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    fixing a folding shovel the wrong way (making a hirth joint)

    I haven't lived in toronto for long but this past winter was the first time where it snowed enough that I had to actually buy a snow shovel. princess auto had what I needed - something small with a plastic hinge so it could be stowed in a car more easily. Made in canada too - how bad could it...
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    Abene VHF-3(?) universal mill, 1300$ Brant ON

    https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/577537105323082/?rdid=3VMv3qsSfQsIOVfr&share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F18i6Ggb4Dh%2F rather grubby looking but worth checking out I guess? cool combo horiz/vertical mill. 40 taper (looks like) and powerfeeds in all 3 axes if I am...
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    making "spherical" surfaces with a boring head (?)

    so I'm trying to repair the Kopp variator in my lathe. basically it's a continuously variable transmission using two drive cones with balls in between them. changing the axis of rotation of the balls changes the ratio between the two drive cones. the variator has worked OK for the whole time...
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    Other Canadiana - Last Minute (St. Catharines) test indicator

    here's a fun little historical artifact: a dial test indicator made by Last Minute Mfg. Co. of St. Catharines, Ontario (not too far from where I sit typing this). The dial is graduated in half thous and the name is vaguely reminiscent of the starrett "last word" indicators of the same type...
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    quick n dirty diy bead roller for tubing

    just thought I'd show off this bead roller I made in 2022 out of stuff I had in my junk bins. I used it to roll beads on aluminum tubing for an intercooler I was putting in my LJ78 landcruiser. front view isometric ish top view the body is made of aluminum and the wheels are made of...
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    making a D1-4 chuck backplate

    D1-4 backplate – or how to spend over 12 hours with thousands of dollars of machinery to save one hundred and thirty dollars One of the reasons my lathe was kind of cheap was that when I bought it, none of the tooling it came with was immediately useful. There was a (partially complete) set...
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    Wohlhaupter UK4 taper boring head (mtl area)

    https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/8425891757529373/?rdid=E9qd7vmTOSCiqJIX&share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F15aZp7919j%2F it's a boring head... that can cut tapers? I didn't know these existed quick look online on PM and elsewhere suggests that they're rare and...
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    biax IV/EB power scraper, new tecumseth ON

    https://www.kijiji.ca/v-power-tool/mississauga-peel-region/dapra-biax-power-scraper/1709223660 older style blue guy - 1950s according to a richard king post. I wouldn't call it a "deal" (at that price I'd just use my arms) but a quick look around suggests it's about on par with like ebay or...
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    euromill alert - prvomajska ALG200B in mississauga

    https://www.kijiji.ca/v-other-business-industrial/mississauga-peel-region/milling-machine/1708632112 Looks about deckel FP2/3 sized - 600/230/390 mm travels, 1600 kg. looks like it's in nice shape too. price I would say is maybe high end of reasonable? other accessories will be impossible to...
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    Tool spotting blue for scraping?

    Hi all, any suggestions for spotting blue for scraping and where to get it? a few of the usual options (stuart's micrometer blue, dykem...) I've looked at it seems like you have to pay a bit of a premium to get here. the stuff I have (PRM pro spotting blue) I find hard to see, and if I go...
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