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  1. whydontu

    Bambu Labs to implement an authorization and authentication protection mechanism

    From my older brother, 50+ years as a systems programmer. Bambu implemented a security system using public and private key encryption, and them set up the private key configuration to use the same key for all users. This meant that any user that cracked the private key theoretically has access...
  2. whydontu

    Show us your shops!

    Go to Enterprise with the police report, photos, and license plate info. Point out the driver claims he wasn’t the one who rented the truck. Unless the renter listed the driver on the rental agreement, the insurance is void and Enterprise might be willing to give you the drivers name.
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    New Lathe Bits DCMT21.51 Amazon Gamble

    Can you imagine being so proud of the products you manufacture that there isn’t even a name on the box? I’m picturing a sweatshop in China, with a row of 55-gallon drums of loose inserts, and a row of young women grabbing handfuls of inserts to fill the little plastic boxes. (Although, to be...
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    New Lathe Bits DCMT21.51 Amazon Gamble

    Holders: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B09ZVL2P55?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1 Inserts: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07YF9RSNP?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title
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    New Lathe Bits DCMT21.51 Amazon Gamble

    First try with new 1/2” DCMT21.51 holders & bits from Amazon, just wanted to see if they would be as good or bad as various reports describe. Test piece of 316 stainless pipe. Quite pleased with results, very nice finish, and able to run my BB B2227L lathe at the Machinery Handbook 200 SFM...
  6. whydontu

    RF30 Mill/Drill $800 Comox BC

    Nice clean looking RF30 mill https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/600002052675330/?
  7. whydontu

    Round Column Mill/Drill $325 Mission BC

    RF15? Maybe RF30? https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1302900967422646/?
  8. whydontu

    help making small hinges

    One way would be a 3/16” or 1/4” concave cutter. Slab of brass, mill to a tee shape to get the hinge ears, run a concave cutter to get the rounded profile, cut apart. Not cheap, but how much is SWMBO’s approval worth? https://www.kbctools.ca/itemdetail/5-703-025
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    Lantane 12x36? Lathe $500 Mission BC

    Looks like typical Taiwan 12x36 belt drive lathe. “little bruised” https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/651214217569976/?
  10. whydontu

    Tool Room Lathe - $4,995, Delta, BC

    SWMBO says we don’t have room for the lathe, but she would consider getting rid of some bikes to make space for the Rolls.
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