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  1. skippyelwell

    Lista bench $550 - Richmond hill, On

    gone
  2. skippyelwell

    Standard Modern Metal Lathe CA$1,500 Brant On.

    That won't last long.
  3. skippyelwell

    Tool ER Nut Mysteries

    Have to laugh, just a couple of months ago when I saw an ER32 nut for the first time I thought, "more Asian crap, well at least I can fix it by machining off that lip" A few days later when it dawned on that it was actually a pretty clever design I quietly apologized to Asians everywhere.
  4. skippyelwell

    Jer’s surface grinder attachment……

    Me too, beautiful design but I'm not there yet, welding is no problem, been doing that since I was kid. I bought the Imperial version because of the way metal is sold in the GTA but I may go metric for the fasteners. It is the surface grinding attachment that has me intrigued, if it can do what...
  5. skippyelwell

    Jer’s surface grinder attachment……

    I'm about to purchase the belt grinder plans but I'm torn between the Imperial and metric. I prefer to work in metric but I have a feeling that all of the steel materials and fasteners are going to be easier to find in Imperial. Whatdaya think?
  6. skippyelwell

    Jer’s surface grinder attachment……

    I know now what I'm building for the rest of the winter.
  7. skippyelwell

    Rebuilding a 10" Standard Modern Utilathe

    I reassembled everything today, nice to have all 6 speeds again, the 2 speeds using the new gears are pretty loud as Brent's gears are 16DP, 20PA as they should be, and the high school made gears they mesh with are 16DP, 14.5PA It's fine for now, wearing ear muffs is no hardship and at some...
  8. skippyelwell

    Controlling the mice population in our backyard

    We have 3 cats, if they catch some creature outside it's food, if they catch one in the house it's a toy, and when they get bored of it they let it go.
  9. skippyelwell

    Looking for an appropriate motor

    Active surplus, those were the days, they carried great stuff.
  10. skippyelwell

    Rebuilding a 10" Standard Modern Utilathe

    And luvin it.
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