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    CA-BC What kind of steel in CV half-shaft axles

    I had some junk half-shafts around and cut the axles out before scrapping the CV joints. Languished under the bench for a while but recently I had a fixture that I wanted to make from something other than HR mild steel. Whatever the axle part is made of does not like to be turned in my lathe...
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    Like new Sharp milling machine, $5000, Midway, BC

    Ok, I'll bite. What is the `Egyptian method'? Like when you trick 100 homeless people to come over for dinner and then turn them into slaves?
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    New member, Victoria BC

    Thanks for all the friendly responses, especially from the Vancouver/Victoria area. While I love the world-wide conversations that we can have these days using technology, sometimes I think that local connections are under-valued.
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    Hendey 14x30 Lathe $250 Vancouver

    This is hard to watch! Listing says `sale pending' since yesterday. Someone from this group? It's taking a long time if the beast is in decent shape. I guess the move will cost multiples of the eventual sale price, unless you happen to have time and equipment. Still, I thought it would be...
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    New member, Victoria BC

    Ha ha. If you show my your bandsaw, I'll show you mine ;-)
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    New member, Victoria BC

    No worries. At the moment I'm only down one -- an EC-10. Naturally the next job comes along will need that one!
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    Hip or gable, that is the question...

    Stick frame it up as a simple gable. Then you will have extra storage space in attic when that second Chipmaster comes along . . .
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    New member, Victoria BC

    It is identical to my machine. Here is my 'actual' machine as my kids would say . . .
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    New member, Victoria BC

    Hi there, I'm Chris Bose, a new member from Victoria. I have a garage workshop with some old machine tools and a cute little Colchester Chipmaster lathe, a job and a family to look after. You can probably guess the rest.
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    Hendey 14x30 Lathe $250 Vancouver

    Interesting and simultaneously frustrating thread. The link provided by @David_R8 cautioned that lot of these Hendeys are heavily worn under the chuck due to soft ways. How do you avoid it becoming your personal home workshop paperweight without a proper inspection-- which the seller seems...
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