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  1. Don Sipes

    Antique lathe still in use

    It should absolutely be capable of doing useful work if you have the patience to deal with belt flipping, change gears and lack of graduated dies. I had a 1930's South Bend 9 inch for awhile. It was a fine lathe, I just struggled with the process when it came to things like threading. Post some...
  2. Don Sipes

    Buying socket head cap screws online

    There used to be a Fastenal here in Airdrie that I frequented often, then they refused to sell to me. The story I got was that they were licensed in Canada as a wholesaler only and got in trouble for doing counter sales to individuals?
  3. Don Sipes

    Buying socket head cap screws online

    I love my high tech bolt sizer hacksaw too!
  4. Don Sipes

    Buying socket head cap screws online

    I'm not sure where your located. If you can an Industrial Supply is the way to go. I use Blackfoot Industrial in Calgary. They sell in any quantity small or large and appear not to have any minimum. Prices and stock are way better than Hardware stores. Great guys to boot.
  5. Don Sipes

    Boring Times in the shop

    No commercial parts involved. I started with some cold rolled steel and machined the end to 1/2 the thickness and rotated it in the vise to get the flat portion parallel to the mill table. The pocket was milled with a 1/8 inch end mill. I set the angles by rotating the milling vise. For the bars...
  6. Don Sipes

    Boring Times in the shop

    YES. I was not pleased with the finish on the 1 inch bar. My bottle of JAX is getting contaminated from reuse. I guess I should be discarding it after every use. If I get some new I'll sand of the old and do it over.
  7. Don Sipes

    Boring Times in the shop

    About a decade ago I purchased some BXA tool holders for my QCTP from a friend who was trading his lathe and didn't want to give away his tool holders. . Among them was a holder for a one inch boring bar. I didn't have a 1 inch boring bar and it's been gathering dust since. So my recent project...
  8. Don Sipes

    Tool South Bend 9A screws?

    My experience is to go one way or the other when it comes to Metric or inch. I do much of my work in metric but with inch machines and inch measuring tools. I tried both for awhile but found it very error prone. I got rid of all my metric measurement tools and my machines are inch. If I'm...
  9. Don Sipes

    Best 10" lathe?

    I don't know the lathes mentioned and of course have never used them. I do agree that on any future lathe I might own a Quick Change gearbox would be essential. I made the mistake when I bought my my Modern Tool 14X40 that because it was a gearhead and had selectable feeds it would cut any...
  10. Don Sipes

    Refractory supplies

    Home Hardware stocks refractory brick in a couple of sizes? I use it on my welding table and in our BBQ. It's light and up to Gas torch temperatures.
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