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We've had some ass-kickin' storms before, never had a Blizzard Warning.

That's for the real heat treaters with thicker sections and controlled conditions looking for consistent, repeatable results. A torch and bucket of oil is not that. I'm not heating a 1/4" thick piece for 15 minutes, once it's up to color for a minute or two it's going into the oil. It's very...

Twenty minutes?!! No need to hold the temp that long, that only applies for large parts where you're waiting for the core to heat. Something that small can be quenched pretty much immediately after reaching critical temp.

I was going to say that I wished they had a dollar bill next to it for scale, but the dimensions given for the machine look reasonable.

I love children, other people's children, children you can send home.

Reminds me of the BS-0 dividing heads on eBay a couple of years ago, or $100 kilos going back a few decades. I think they're just working the float, collect interest on the money until they have to refund.

Good morning gentlemen, I'm both surprised and pleased to see that my reputation precedes (exceeds?) me. The auto-retract threading tool came about from a comment about my automatic threading stop. The commenter complained that it didn't retract the tool as well. Challenge accepted. The...

Thanks for letting me join, I wasn't sure if I had to be Canadian. I found my way here on the recommendation of @mmcmdl. I am a retired machinist/job shop owner, originally from the San Joaquin valley of California. I now live in the mountains of north-eastern California. I have a small home...