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    Beaver table saw

    I am in the process of restoring an old Beaver table saw. I am wondering how to deal with the beaver logo and text on the legs. The legs are painted but the beaver and text are bare metal, now rusted. 1. Is it OK to just sand these areas to remove the rust or is there a better way? 2. What do...
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    How to hold

    Used both suggestions. Worked great!
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    How to hold

    So how about this? It will sit on sort of ring on the base.
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    How to hold

    I have a piece of 3 inch round stock, about 2 inches long, that I need to machine a .5 by .5 groove across the top of. What is the best way to hold this material to cut the groove? I am afraid of using a vise to hold the round stock for such a cut and the V block I have is way to small for this...
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    Bending

    Out to my sons shop, hydrogen - oxygen torch, red hot pretty well in seconds and it bent with little force. Thanks all!
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    Bending

    Will a propane torch get it hot enough and do you have any idea how long it might take to heat up?
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    Bending

    Continuing the resurrection of my Canadian brand drill press. I need to make 3 of these, call them clamp arms. The first one is made and I now need to bend it to match the original. How to bend and not bugger up the piece? I tried heat and hand power in the vice set up shown but either I could...
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    How to

    Bit of heat did it. It did not take much. Thanks all.
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    How to

    There are no threads in the holes of the missing arms. Off to give it a try.
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    How to

    There was only the one arm. Propane torch with the arm in a vice - would that work?
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