• Scam Alert. Members are reminded to NOT send money to buy anything. Don't buy things remote and have it shipped - go get it yourself, pay in person, and take your equipment with you. Scammers have burned people on this forum. Urgency, secrecy, excuses, selling for friend, newish members, FUD, are RED FLAGS. A video conference call is not adequate assurance. Face to face interactions are required. Please report suspicions to the forum admins. Stay Safe - anyone can get scammed.
  • Several Regions have held meetups already, but others are being planned or are evaluating the interest. The Ontario GTA West area meetup is planned for Saturday April 26th at Greasemonkeys shop in Aylmer Ontario. If you are interested and haven’t signed up yet, click here! Arbutus has also explored interest in a Fraser Valley meetup but it seems members either missed his thread or had other plans. Let him know if you are interested in a meetup later in the year by posting here! Slowpoke is trying to pull together an Ottawa area meetup later this summer. No date has been selected yet, so let him know if you are interested here! We are not aware of any other meetups being planned this year. If you are interested in doing something in your area, let everyone know and make it happen! Meetups are a great way to make new machining friends and get hands on help in your area. Don’t be shy, sign up and come, or plan your own meetup!

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    Don't Use FedEx for Any International Shipments

    Had issues in the past with both FedEx and UPS charging stupid fees. Got told by one vendor that BOTH had been touting the same line, that Canadians were simply trying to pay duties and taxes. Told every one that said that, that I was fully expecting the duties and taxes, just was not willing...
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    New to me Ammco 7" Metal shaper

    Nothing quite like a little accidental experimentation, to open your eyes to what is actually possible, eh? There are a couple videos out there of big shapers dropping coiled up, red hot chips, into a box placed on the shop floor to catch them. The chips look like Valve Springs.... As...
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    Elliott metal shaper CA$600, Ottawa

    Jeebus! It looks like it was stolen from someone's floating dock anchor! Scrap value, less whatever costs are incurred, would seem about right, even for the most hopeful willing to take on that much work, to have a shaper.
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    South Bend 7" Shaper, $1100, Winnipeg, MB

    I gave away one of those, to a friend. Already had an Aamco, when the South Bend was dropped in my lap, so had no financial or emotional attachments... In the Grand Scheme, the South Bend has a couple interesting things going for it. Acme screw threads for the feeds, and, at least on some of...
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    Leblond Regal Lathe, Ottawa, Crown Assets

    My 'gold' rule of thumb, is if you can get a decent, name brand machine, that was made to a specification, rather than to a price, for near or less than the equal sized machine from China sell for at retail, you have probably made a far better decision, than if you were worried about Warranty...
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    Pantograph for Sale

    The GHA machines were either Licensed or plain old Bootleg copies, of Deckel stuff. Strongly suspect, that licensing was in play! I have a GHA Panto, and am a little dissapointed, that the Deckel spindle does not 'quite' fit in the work head!
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    New to me Ammco 7" Metal shaper

    Yeah, sometimes it does that. It's pretty much a relic from that the shaper you are using, is a pretty light weight piece of gear, and does require that you allow for both the various bits of tolerance that add up, as well as that you accept the flexibility of a lightweight machine tool. Plan...
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    New to me Ammco 7" Metal shaper

    Yes sir, it is. I have used my shaper to make a couple useful parts, but I will often set a block in the vise, and just face off the surface, to sit and watch it run... Very soothing! LOL!
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    Noob needs help with custom HSS tool.

    Eze-Lap Diamond hones! Git Some! :) Cheap (around ten bucks each) and very effective. Lessee...https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop/tools/sharpening/files-and-hones/70638-eze-lap-diamond-paddle-hones?item=70M0224 You may have a sporting goods store near you that carries them. Skip the coarser...
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    Crawford Lathe's 4 spd drive box woes...

    I think your best bet is going to be to skip trying to find Maker's info, and measure the parts yourself, and have a chat with the guy at a bearings and seals house, such as BC Bearing. A digital Caliper would be very handy, take measurements in both Inch and Metric dimensions for the seals...
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    JCDammeyer's 42 projects

    I was serving in the CF at Comox then! (1985!) VU-33 Squadron, I was fixing Trackers and T-33's. Funny how close paths can cross without meeting! Had a friend that was crewing on a pretty large sailboat invited me out for one of their practice sessions. Was fun, but the money (that I didn't...
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    New to me Ammco 7" Metal shaper

    Should be pushing forward slower than it retracts. As described earlier, the ram should be moving forward, when the (oh hells, trying to recall the terminology exactly. Dang!) eccentric driving block is in the 'top' portion of the driving arm, so it gets the best mechanical advantage driving...
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    New to me Ammco 7" Metal shaper

    EXACTLY what I meant! With that info, a tape measure, and a calculator, you can figure out the size pulley that you should have, for the motor speed you are using. AND, close enough, really is! :)
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    Leblond Regal Lathe, Ottawa, Crown Assets

    https://www.gcsurplus.ca/mn-eng.cfm?snc=wfsav&sc=enc-bid&scn=538043&lcn=694766&lct=L&srchtype=&so=ASC&sf=ferm-clos&lci=L694766&str=1&lotnf=1 Looks to be a 550v, 2hp motor on it. You can run 2hp on a standard 220v single phase source, so it's a straightforward motor swap, from the look of it...
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    Cincinnati tool and cutter grinder #2- $900 - Orono, On

    First T&C Grinder I have seem brought up here that actually had some of the accessories with. AND reasonably priced!
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