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  1. Canadium

    Tips/Techniques Evaporust turning steel black

    Once a long time ago I put a dividing head part into some old darkened evaporust. The part had rust on one section but was clean smooth and shiny elsewhere. The shiny part came out a beautiful black and I was wondering if this process could be used as a blackening agent. The black was not easy...
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    My 8mm tap plan.... Some pre-xmas fun.

    I sure hope these envelopes make it thru Canada Posts automated letter processing machines without issues. In the distant past I've had many envelopes returned because I put small stuff inside that jammed up their machines.
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    Shop Inheritance Machining Episode

    Well Japan is in a high earth quake prone zone so the unstable base theory would certainly apply. I was searching the net for my original source last night but couldn't find it. In the process tho there were a couple of interesting points I came across. One is that the Monarch company did not...
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    Shop Inheritance Machining Episode

    Well it doesn't look like I'm going to convince anybody but my 2 cents worth anyway. I don't think this has anything to do with machines falling over or shattered bits flying around. It has everything to do with relatively thin concrete slab floors and the ground underneath them being unstable...
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    Sticky What Machines Do You have?

    TOO funny LOL! I thought that kind of learning is what happens in a home workshop with self teaching. Or maybe its just what happens in my workshop! :rolleyes:
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    Shop Inheritance Machining Episode

    I have another cautionary story to tell. Sorry I can't remember the original source, it was somewhere on the net. A professional machinist was bitching profusely because his large expensive industrial lathe was ruined after he followed the common wisdom of bolting down his lathe to the floor...
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    Tips/Techniques Workshop Organization- things that have made a difference for you

    Three things I tried recently to better organize my shop ... 1/ made hangers for a set of box end wrenches so that I could more easily find them, grab them, and put them back again when finished. Just had them all jumbled in a toolbox before. 2/ Made holders for a collection of new to me end...
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    Tips/Techniques Workshop Organization- things that have made a difference for you

    Actually thanks to my doctors, my surgeons, and to modern medicine, my health status today is more promising than it has been for several years! I am dam lucky I am a Canadian and have access to good health care! Thanks to everyone for your get well wishes!
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    Tips/Techniques Workshop Organization- things that have made a difference for you

    Which labeller would you recommend? I've been thinking of getting one but I need large labels as well as small. Suspect few labellers would do this. So far I just use my computer printer to make paper labels that I tape or glue on. These printed labels look OK but I don't like the glue/tape.
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    Tips/Techniques Workshop Organization- things that have made a difference for you

    It's a very timely subject for me. My shop is in crisis. I'm considering a huge revamp of everything. Even parting with all of it is not off the table. I'm currently in yet another post surgery recovery phase so have a lot of time to think about it. So far I've concluded that the organizational...
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