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  1. Canadium

    Bring out your shapers

    Recently acquired AMMCO 7 inch shaper.
  2. Canadium

    Tips/Techniques welding tabletop overhang

    How much table top overhang should I have on my welding table??? Is there an ideal amount?
  3. Canadium

    Mobile stock storage rack

    I can very much appreciate the inclination to buy only as needed to avoid the problem of storage. Makes perfect sense as long as one has the ability to acquire anytime as needed. However I now have to cope with a new handicap of not being able to drive and hence not being able to get out to the...
  4. Canadium

    Tips/Techniques Organizing steel.

    I need some ideas on how to organize my steel. Right now I have a large pile on the floor in one place that I am constantly tripping over, another pile in an out of the way corner where it is very difficult to find anything at the back, and another pile of shorts on a table that is consuming...
  5. Canadium

    Dividing head restoration

    Thank you @trlvn for the input on the handle. Thats a 6 inch chuck. The whole thing weighs 115 pounds! The chuck itself is about 15 pounds. I prefer to leave the chuck off when I'm moving it around.
  6. Canadium

    Dividing head restoration

    Finished!!! Well sort of. It always seems to me that my projects are never really finished. There is always something more that could be tweeked or improved. But I reach a point where I tell myself enuf already! Its good enuf and its time to move on. I often begin with a dream of making it look...
  7. Canadium

    What House are you?

    Ya, I started out a Dewalt fan until I got one of their routers. The bearings tend to burn out real fast on their routers. I see on the net that many others have had the same experience. My conclusion is that probably all brands have their star products as well as their dogs. Assuming that a...
  8. Canadium

    What House are you?

    My very first was a Black and Decker Drill which is now about 50 years old. Most used and abused tool in my collection and still going strong. I use it for driving 3 inch wood screws on a regular basis. I have one corded Makita planer which I really love. Got it second hand for about ten bucks...
  9. Canadium

    Cleaning spraying gun after painting

    I actually kind of like HVLP painting. I have had problems with "hammered look" paints tho. It has to go on thick and only solvent for it is xylene. Occasionally the inline filter in the gun has to be changed. Seems to me its a bit of an art and not as easy as it looks. The more practice you...
  10. Canadium

    FS: Milling cutters

    I'd be interested in any with a threaded shank.
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