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    Modular collet rack

    Proud of farmers sometimes!!!
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    Show us your shops!

    I know what the light switch is for in the first two photos and the vise in the last one !!!
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    CX706 1HP Brushed to 2HP BLDC

    yup... the 2 hp ( converted from overhead belt drive to electric in 1930's) on my old lathe is 1/2 as big as a barrel and prob 300 lbs
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    Welcome to Westwood Metalworks, What is he building in there?

    It is amazing how much water can build up in a short time with the right conditions. I dont know the height difference between normal water level & the highway bridge at Lethbridge , its a long ways down at regular times but I crossed that bridge with a loaded semi one day during a flood and the...
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    Welcome to Westwood Metalworks, What is he building in there?

    The only problem I see in that property is that it may have " A River Runs Thru it" possibility
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    H-M site down ?

    I noticed that myownself and wondered if 140 had been one of the first to import war surplus from a recently defunct Syrian army "that was only used as a downrange Cadillac "on one of the many "two-way shooting ranges" in that area.
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    DavidR8's shop shenanigans

    ah, you got off easy...My bookcase is 2 complete walls in my house but to get it where its at now I had to load my whole house onto a truck and move the whole damn thing 250 km. those two bookcases are very much appreciated features that moved with the house, professionally done when built, the...
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    Plasma cutter for under $300!!

    I can remember not knowing how much air pressure to feed the thing so that may have a bearing on how much they throw sparks as well...I still have the machine here and made a full length leather bib to protect my legs & feet when I need to use it again. Actually the owner of the machine...
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    Plasma cutter for under $300!!

    My shop is a 50 yr old wood structure and I NEVER weld ,torch or angle grind inside, everything that an be moved outside goes there...if it cant be moved it doesnt get done. I guess there is one exception, my bench grinders are all mounted inside a small metal construction paint booth...
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    Something I would never do in my shop.

    I would never look to be reimbursed for letting a friend/neighbor use my shop & equipment. I have offered the usage a few times to people working on one project or another, a couple have used the big vise & welding table & hand tools but nobody has ventured forth on the power equipment as of...
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