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    SM1230 pickup

    they are a great lathe, congrats!
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    Tips/Techniques Making the Square Drive hole in a custom socket.

    Three more ways I've used for hex and or square holes, make a broach (standard type you push through), built up, and forged
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    Hendey metal planer, $2500, Guelph, ON

    His instagram says he's in Ontario. Quite the collection of stuff for a young guy .... including a 1928 Ford model A! Good for him.
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    H2D?

    I'll wait until its a a little less bleeding edge, but that's a pretty attractive machine. As a combination of amazing performance/speed, reliability, features, ease of use plus fantastic customer service, imo no one comes close to them. Good point Mike about X1C's hitting the market as...
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    Mitutoyo 500-136 Calliper made in Japan, $250, Rocky Mountain House, AB

    That's not a deal. 179 on special at KBC. Well used, older model? $60 would seem about right. https://www.kbctools.ca/catsearch/1270/electronic-calipers
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    3D Printing an armature fan for a router

    might be a good one for carbon fiber filament. I've not used it, bought our robotics team swears by it for higher strength prints
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    Tips/Techniques Making the Square Drive hole in a custom socket.

    Is the real question then where to get a grinder and rattle can?
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    Making metal cones for antique Scottish sporrans

    With that you could go straight to cast iron like our European buddy! Using it for the investment thought sounds challenging. The burn does a couple of things, dries the investment, burns out the pattern and gets the mold at the right temp for pouring. It's a long cycle, I usually go about 18...
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    Tips/Techniques Hand fitting for an interference fit?

    good job, shouldn't be any need to pin it if you used loctite.
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    Making metal cones for antique Scottish sporrans

    I shouldn't like to come across as if I know the best way, only that investment casting offers amazing possibilities and is, because I'm familiar with it, how I'd come at it. Stamping them may be best. I mistakenly thought the idea was to impress the pattern via rolls which seemed challenging...
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