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  1. Stuart Samuel

    Cool Tools in your home shop that you'd not likely not see in someone else's?

    I also used one of them the other day to push a crack closed on a casting I was repairing. Clamped one side of the casting down to the table, put a clamp lightly on the other side to constrain it, and clamped the hold down to the table. Made it really easy to apply force on an awkward part...
  2. Stuart Samuel

    Machining Vises & Chucks - Online Auction, Brampton, ON

    Much appreciated! Both for the ID and the possibility of reuniting those with the holder. I was actually pleasantly surprised, having heard horror stories of auction pick-ups gone wrong. The handle for the vise? Still with the vise!
  3. Stuart Samuel

    Starrett 434-12-16R 12" Combination Set -NEW-, $290, Kitchener, ON

    I thought about it, as I want a set at home, but the scale doesn’t work for me. Who uses 50th? and 100ths?? Although I have a ‘Xerox’ marked 6” Starrett from my Dad that’s the same, 32nds and 64th one side, 50ths and 100ths the other.
  4. Stuart Samuel

    Machining Vises & Chucks - Online Auction, Brampton, ON

    Will do!
  5. Stuart Samuel

    Tips/Techniques Vertical up welds & Can a Toaster Oven be used as a 7018 Rod Oven?

    I’m very rusty as a stick welder. But the vertical stick ticket was done up, with 7018. 1/8” electrode, I want to say something like 125 amps? But it’s been, uh… 15ish years since I did my tickets. I’d say you can manage with 3/32” rods at 100 amps, 7018, vertical up. And I don’t see why you...
  6. Stuart Samuel

    Machining Vises & Chucks - Online Auction, Brampton, ON

    Picked up this morning! $175.43, all in. Thread files, plus a tool I have to assume is for female threads? $23.39. Two of each type. Maybe someone gets a Christmas present? Two Grey and two Nu-Thread. Starrett clamps. One has a bent thread and needs a little attention. $18.19. Bearings and...
  7. Stuart Samuel

    Cool Tools in your home shop that you'd not likely not see in someone else's?

    One of those has been on my list for a long time. I’m assuming it’s the same thing I’ve found use of on used tools, looks kind of like extremely tiny TIG welding? Interestingly, my DoAll bandsaw has a socket for an ‘electric etching pencil’, as part of the blade welder unit. I dug around a...
  8. Stuart Samuel

    Machining Vises & Chucks - Online Auction, Brampton, ON

    I’ll be there at 10-10:15, same thing. :) And yes, while I like the idea of a great deal, I’ve yet to see an auction that yielded any screaming deals. Good for the seller (whoever it is in this case, I wish them a happy retirement), and good for the auction house. Less so for buyers.
  9. Stuart Samuel

    Machining Vises & Chucks - Online Auction, Brampton, ON

    Sure would be nice, though…
  10. Stuart Samuel

    Machining Vises & Chucks - Online Auction, Brampton, ON

    Yeah, I was bidding on the demagnetizer, up to $50. They come up often enough on Kijiji etc., I think there’s one listed now for $100. If I can go get one any day of the week, I’m not going to chase one at auction.
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