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    Free stationary engines

    Here is one I found. Rusting away on an island I found while having a look around..
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    Free stationary engines

    I have wanted one of those engines for years. I do see them occasionally around here (Nova Scotia) as lawn ornaments.
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    McMaster Carr no longer integrated with Fusion 360?

    I went from solidworks to Fusion 360. I did a few tutorials to get going on it. Then I picked a model steam engine and forced myself to model and assemble every single part in the drawings. From that point on fusion was a lot easier. I also got rid of solidworks to eliminate the temptation to...
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    McMaster Carr no longer integrated with Fusion 360?

    It's not a difficult program to learn. I'll admit I'm a bit behind with some of the recent updates.
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    Grizzly lathe edmonton $1500

    How many people who are selling a lathe would take it outside to take a photo?
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    Fusion Tip entering dimensions

    Technically yes but with a big but. It supports rotary indexing as is. It will rotate a set number of degrees then stop and execute a tool path. Milling, drill etc. That will work for anything I have planned. If you want the X, Y, Z and A axis to rotate and machine simultaneously then you have...
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    Rusty Southbend $1200 Red Deer

    One thing I know from experience. Alberta rust is a lot easier to remove than east coast rust.
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    Fusion Tip entering dimensions

    I had to look up last years bill to see. It's $405 CDN for a year. Not cheap but It's pretty good software. It's not as good as solidworks but the maintenance costs alone for Solidworks would probably be triple the cost for fusion and it includes both CAD and CAM.
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    Fusion Tip entering dimensions

    I had trouble with Fusion 360 initially. I was going there from solidworks. I 100% got rid of solidworks for 2 reasons. It's too expensive and it was making learning fusion a lot harder. After that fusion was a lot easier to use. As for the price I am what they call an early adopter. The...
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    Tool End Of An Era - Time For A New Soldering Gun Tip

    I have at least one if not two of that type of soldering guns. It gets little use since I bought a Weller soldering station many years ago.
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