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  1. Stuart Samuel

    Shop Stuart’s big dumb thread

    My current thinking has the welding table on the north wall, where the ladders, rolling mill and bandsaw are. Rolling mill will stay and go somewhere, bandsaw needs to find a new home (if anyone’s looking). Drill press in the southeast corner should probably go as well, as I have the big drill...
  2. Stuart Samuel

    Shop Stuart’s big dumb thread

    (Front room for reference)
  3. Stuart Samuel

    Shop Stuart’s big dumb thread

    First, I think at least one workbench needs to go. I built four 2’x4’ benches, with holes in the legs so I could bolt them together either back to back or end to end, thinking it’d be nice and flexible. Three became horizontal storage almost immediately, obvious mistake. I pulled one of them off...
  4. Stuart Samuel

    Shop Stuart’s big dumb thread

    Finally pulled the trigger on a welding table. Kovosu (Chinese company with a good reputation) was having a sale on machined cast iron grid hole tables, and decided it was time. So… Now I need to figure out how my back room changes to accommodate a 32” x 52” table, and how to keep it from...
  5. Stuart Samuel

    Bunch of carbide inserts/holders, height gauge, digital calipers, and… weird taps?

    Thanks!
  6. Stuart Samuel

    Bunch of carbide inserts/holders, height gauge, digital calipers, and… weird taps?

    I keep meaning to ask him if I’m alright to post about the move of the lathe a few weeks ago (and a mill this past weekend!)
  7. Stuart Samuel

    Bunch of carbide inserts/holders, height gauge, digital calipers, and… weird taps?

    Split a Kijiji listing with a coworker. Turned out to have less stuff that suits his lathe (Chipmaster), and more that suits mine. Two things of interest, to me at least: 1 3/8-8 tap. Never seen that style of tip before. Anyone have a name for this? Also got a 1 1/2-8 the same style, and a...
  8. Stuart Samuel

    RF30 Mill/Drill Surprises

    I ran into some 1/2-12 bolts on a light fixture recently, but, in fairness, it was made in the 20’s. Had some 1/4-18’s as well. My loose understanding is the standard changed around WWI, but I can’t imagine that many shops immediately threw away all their taps, dies and bolts.
  9. Stuart Samuel

    New member

    Welcome Kenji! I mostly TIG these days (the last 15 years now), but went through trade college for welding, mostly structural stick/SMAW, with a ticket in flat fluxcore.
  10. Stuart Samuel

    SOLD Pantograph ‘type’, free, Toronto, ON

    All yours if you want them, Architect! I’ll message you and we can figure out the details.
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