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    fixing a folding shovel the wrong way (making a hirth joint)

    for what it's worth, I bought both of mine (GVWU + GVW150) for 700$, which I think was a fair ish price. pantograph machines are virtually useless and basically worth scrap, and these are even more niche than pantos... if you wanna buy one the real difficult thing is finding one in Canada. I...
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    fixing a folding shovel the wrong way (making a hirth joint)

    basically it turns one of the linear axes of the panto arm into a roll axis, fixed below the engraving spindle. so like transforming X-Y into cylindrical coordinates (X - θ ) if that's any easier to understand. here's a little timelapse video from a couple months ago, maybe seeing it in action...
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    fixing a folding shovel the wrong way (making a hirth joint)

    yeah one of the many ironies here is that the shovel is actually worse than it was new because it's even shorter now (= even more back strain) I did sort of make drawings but not real ones - just something messy to know what to machine. engraved with a roll engraving attachment (for engraving...
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    fixing a folding shovel the wrong way (making a hirth joint)

    I haven't lived in toronto for long but this past winter was the first time where it snowed enough that I had to actually buy a snow shovel. princess auto had what I needed - something small with a plastic hinge so it could be stowed in a car more easily. Made in canada too - how bad could it...
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    Deckel FP1 1200$CAD near Montreal

    50s FP1 with I think plain bearings in both horiz and vertical spindle looks like a 120v motor retrofit comes with slotting head which is pretty sweet, overarms for both horiz spindle and dividing head (which isn't pictured, the dividing head in the pictures is not the oem one)
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    Abene VHF-3(?) universal mill, 1300$ Brant ON

    https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/577537105323082/?rdid=3VMv3qsSfQsIOVfr&share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F18i6Ggb4Dh%2F rather grubby looking but worth checking out I guess? cool combo horiz/vertical mill. 40 taper (looks like) and powerfeeds in all 3 axes if I am...
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    Tips/Techniques Show your shop related 3DP

    spindle taper cleaners. the white felt is nice so you can see the dirt but the dollar store stuff I got is a bit thinner than ideal I guess... attached are stls for the mt4 and 40 taper versions
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    Reasonable price for steel plate?

    if I recall a good price for cheese steel plates (like 44w or whatever) is 70 cents / lb? so maybe a bit more for a homegamer quantity (I think hollow structural section was $1/lb not long ago) i forget but if you're in the ottawa area I used to use loucon metals, their pricing was not bad...
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    Kpchbin ik62 lathe, Mcdougall auction, Carlyle, SK

    1K62 lathe built by the Red Proletarian machine tool plant in Moscow seems to me like a well featured and built machine
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    This may interest the Ottawa area folks...

    pretty sure the green box is the electrical cabinet, here's a picture of a different machine:
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