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  1. Jswain

    Tool Third hand recommendation?

    I keep meaning to buy some alligator clips and crimp them onto some solid 10 or 12awg copper wire.
  2. Jswain

    Tips/Techniques Rust removal on the cheap, but better than evaporust

    Interesting. I've used citric acid for a long time and always do a soak in baking soda afterwards so this might cut out one step. Heat + an ultrasonic cleaner really speeds things up if the parts will fit.
  3. Jswain

    Another bada$$ reason to buy a 3d printer

    I needed it in there for whatever metric thread I was cutting, then after it worked out for kind of mid range cut/rev so I decided to leave it in and see how it lasts. You're probably right tho, something more expensive will break lol!
  4. Jswain

    Another bada$$ reason to buy a 3d printer

    I printed a whole set of metric gears for my south bend & the transposing gear. Even when not threading I decided to leave a single 3d printed gear in the system in case of a crash and it also quiets down the geartrain.
  5. Jswain

    Another bada$$ reason to buy a 3d printer

    Not my video, but popped up in my YouTube news feed. Pretty impressive how good it works.
  6. Jswain

    Gearbox croaked on the bandsaw

    Just looked at the product data sheet for the Lucas and they claim it is yellow metal safe https://www.lucasoil.com/product/heavy-duty-80w-90-gear-oil/
  7. Jswain

    Gearbox croaked on the bandsaw

    The thing to look for if you're worried about it being yellow metal safe is the copper corrosion test results of the gear oil you plan to use. 1a being very little discoloring and 1b being slightly more but still very little discoloring, anything else do not use...
  8. Jswain

    Greenlee 1399 bandsaw

    Seems to be in good shape, down pressure as far as I could measure was ~10lbs, which is what the manual calls for, almost silent on the slowest blade speed, cuts tubing/angle very fast and pretty dang square for not adjusting anything. Coolant pump works good, and I believe it's just hydraulic...
  9. Jswain

    Greenlee 1399 bandsaw

    I almost didn't reply, as I figured either: Scam, or One of those free, but make an offer posts. But I figured at only being up for ~ 2 minutes why not. He replies, sure come get it today, I'm getting bombarded with replies. The whole time I was there(probably close to 2 hours) his phone was...
  10. Jswain

    Greenlee 1399 bandsaw

    I most likely will as I wouldn't mind making the reservoir cover from sheet metal as well. Gives me a reason to use my tools, to fix other tools :rolleyes:
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