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  1. PaulL

    What's Paul up to?

    Delivery today. [Edit:] A bit of testing says that yes, the mill is getting the TouchDRO, and the lathe gets the HS800 currently on the mill. That will let me combine (or not) my quill Z and knee Z on the mill, and honestly, I do the fancier work there, so tthe TouchDRO interface will be...
  2. PaulL

    Repair a very old vertical drilling machine

    One of these things is not like the others, and yet...
  3. PaulL

    What's Paul up to?

    I did 1/2" so I'd have decent holding in threaded holes. 3/8" would have been much more reasonable. Though I'm really happy with the sheer mass of the resulting bench.
  4. PaulL

    What's Paul up to?

    Last spring, IIRC. Steel is pretty variable these days :-(
  5. PaulL

    What's Paul up to?

    Who did you call? I did better than that for the whole half-sheet delivered. (hardcore metals)
  6. PaulL

    What's Paul up to?

    While I'm at it - anybody know what this stuff is called? Some form of modular warehouse stuff, I have an actual useful amount of it.
  7. PaulL

    What's Paul up to?

    I've often wondered how people wound up with these kinds of things. Patience and being ready when the opportunity presents itself.
  8. PaulL

    What's Paul up to?

    This followed me home today: It's at the very limits of what my little tractor's loader could curl and drag back from my neighbor's place. The scalloped angles, salvaged from I don't know what, are 1/2". The whole thing must weigh about 800lbs. I figure it will hold my larger leg vise...
  9. PaulL

    Hardinge HLV-H Lathe $10K North Saanich BC

    I could keep this one in my city shop and take the CX701 to the country....hmmm
  10. PaulL

    Grade B gauge block set $30 Toronto

    OOh, still in the grease paper. I have a compulsive unwrapping habit.
  11. PaulL

    What's Paul up to?

    I found their assembly video. Check out the jump-cut: https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx1O3YNbAt9thxwMillX7iguOpPyhNilnl
  12. PaulL

    What's Paul up to?

    Yeah, at the cabin this would have totally been a job for the loader. In the city, not so much. Anyhow, this little trailer will let me get some much needed supplies to the island - deer fencing, a new anvil, a little lathe if I can find one - and get my years of accumulated debris hauled away...
  13. PaulL

    What's Paul up to?

    Yes, quite explicitly.
  14. PaulL

    What's Paul up to?

    The assembly instructions start with it upside down so you can bolt on the springs and axle. It's all simple except that one step. I don't even know how two men could do it safely.
  15. PaulL

    What's Paul up to?

    I wish this was an update about my lathe DRO install, but instead it's another episode of "do stupid things, win stupid prizes!" It appears that I won no prizes, however. This is "Step 8. Turn the trailer over." I have no idea how this is supposed to be done. And step 8.5: On the way back...
  16. PaulL

    Machine Machine moving

    No luck required: slow and steady wins the race. Avoid having too many cooks in the kitchen.
  17. PaulL

    Machine Machine moving

    My little power hammer was delivered on a welded steel pallet. That thing was *secure* on there.
  18. PaulL

    DavidR8's shop shenanigans

    Acetone. Needs a fair bit of pressure to seat/stick well.
  19. PaulL

    DavidR8's shop shenanigans

    I've been getting mine together as well. Going with the tape version, and mine fits between the ways, under the ground surface. You can just make it out in this photograph - the tape is self-adhesive and comes with the stainless steel cover strip. The head itself will ride on the fasteners...
  20. PaulL

    Machine Machine moving

    No, mine is the smaller model. The smaller one slings around the top assembly, just at the dovetails, and balances beautifully there - I can lift it with the gantry and it's less than 1/2" off-kilter. (Edit:) It's the LC-1 1/2 that I have. Same as @technico
  21. PaulL

    Vehicle Replaced Coil Springs: Uses?

    Leaf or coil, pretty much any blacksmith will take them off your hands. Good carbon content, convenient size.
  22. PaulL

    Does anyone have experience reading digital signals to reverse engineer digital control device?

    Yeah, I have the saleae logic analyzer. That thing is pure magic. My hurdle is getting over doing the work in the hall where the thermostat is installed. Excuses, excuses.
  23. PaulL

    Does anyone have experience reading digital signals to reverse engineer digital control device?

    I hate my Hitachi heat pump and it's proprietary protocol and user-hostile controls. Time to dig for some hobbyist who has hated it even more than me, sooner.
  24. PaulL

    Help with threading on a cx709

    Nevermind...
  25. PaulL

    Help with threading on a cx709

    Are you reversing with the motor or with the gearbox? The gearbox is *not* repeatable. You must reverse with the motor.
  26. PaulL

    Cross slide milling vise - $25 Victoria

    The first time I saw this little vice, some 6 months ago, he wanted $125, IIRC. It's a much better deal now.
  27. PaulL

    B&S Grinder

    That's barely west! I think it's a shorter drive for some of the Ontario folks! [Ok, ok, it's SK not MB]
  28. PaulL

    Product Micro DRO ideal for tiny machines, and embedded cross slide scales

    Yeah, I'm all set up for SMT work at home as well. And I'm seeing short runs with 2 day turnarounds at ludicrously low prices now. Why didn't we do this thinking at the start of winter instead of the start of summer?
  29. PaulL

    Product Micro DRO ideal for tiny machines, and embedded cross slide scales

    Short run PCBs are so cheap now, and there's so few components to a read head.... I need to retire so I can do this stuff.
  30. PaulL

    Product Micro DRO ideal for tiny machines, and embedded cross slide scales

    Does he have any sort of web site/presence? I want to read more about these.
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