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I recently upgraded my TouchDRO units on my mill and lathe to the newer Plus versions. That's left me with one 4-input TouchDRO unit in need of a good home. If you're local to me, you're welcome to take it for a drive and see if it will work for you. Price? Just paying it forward.

I have a 30" bandsaw/resaw that needs power. I've taken advice recommending a 5 horse motor for it, running at low speed. The saw is flat-belt driven, and good power transmission really wants a fairly large pulley at the motor, hence the low speed. Anyone on Vancouver Island have anything...

We've just had a couple of days of heavy rain and just the wrong kind of cool to go with it - dropped below the dew point and I'm back in damage control mode in the smithy and in my woodshop - first time in 10 years that my jointer decided to flash over with rust :-( So I'm thinking it's time to...

I'm tired of paying Messer's rent on a bottle that I don't refill nearly often enough to be worth the fees. Any suggestions for non-rental bottles and refills in Victoria? Paul

I appear to continue to be in DRO heck. I've never looked at my DRO output vs a dial indicator until I was trying to get my lathe's X axis working better - using just the DRO I was unable to hit diameters by better than ~2-4 thou. And when I correlate my DRO movement against my DTI, I see a...

My lathe is a Busy Bee/Craftex CX701. I'm trying to figure out my nominal spindle dimensions: nose, bolt pattern. The spindle flange is 125mm. The nose is 70mm (2 3/4")across, with a 43.5mm (1.7") passthrough. I've measured across the studs on a chuck, subtracted the diameter of one stud to...

Ok, I'm fuddled. I haven't used the DRO on the lathe for anything precise since I transfered it over. Today, wanting to hit a measurement I put in my current diameter, and it set the display to a near, but not the same number. And I don't means the bounds of precision, I mean a few thou out...

Anybody have a clue on where to find such? Asking for a friend (really!). Ideally on Vancouver Island, but we can visit the mainland if we need to.

I have ~15kWh of batteries in my shop, and on a summer day I produce an easy 2-3kW for 5-6 hours. My power hammer and compressor and belt sander, while I'm working all day, on a cloudy day, drew less than 25% of my capacity. That leaves me with only one thing to do: Move to an induction forge...

I've been screwing my VFDs to the wall and running armored cable to them from both supply and to the motors. But at the VFD itself there's no good way to tuck away the conductors. Clearly these things need to be in grounded cabinets. I'm not sure I need DIN rails in there as most of my setups...