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    Machine What has he done now!?

    wowowowow... the old 102vm is in my opinion one of the prettiest lathes ever made. looks like you got a good one! any cool story of where these came out of? judging from the warning labels I'd guess UK, maybe a government lab or something?
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    Optima drill sharpener (Hamilton ON)

    https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2279951319008485/?mibextid=kL3p88&rdid=Ikc3lSezSBOu53aW&share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2FESpVp3RRXsLFRN2w%2F%3Fmibextid%3DkL3p88 drill grinder with a built-in shadowgraph to check the grind and a secondary grinding wheel for doing...
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    Machine Make a precision spindle.

    Thanks again for your thoughts! come to think of it, it's pretty incredible that you've rebuilt both a plain bearing spindle and this one with roller bearings. As for why deckel did what they did (and also why plain bearings came to mind) - the fp1 had plain bearings in both horizontal and...
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    Machine Make a precision spindle.

    incredible work, mcguyver, very inspiring... thanks for taking the time to write-up and share your knowledge with us! maybe a stupid question but did you ever consider remaking the spindle with plain bearings? do you think that would have been any easier (or just different)?
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    Deckel S0 clone - 500$ - georgetown ON

    https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/453034570688963/?mibextid=kL3p88&rdid=FRDUZZ8WWIb92CSN&share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2FvctcPUuzGryLvAgS%2F%3Fmibextid%3DkL3p88 looks like a fair deal. you can get more collets from aliexpress if that's all it comes with I had a...
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    Small machine shop for sale, $16,000, Cranbrook BC

    huh, is this like the square head / aktiv generation?
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    Small machine shop for sale, $16,000, Cranbrook BC

    Rotab is non deckel (the deckel one is kinda huge - 380mm) and the thing behind the slotting head is the horizontal overarm (that goes where the vertical head goes). pity it doesnt have the dividing head, that's probably the accessory I find the most useful (with the self centering vise). the...
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    Small machine shop for sale, $16,000, Cranbrook BC

    looks like the same gen of fp1 as mine - mid 50s, this should be plain bearing (!) horiz and vertical spindles, and 10" travel on X. looks like it comes with a few good accessories: tilty swively table, slotting head, horiz overarm, wolhaupter-y looking boring head... and the funny accessory...
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    PA Roll Lock Sanding Discs & 0-1" Dial Indicator on sale.

    we bought a thing of the roloc discs and quite a few of them so far have separated because the glue they use isn't very good...
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    euro mill alert - Aciera F3 (victoria BC)

    another rare bird! this time for the west coast bridgeport haters: https://www.kijiji.ca/v-power-tool/victoria-bc/aciera-f3-milling-machine-for-sale/1692142832 Aciera F3 with two axis DRO and swively table for 5500 $. Triumf (particle accelerator!) property tag and judging by the paint it...
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