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  1. PaulL

    Myford ML7 $2.200 Victoria

    This is the same machine @StephenH has listed over in Classifieds (https://canadianhobbymetalworkers.com/threads/myford-ml7-lathe-for-sale.12520/). I saw it yesterday, though I didn't poke it particularly, having solved my second-lathe problem recently. Looks well-love and not abused. Paul
  2. PaulL

    What's Paul up to?

    This is really cool. I've queried the fellow who picked it up for me and see if it's likely the "drill press" part is still around. Paul
  3. PaulL

    What's Paul up to?

    That's all I have. There's not much back story - a friend of a friend spotted this somewhere around Wolfville at what seemed a reasonable price for a rotary table in good order, so I took a chance. It sounds like you might be able to tell me what I have ;-) Paul
  4. PaulL

    What's Paul up to?

    Just back from a few heavy rain days at the cabin. Got the irrigation systems shut down. Why does irrigation work always wind up with me soaked? And when I got back, a heavy but small wooden crate was awaiting me: She's a beaut. All three axes are buttery-smooth. Also has an interesting...
  5. PaulL

    Shop Off-grid heating

    I'm looking at *direct-vented* units, exactly to avoid this problem. The typical garage heaters appear to take their combustion air from the room, but vent the exhaust outside. That's a good trade-off to the complexity of the ones with the intake air in the same line. Paul
  6. PaulL

    Shop Off-grid heating

    Thanks. I'll take that at face value, based on your experience. Getting a 50k BTU garage heater, vented appropriately, looks like it will do fine with my 400lbs propane bottle for the couple of months of the year where less than 6 degrees is normal. And if I find out otherwise from experience...
  7. PaulL

    Shop Off-grid heating

    I built that circuit some years ago as part of my "haminator" which measured humidity, temperature and the weight of my hanging prosciutto, trying to keep a tight balance on all three as the weight reduced. The ham came out well, but the haminator was all but useless. Yeah, building the device...
  8. PaulL

    Shop Off-grid heating

    We've just had a couple of days of heavy rain and just the wrong kind of cool to go with it - dropped below the dew point and I'm back in damage control mode in the smithy and in my woodshop - first time in 10 years that my jointer decided to flash over with rust :-( So I'm thinking it's time to...
  9. PaulL

    Landing craft - some assembly required $1,380,000 Victoria

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CCGS_Siyay
  10. PaulL

    I always wondered..

    Sealed lead-carbon power my cabin. Still not brave enough to go to lithium.
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