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    Ammco 6" Metal shaper

    I was in the same predicerment but ended up dragging that 3700 lb Hendey home anyways...I just couldnt stand the thought of it being thrown in a Calderon of molten metal.
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    New to me Ammco 7" Metal shaper

    I was good in school...until I met "whiskey" at the local curling rink bar, me'n school didnt last long after that, then I met my "wife to be" and whiskey became a didstnt memory along with school...she was much more fun to wakeup with than a hang over every morn....still is after 48 yrs.
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    Tips/Techniques Drill/Grind small hole in very hard steel

    Im not sure my offering will work as you say the work is a big piece that mounting in a drill press is not do-able however it may be do-able with a mag drill. I have done this a couple times & it does work. I have had to drill & tap a couple very hard receiver rings ( WW I over-hardening...
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    Making louvers

    One of the most impressive "home-built's" I have ever seen, I can bet you smile to yourself every time you "squish" with it.
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    BaitMaster’s (Work) Bench

    My cover hasnt been installed for 20 yrs...hasnt proven to be a safety hazard for me yet, i just never go close to the back end when turning but with it off much better to listen to gear clash and observe if something starts to snap crackle or pop.
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    Standard power hacksaw

    And those industrial hacksaw blades make excellent butcher/hunting knife blanks when done their life in the saw.
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    Welcome to Westwood Metalworks, What is he building in there?

    I have used a make-shift platform like that a couple times for my saw. I just use a 8 inch wide piece of heavy web 6" angle iron C-clamped to the same spot on the saw as Dan's is
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    2 antique power hacksaws - $400 - Zorra, On

    Photos PLS!!!
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    BaitMaster’s (Work) Bench

    If you look on the bottom photo in post #221 you can see the forward-off-reverse mechanism plainly, it is the bottom rod of the three. The operating handle is mounted on the far right-bottom of the apron and the switch you wanting is inside the small square box at fare left of that rod where it...
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    Busybee B096 mill drill manual

    There are 2 models of the RF 30 that were offered back then, a 30 A and a 30B i cant remember which is which but one has a much heavier thicker column than the other and a slightly larger table dimension, the one in the photo in this thread is the lighter column.
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