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    Welcome to Westwood Metalworks, What is he building in there?

    It's in hand right now. Just got home from taking the kids to the minecraft movie. That cold Guinness is well earned....
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    Welcome to Westwood Metalworks, What is he building in there?

    Yep, that's the big downside to lost foam, is having to remake the patterns again after a failure. The upside, it that for ones offs, like this was supposed to be......it's great, and fast. And you don't wind up with boxes of patterns you don't want to throw out, but will probably never cast...
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    Welcome to Westwood Metalworks, What is he building in there?

    Pouring the bucket out my initial impressions were great...... Then i started looking closer..... Bummer. Not sure why that happened. Will have do do some reading, and playing back in my head. There was a moment in the pour where the basin fill up and seemed to stall, then emptied...
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    Welcome to Westwood Metalworks, What is he building in there?

    Had a couple free hours today so I attempted pour #2. Trying the pattern vertical this time to eliminate overhang. Vibrated with a thera gun in 1-2" lifts. All setup before lighting the forge this time...... And the pour went off without issue. What i could see from the outside anyway...
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    2x72 grinder discussion

    Awesome! Nice job on the xy table. I've stalled with the finish line in sight on my build. I'll get there....eventually.....
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    Need to get drill bits for tapping

    Don't think there are any Canadian drill manufacturers, but I'd love to be wrong. There might be Canadian importers rebranding quality stuff though. A good quality 115pc index new is expensive, and only getting more expensive. Scour kijiji and marketplace and be ready to jump on deals when...
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    New welding table

    It's sad what passes for quality these days. Not much found in big box stores would qualify anymore.
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    Tool Milwaukee M12 multi-head driver

    Years ago I made a mandrel with a 1/4" shank to take the worn down 4.5/5" zip discs and use them with a die grinder. I have no idea where it got to, and suspect it either grew legs, or I gave it away thinking I'd just make another one and never got around to it. I need to make another one as I...
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    New welding table

    Nice big welding table. What's that little bench on top of it? :D
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    Tool Milwaukee M12 multi-head driver

    I just realized there is a new version of the m12 angle die grinder, and this video explains the differences. It fixes all my gripes, especially the spindle lock.
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