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    My 8mm tap plan.... Some pre-xmas fun.

    When Don started this thread I couldn't figure out his motive, and now I have, he is trying to get addresses all over Canada so that when he loses his job cleaning the chicken coop he's gonna couch surf across the country using everyone's machines and helping out like the littlest machinist...
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    Tips/Techniques Poll - Paint Can Spinner - tell me what I should charge

    Have you ever tried it with other cans? , pressurized whipped cream? even other chemicals like wd40 or other oils or penatrants I am assuming better mixture and flow.
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    Product TechMet Turning inserts samples

    Is the carbide for alum or steel different? or is it just the cutting angles and chip evacuation? I got a few aluminum bits from tech met and they work well, will have to try them next time I have to shave something down in steel.
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    Probably my most interesting haul yet....

    No pics of the drywall job to show your wife? The way I see it was just practice for your own job.
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    Chuck key sizes poll

    That is one search I needed to tell my curiosity NO I never even turned on the sound
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    Chuck key sizes poll

    Keeper would be the term that comes to mind for me, but there may be a more elegant name.
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    1 Ton Club

    Nice score Tom you are going to love that qcgb it is a time saver and gives you much more flexibility in feeds and speeds. You also solved the round column issues with a bigger milling machine with a knee and a lot more rigidity. You are going to have a fun busy winter enjoy!
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    What is it? Taco

    We never had anything that fancy, just a chunk of railway track hammer and a punch probably why that job usually ended in a bloody mess, we had a cutter that attached to an 8n tractor and would cut ditches and dry sloughs and the knife would take a beating, fun times.
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    One Man's Junk is another man's Treasure

    Their knowledge base is very thorough I used it as a resource when I did my 220v switch on my lathe. Many good wiring diagrams to confirm my configuration.
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    Tool CFM

    Well to give you some inspiration, a friend of mine he will probably never say its "finished" was able to complete 99.5% done after 40+ years of doing nothing on it was 68 Merc Cougar and weird story he had taken in a guy he knew down on his luck was a mechanic but battled alcoholism, he slept...
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