me a bulk discount when I do. I hope to get time in the new year for such things...
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