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  1. Thomas

    Tips/Techniques Using magnets for slivers.

    Toothpick and super glue.
  2. Thomas

    Crankshaft repair ideas ?!

    If you cut the shaft back to the end of the key way then taper it down to a point you can submerge the crank in water and weld an oversized piece of shaft to the crank then turn it true and recut the keyway.
  3. Thomas

    New Rockshaft for my tractor

    Don't believe it was annealed, I had to knock the mill scale off it with a grinder before I could cut it with HSS, and it near fried a blade on my portable band saw cutting a 1.5" piece of it.
  4. Thomas

    New Rockshaft for my tractor

    The original shaft is softer than the 4340 I turned the new one out of and I don't plan on using it to lift for more that a 400lb box scarper to level out my driveway so I think I will leave it as is. I'm going Frank Fales tomorrow to see about a cutter, they supply our machine shop if their...
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    New Rockshaft for my tractor

    Been awhile since I posted anything but work and life have severely limited my screen time this year. I traded my ATV for a nice little Ford 1110 tractor and while it needed some work it was far more useful to me than the 2009 Kawasaki brute force that I only managed to rack up 1200km in 12...
  6. Thomas

    There’s a skunk in my shop!

    My mother thought there was a skunk in our garage for years.
  7. Thomas

    Tool Torque screw driver options?

    Little pricey but they work well, you set the torque you want and it beeps when you achieve it. https://www.cabelas.ca/product/96559/wheeler-digital-fat-wrench
  8. Thomas

    Ikegai A20 $700

    Wish I had room https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/782907356437584/
  9. Thomas

    How much power is enough?

    You can overspeed an electric motor on a VFD but your torque drops off quickly, the high frequency that drive is capable of is for high speed motors( i.e spindle motors) which are designed to function at that output having different core / rotor designs, higher tolerance balancing and precision...
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