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  1. Jswain

    Millermatic 185 mig welder $500 Edmonton, ab

    Not surprising. If it was the weekend I would have drove to get it at that price.
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    The one I have had been so far flawless. I haven't used it much recently, but after installing I did use it quite a bit.
  3. Jswain

    ER40 collet chuck

    The tpi threads that you tested and measured, some being more then an inch and some being less...how does that correlate with the lever selection on the quick change gear box? For some to be larger and some smaller two(or more?) Gears must be flipped? Can you see the internals at all? I guess...
  4. Jswain

    Millermatic 185 mig welder $500 Edmonton, ab

    https://www.kijiji.ca/v-power-tool/edmonton/millermatic-185-mig-welder/1691662335 Basically free with the gas bottle included. These are amazing welders for a home shop guy.
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    Jswain's active projects

    Exactly correct!
  6. Jswain

    Atlas lathe $350 prince George BC

    https://www.kijiji.ca/v-power-tool/prince-george/atlas-lathe/1691595947 Start the car
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    Jswain's active projects

    So easy I may throw one on my welding table too. Hinges were just some 1/2 cold rolled & 1" .250" pipe. .250" X2" angle for the top and 4" for the bottom. Then I cut about 2.5" out of the horizontal section of the 4" angle to clear stacked bends in opposite directions. If I were to beef it...
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    This was built at work, but why not throw it up. Had to build a stainless sheet metal cover and didn't have a brake. Built one into the end of the welding table. Bent the 34" ish 20 gauge stainless almost no problem, flexed a little in the middle but for the amount of use it will get probably...
  9. Jswain

    Jswain's active projects

    Haven't turned any chips in awhile but had a guy who needed some sleeves turned & welded into these engine mounts to put a Celica engine into a rav4. Two of them needed sleeves to reduce the size of the ID and one needed to be bored larger then have a sleeve welded in. Was pretty fun. Then...
  10. Jswain

    Shop Shop air line systems

    I always hated black pipe because over time it scales/rusts bad inside the pipe. You need some heavy filtering & replacing the filters to make up for the additional work with heavy use. I like copper & used that for my air system because it's basically lifetime, easy to add to anywhere, and...
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