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  1. Manfred

    CA-ON West Toronto material comparison

    Correction, not about to sharpen inserts, I meant brazed carbide bits. Is C5 hard enough? Google is not being helpful.
  2. Manfred

    CA-ON West Toronto material comparison

    Went to McKinnon a few days ago. Can only second previous sentiments. While I was also quoted $1/lb for steel and $4/lb Al, the friendly staff made a few mistakes to my advantage. Great offcut racks with brass, aluminum and steel. Bought 40+ lbs mild steel (with three pieces of tool steel...
  3. Manfred

    Tool Information of Carbide Inserts, Toolholders and other musings

    Found some info on the topic of inserts / carbides that may be of interest and decided to collect it all here: Light hearted intro: And Carbide Turning Inserts - Tutorial (by engineeringsupplies.co.uk) - YouTube Intro to the subject by Kennametal...
  4. Manfred

    Tool Beginners Guide to Vices

    Stumbled upon this and thought it may be of value to some: https://tormach.com/articles/the-beginners-complete-guide-to-machinist-vises#:~:text=Tramming%20a%20vise%20is%20the,the%20axis%20as%20it%20moves
  5. Manfred

    Hobby Machines!?

    Somewhat at the other extreme: Just hit the "X" if you're not on facebook and you can see the video
  6. Manfred

    Hobby Machines!?

    https://samuraimachinetools.com/collections/h-machines I clearly missed the mark.
  7. Manfred

    Membership Expiry Info Not Showing

    Sorry about the repeat. I understand that paying by paypal is easier for the forum and will happily do so. Thank you for the clarification. Manfred
  8. Manfred

    Membership Expiry Info Not Showing

    My membership also expired and I didn't get an email to that effect either. Also, when I go through the motions to pay for renewal the system goes to paypal. I'm happy to pay by Visa direct as I suspect paypal would get a cut and the forum, less. I don't seem to be able to change the default.
  9. Manfred

    Membership Expiry Info Not Showing

    I would like to renew my membership. Only reason I know it expired is that it doesn't show me as a member anymore. Issue I have that system automatically defaults to paypal. Does that mean the forum sees less of the money than if I pay on my Visa directly?
  10. Manfred

    Tips/Techniques Carbide Turning Inserts - Tutorial

    As a newbie I found this intro to cutting tool shapes by Blondihacks very useful: Old Tony mostly on Carbide inserts: On the same topic but only ISO: https://www.cutwel.co.uk/blog/learn-the-turning-tool-iso-code-system.html Both from LMS: https://littlemachineshop.com/info/insert_charts.php...
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