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  1. MrWhoopee

    Vertical Band Saw

    I inherited an extra 4x6. It was always in the way, until I converted it to permanent vertical. Now it's one of the most used tools in the shop.
  2. MrWhoopee

    UPS gripe

    I just did the dance with UPS. I had two shipments of tool steel and one from SendCutSend. All three were "Being Delivered" on Thursday, no show. Again "Being Delivered" on Friday. Again no show. I called the 800 number and after the usual BS she told me she would have the local terminal call...
  3. MrWhoopee

    Bridgeport mill, $500, Erin, ON

    That's a smokin' deal, even in USD!
  4. MrWhoopee

    Supplies Am I seeing this right?

    Don't know if it will help up north, but I've been getting better prices than McMaster, and some sizes they don't offer, here, : https://toolsteelservice.com/
  5. MrWhoopee

    Machine Not sure I need a drill press anymore

    I was drilling & tapping a bunch of parts on the mill the other day. I had finished setting up the tapping head when I discovered that I had missed 2 parts in the counter-sinking step. Took the parts and counter-sink out to the DP and quickly solved the problem. Granted that a floor standing DP...
  6. MrWhoopee

    Tips/Techniques welding cast!!

    The only way to know is to try. Ask 20 weldors how to weld cast iron and you will get 100 different answers. There are just too many different types of cast, and no way to identify what you have. As mentioned, try running a bead somewhere on the part in question and see if it sticks. Regarding...
  7. MrWhoopee

    Monarch chucked lathe 500$ - Surrey bc

    No leadscrew either. It's a "chucker" (don't know why they're called that, they usually have collets). They're production oriented precision turret lathes. You can bang out a lot of the same part with one. Manually operated screw machine.
  8. MrWhoopee

    Tips/Techniques Carbide insert chamfering tool for AXA

    Here's what I did.
  9. MrWhoopee

    CoreXY printer on the cheap end that seems to work, but not quite prime time...

    I'm absolutely thrilled with my Bambu X1-C, it has truly been plug and play. I've had one problem with filament, and it was the carbon fiber PLA, which the software warns me about each time I use it. The only printing problem I've had was with a downloaded dessicant bottle. The author oriented...
  10. MrWhoopee

    Identifying an odd thread.

    Perhaps it was your measurment rather than your math, .787 is almost exactly 20mm.
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