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New member just north of Goderich

I think it depends on the situation. For home use, a heavy Colchester or Stanko or Bridgeport would probably be fine on custom skates it you are still able to reasonably level it with no soft foot. A light duty craftex or bench top mill, not so much as I would imagine it would dance across the...

I could definitely see using a keyless on smaller lathes. On most jobs I’ve always used 14N or 16N chucks and Ive usually only centre drilled for live centres or flipped to MT drills. I’m now thinking about a keyless on my Colchester at home though

New here. I’m just starting to gear up for retirement but here goes -Bridgeport knee mill, variable, rewound from 600v to 240 and setup with a freq drive. Setup with 2 axis accurite readout, Kurt drawbar and in the midst of booking up a trico coolant system. -Colchester master 2500, new...

Long as the beer fridge is cold I wouldn’t care...

I’ve never used a keyless chuck on a lathe. I don’t think I’ve ever come across a keyless on a MT at all. Usually I’m flipping from the keyed chuck to a MT drill or live centre anyways so often as opposed to keeping the chuck in the tailstock that I don’t think it’s enough of a production...

Barn track and cable hoist maybe? Most trusses should easily take most hobby sized lathe chucks. Track is cheap and princess auto puts those small cable hoists on sale on a regular basis. I would definitely limit the weight to a few hundred pounds but have seen guys pick up complete engines...

-A place for everything -Clean up after every job. It doesn’t take long for crap to start piling up. -Years ago I made a 10 shelf shelving unit for akro bins for all my hardware, fitting, bearings etc. It cleans up clutter and being only 12” deep (6’ tall x 7’ wide) doesn’t take up a ton of...

I moved here 16 years ago from London. Thompson’s feed is still running but the one on the south side hasn’t been in operation for years.

Beautiful that way. The boy played some OBA ball that way and I have some friends from them parts. Always enjoyed going there. A few hours south of where I am always makes such a difference when it comes to weather and heat. Damn banana belt. I love it. Lol