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    Whelp, there goes the neighborhood.

    East peasy! Just write down the options, pin them up on the lucky decision maker behind the drill press and have your better half throw the dart! Takes all the effort out of the decision. ;) Bonus, you get to spend some quality time in the shop with your better half. D :cool:
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    Halloween

    Kinda looks like the ghost of recycled (or unrecyclable) packaging! Or, maybe the ghost risen from the land fill……. Or, maybe the Great Pumpkin brought you a new (toolbox ???) wrapped in all that packaging? D :cool:
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    Halloween

    Lol, you get the same box we do. The S.O. dives in on the KitKats. D :cool:
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    Halloween

    A new low for us, one! And I had to drag them over from the neighbour across the street. Good kid though, he really didn’t want to take the second coffee crisp because someone might go without. Told his mom that she was raising him well! There’s still some hope. D :cool:
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    PEX hangers

    Ok that makes sense. Anywhere I had to turn a corner I used a fitting but all my corners were 90 deg. I’d be careful about bending around edges on things like the U clamps where they might dig in and cause a stress concentration or violate the min bend rad spec. I replaced the nails with...
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    PEX hangers

    Just to be curious, what’s the problem with the one nail mounts? I hung my lines with them 15 - 16 years ago and they’re all still there. D :cool:
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    Another Lathe...

    In the lighter weight class a Myford is a good entry point. They’re UK made (watch out for clones) and parts are still available which you cannot say about a re-badged Chinese machine. Call King and ask about sourcing repair parts. The Myfords are well made/British craftsmanship and full...
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    Disassembling a Rohm Chuck?

    You and @whydontu are trying to put me in the poorhouse LOL! Already too many tools to play with and too many projects, how can I get anything finished? What I need is a friend with an US cleaner! D :cool:
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    Disassembling a Rohm Chuck?

    LOL! You underestimate Ms. Tecnico at your peril! We're planning a cross country trip when she hangs it up and you might have to explain the logic to her in person if we drop in on the way by. ;) You know I've thought a few times about an US cleaner, including when I was dip tanking all 4...
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    Disassembling a Rohm Chuck?

    LOL! The worst would become a #2 for the mill. It came with it and I suspect it's 1987 vintage like the mill. It has all those years of accumulated patina & dried cutting oil in it (as did the whole mill) so I expect it would need a long soak in something rather nasty to soften up all those...
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