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  1. chip4charlie

    Belt Sander - Which belts to get?

    Yes, that's the one. Unfortunately they don't ship that product to Canada. Had to bribe someone to ship it to me from the US... Here's the build thread on the BESSEX forum: http://bessex.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=310&highlight=Viel+modification BESS stands for the Brubacher Edge Sharpness...
  2. chip4charlie

    Newnes Workshop Engineer’s Pocket Book.pdf

    I did manage to find it somewhere on the web. No metric though...
  3. chip4charlie

    Belt Sander - Which belts to get?

    And I like supportting Lee Valley whenever I can. Did you know they have a "pay slope" policy that the CEO can't be paid more than 10 times what the lowest paid person makes? And has profit sharing with the employees...
  4. chip4charlie

    Belt Sander - Which belts to get?

    Scissors jig with scissors attached. Note angle adjustment scale in second picture.
  5. chip4charlie

    Belt Sander - Which belts to get?

    It’s in the picture above your post?
  6. chip4charlie

    Belt Sander - Which belts to get?

    This is the scissors attachment. Also works great for gardening shears. Elite Tools sells it, or buy direct from Vieltools.com. I don’t recommend the Planer Blade Attachment that LV also sells - there is too much play. For sharpening planer blades I use my Tormek.
  7. chip4charlie

    Belt Sander - Which belts to get?

    I run a sharpening business in Vancouver. The Viel machine (made in Quebec) sold by Lee Valley and others (i.e. Elite Tools) is a mainstay of many commercial sharpeners. A popular upgrade, which I just did, is modifying it with a VFD motor intended for a pen lathe from PSI Industries. LV belt...
  8. chip4charlie

    Sawing Metal

    Just got a Wen portable band saw for $139 from Amazon. Bolted it to a Princess Auto portable bandsaw stand with vise ($75). I guessed (correctly) that all the Chinese portable band saws are of the same design - so they did bolt together. It's awesome! (5" x 5" capacity)
  9. chip4charlie

    South Bend 9 x 30 $2,000 Vancouver

    https://vancouver.craigslist.org/nvn/tls/d/north-vancouver-south-bend-metal-lathe/7441351302.html Precision lathe with tooling, in good condition. Comes with: 3 chucks, with extra jaws Collet set and drawbar 13 tool-holders for turning , boring, threading, etc. Approx. 50 pre-ground bits...
  10. chip4charlie

    LIkely not a deal, but drool: Monarch 10EE in Spokane, $10000 USD

    Keith Rucker at VintageMachinery.org is restoring a 10EE. So far he's had the ways reground, and just sent removed the motor and DC generator:
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