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    Tips/Techniques Cutting High Strength Steel Forging

    True, I guess I forgot a minute we delved into test reports and certs, if an offshore company gives a cert, it's very different from a domestic company giving a cert Again, no politics, the discussion arose around steel quality compared to country of origin, and how other countries can fudge...
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    Stuart’s big dumb lathe

    Yep, I'm not a huge "safety" person per se, but watched a 2000 pound piece of glass get smashed because of poor rigging and the safety latch not able to close properly around the rigging
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    Tips/Techniques Cutting High Strength Steel Forging

    This will seem like it's out of left field but this forum should be used to that by now :D A very little bit of research turned up forged snap binders will generally bend, under abusive drivers. Cast, on the other hand, will simply break @Susquatch holds the opinion that...offshore....forged...
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    Shop Shop air line systems

    It's 2024 now, it's ok to use brown bread, c'mon
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    Shop Shop air line systems

    I went compressor to rubber hose to 20' copper, then air/water seperator, then black pipe, back to rubber to go up the wall, then black pipe main the length of the wall. All 3/4" with 1/2" drops, and minimal pipe threading/cutting. I run 1/2" rubber air line after the drops with the larger P...
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    Dabblings

    Is it an Edmonton or Albertan thing to charge both an environmental fee and a deposit for plastic water jugs?? I knew Sask you could take cans back. If that's going to turn into politics then ignore/delete, just curious
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    Tool What is this type of ruler called?

    Jeez... did you have an abacus in public school? :p
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    Dabblings

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    Best place for gas?

    If you transport them upright then people know what you're hauling :D Mostly just oxygen here but I've driven many miles with the tanks banging around in the pickup box, laying down. Curious your reasoning, as I never once attempted to secure tanks, as long as the cap was on there
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    Dabblings

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