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  1. kevin.decelles

    Making Ingots

    I'm also watching this thread. I did some testing on the merits of melting some of @Janger 's chips and you've picked it up where I left off. My conclusion was that compression was required to eliminate air. I tried shielding in beer cans but that was fruitless.
  2. kevin.decelles

    Joseph Crawford Jr Company lathe

    My von wyck from circa 1903 has power feed on the apron and cross feed. Reversible on the fly….. something my Modern C0636a cannot do
  3. kevin.decelles

    Myford ML7 Resurrection - A New Summer Project

    I’ve been watching the Rotometals website. They sell Babbitt in different flavours . I’ve never bought from them though, but pouring Babbitt is a bucket list item for me. My old von wyck lathe has Babbitt and I’ll probably mess with that
  4. kevin.decelles

    Joseph Crawford Jr Company lathe

    Love the old iron!
  5. kevin.decelles

    Shop Parts from Busy Bee

    Agreed. For Grizzly, Shars, and a lot of others I ship to a border town and go get it myself. No surprises on cost that way.
  6. kevin.decelles

    Machine Deckel FP1 description by Stefan Gotteswinter

    Hmmmm , might have to help you with that….
  7. kevin.decelles

    Is Taper Attachment worth it?

    Everything looks almost identical to mine. I agree with all your assessments but I think your estimate on backlash is too optimistic . I’ll be revisiting mine in a few months and I’ll be rethinking the design with rigidity being priority one.
  8. kevin.decelles

    What House are you?

    Team orange here (Rigid). Going on 15 years now. I was in Regina last fall and saw a rack that had packages of two 2ah 18V batteries for 29.99. I walked back to the Rigid section and they were there for too for over 130……. I walked back to the rack, picked one up and price checked it at...
  9. kevin.decelles

    Is Taper Attachment worth it?

    I have this style on my Modern lathe, but I find i have issues getting the part circled in red to clamp tight enough to the ways. I get movement in two joints when moving the carriage . I suspect I have the gibs too tight but wanted to hear if others have issues .
  10. kevin.decelles

    Lawnmower broken wheel. Honey, what for you have all your tools ?

    I’m using standard nozzles, and have only started to see some variations after printing 1kg of filament.
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