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  1. J

    Inflation is hitting used lathes hard these days it seems.

    If Even if it gets a thou or so over 4 feet I'm sure it could improve some lathe beds I think I need 60" if I want fool around with fixing lathes :) that's and bunch of other stuff but a guy can dream ATM. And ye weights a lot more then my 6x18 by good 19k
  2. J

    Inflation is hitting used lathes hard these days it seems.

    I could have this 12x48 surface grinder for 3k USD and probly get it shipped up to me and be right around that fellows asking price. Got distracted looking at stuff I want one day. Would love to find one of these In Canada around 60" that or old gantry planer around 8'...
  3. J

    Inflation is hitting used lathes hard these days it seems.

    Saw this on my downtime at work kinda made me scratch my head a bit. When I think fully rebuilt lathe this isn't what pops into my head lol. I would of thought that with the flood of ok quality Chinese machine tools used 1440 and below lathes the prices would kinda drop the prices when it came...
  4. J

    Aciera F1 for sale Vernon BC 4000$

    It was sold few months back forgot about updating the post as I was just assisting with the sale
  5. J

    Affordable grinding/sanding implements?

    You can find motors on Facebook marketplace pretty cheap if you look around. Especially 3 phase motors. (Looked up electric motors 150km around Toronto as I saw your GTA creeping you profile) https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1031550601971673/?ref=search Then you can buy a VFD for...
  6. J

    Best type of face mill?

    I bought 2 shell mills from AliExpress and so far I haven't had any issues with them. Even bought bunch of flavors of inserts to go with and didn't cost arm and leg. The seller who sells this shell mills also sell the arbors for them aswell. The 2" one that I got is around 30$ shipped not sure...
  7. J

    3D printed sensitive drill press

    I had a MF-70 mini mill. Proxxon makes some neat little stuff. Also it's came down in price compared to when I bought the mini mill. Ok machine for small stuff but aluminum ways so not really a production machine.
  8. J

    3D printed sensitive drill press

    Depends what your doing with the drill I guess, the princess auto drill probly doesn't go past 10k rpm so any drill bits under 1/16 is probly not recommended. Also runout becomes an issue I would think with low quality bearings/spindle design. I don't usually drill anything smaller then 1/8 so...
  9. J

    3D printed sensitive drill press

    Thought it was neat project worth a share.
  10. J

    Hot Start and Arc Force

    Ye the old transformer welders do weld smoother depending on the unit. the arc also doesn't has as much electrical noise either. Most of the old transformer welders are made by same companies and just rebranded when it comes to the little welders. One of the welders I used to come across when...
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