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    Tips/Techniques Making the Square Drive hole in a custom socket.

    So, >>>that<<< is where I Lost my Cell Phone YESTERDAY !!! You folks up North have so helped the phoneless old GEEZER . . . . philip, from the Great Pacific, NorthWET, Oregon Division, USA
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    Tips/Techniques Making the Square Drive hole in a custom socket.

    LMAO, this is the funniest post I have seen in a LONG Time, about SWMBO, thank you, it's a great Wake Up, here in Down Under philip, from the Great Pacific, NorthWET, Oregon Division, USA
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    Hello from Vancouver

    Good Luck, the BB, is one of the "branded names" of a well designed product, I have heard though, that as ALL product s today, it WILL need a bit of tuning! As I sold my "branded name" of that over a decade ago, I am sure others will be there to help you with >>>those<<< details, I am doing...
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    Hello from Vancouver

    I enjoy the Metric - Imperial banter I see on various UTube channels . . . I once saw a metric numeral STATED in "Farthings" which IIRC, is a Sixth of one mile (???) for Horse Racing.... it was like this: 2.35mm OR 0.0000000013 FARTHINGS, (I created that Farthing Number, for analogy) . . ...
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    Hello from Vancouver

    GREAT ADVICE! My first Lathe, a TAIG model 2, came dis-assembled, and the Re-Seller, had written out a Very comprehensive, Step by Step process to Build it BEST. The Lathe is in Storage, and I am slowly unpacking that, to get to that lathe and its cousin a TAIG CNC mill, the longer bed, back...
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    Hello from Vancouver

    WELCOME from philip, who lives South of the Border the Canadian Border! I once made a Jewerly "Shop", that once was a Three by Five foot back area for Closets! Both bedrooms divided by a Bath Room in between, All rooms were 12×12 the house was a WW II "Bungalo" sold by SEARS, delivered by...
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    Hello from Vancouver

    I sort of understood his "ISH" labeling, 12ish by 30ish means 12"×30" Give or take a MILIMETER! (I love some of the projects I read, with BOTH Imperial & Metric in them) !!!! philip, from the Great Pacific NorthWET, Oregon Division, USA
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    Mystery lathe, for real

    Our South of the Border Dollars are not worth as much as you folks North of the border, but Our PENNIES still make good Screw Drivers! philip, from the Great Pacific NorthWET, Oregon Division, USA
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    Standard Modern 12x30

    Welcome, from South of the Border! That is a huge project! I have read the comments given, and one thing I have not read is "have you laid a Known good straight edge onto your bed?" I would put a Straight Edge on the bed, AND in as many different areas as possible, including diagonal Left...
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    Another member from "South of the Border"!

    Brass, [& Wind] Music is awesome, I however only played 1 year of Trumpet, and then went to playing the Seven Inch Reel to Reel Tape, and Later, the CAsette Tape! I really got confused with the CD player it was a "Chicken OR the Egg thing", I finally bought a CD, because IF you have one, then...
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