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  1. Larry_C9

    Other Joe Pie ?

    Does anyone know what has become of Joe Pie? It must be a month and half since he has posted anything on his Youtube sight.
  2. Larry_C9

    Shop Managed to get broken tap out

    Yesterday was not such a good day. I was just finishing up a small mild steel part for the Corliss engine I have been picking away at and only had two 5-40 holes to tap. They are blind holes no more than 3/16" deep. I got the starting tap down the first hole and was on my way back out when it...
  3. Larry_C9

    Shop I finally found an apron to wear in the shop.

    In the cooler weather I usually wear a shop coat , but now that we have these long hot summers the shop coat is too warm. I have been looking around for an apron that does not have pockets. When I wear my shop coat the lower pockets start to fill up with swarf and I have to hang them upside down...
  4. Larry_C9

    Atkinson Differential Engine.

    Has anybody here built the Atkinson Differential engine by Vincent R. Gingery and actually got it to run? I built one and it turned out very well. I went through the run in procedure by hooking it up to an electric motor and running it for hours. It seems like it is firing OK but not strong...
  5. Larry_C9

    I have a question about the forum program ?

    Under the members online some of the names are in green and others are in orange. I can't figure out just what that means. Can someone enlighten me ?
  6. Larry_C9

    Sad news - Gordon Lightfoot passed yesterday.

    He will be sore-fully missed but his songs will live on for a long long time.
  7. Larry_C9

    CX601 review and many additions including installing a DRO and lowering the head crank.

    https://bbs.homeshopmachinist.net/forum/general/68678-cx601-milling-machine The head crank lowering starts at post #56
  8. Larry_C9

    Supplies KBC shipping

    I have noticed there has been some discussion on the price of shipping from KBC tools. When they changed their policy and only gave you the option of shipping via courier I was talking to one of the sales people in Delta and asked him about it and why they dropped the flat rate Canada Post...
  9. Larry_C9

    New guy from the Cowicahan Valley on Vancouver Island

    Good morning my name is Larry and thanks to a few folk on here I sold my combination machine and made some new acquaintances. I have spent a lifetime working on heavy equipment. Then later on I built my own steel yacht and sailed the Pacific for about 5 years. When I came back to Canada I kind...
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