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  1. Arbutus

    CA-BC 3-conductor cable?

    Send me your contact info - I have a 1000ft reel of 4 conductor 20ga shielded machine cable. Canada Post will get it there in 2 days. Nope - its 22ga. Shielded, 4 conductor with ground messenger and foil. :)
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    Tips/Techniques Show your shop related 3DP

    Back on the topic of the thread, I have a suggestion for STL/STEP/IGES/F3D sharing that does not involve money. Take a look at GrabCAD: https://grabcad.com I have been using this for about 5 years. It is a community oriented towards engineering models, rather than pretty critters and toys...
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    Tips/Techniques Show your shop related 3DP

    Rather than a blade brush per se, I used some flat copper braid about 3/8" wide. Its just a tube made from fine copper wires and it does a great job.
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    Supplies Am I seeing this right?

    McMaster Carr stocks Metric O1. But.... Drill rod (aka silver steel, eutectic steel, etc) is also available from MSM but not metric.
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    Supplies Am I seeing this right?

    McMC: Doubled as well. Then theres the 35% dollar and all the taxes piled on, then tarrifs. Good grief.
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    Supplies Am I seeing this right?

    What on earth has happened ? Thats four times what I paid last year. :( Local supplier: I just needed a 2x2x0.25" piece!
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    Tool Lathe indicator holder

    lets see.... The printer I used there was the Bambu P1S and the filament is a generic PETG-CF from Elegoo. It prints perfectly using the "Generic PETG-CF" profile. The only trick really is to slow the printer down to 60mm/s and make certain the bed is clean or freshly prepared with BedWeld or...
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    Old Iron And Pride In Craftsmanship

    At the grand old age of sixteen, I went to the final closing sale at the Singer plant in Singer, Glasgow. It was an auction, and there were the usual buyers there for the machinery, sewing machines and crates of spare parts. It was a very sad day. The whole town had been built around that...
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    Tool Lathe indicator holder

    I wasn't expecting this much interest! The base is made from 1-1/2x1x12" CRS (PDF attached) it only fits the rear way on the V10P. The front clamping screw doesn't need to be gronked down since the profile is a close fit to the way cross section. A lip would make it hard to remove in this...
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    Tool Lathe indicator holder

    Well that was another Tuit well spent. While working on the Eureka relief tool, I was having all kinds of problems with the DTI mounted in one of those wobbly magnetic indicator stands, teetering on the edge of the ways. The solution was this rear mounted indicator stand, which is sturdy and...
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