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  1. Martin w

    WELDING TABLE $250 Leduc, AB

    The piece of plate on top would cost more than $250...
  2. Martin w

    Firewood

    I'm over it now, it's a distant memory. It's all bucked to length, split and piled. Almost done me in though! 26 face cord. Martin
  3. Martin w

    Bidspotter Auction Sale

    Thank you. Stuff was going for next to nothing, most times they were lumping lots just to get a bid. The $25. rigging fees were crazy. Mind you if you were buying a mill or lathe, they were quite reasonable. They probably averaged them out to lower the big-ticket items. All totaled I spent $120...
  4. Martin w

    Bidspotter Auction Sale

    So there was a machine shop auction today in Stoney Creek I got two things I wanted, but holy moly these auctions are getting out of hand for nickel and dimring the bidder. Everything had a minimum $25 rigging fee, even if it was a step ladder. Some were over $10,000. Bidding was in US funds, so...
  5. Martin w

    Just signed up and here to learn how to weld

    Welcome from Niagara.
  6. Martin w

    New member saying hi

    Welcome from Niagara.
  7. Martin w

    Old, tired dial graduation refresh

    Wow, what a beautiful shop and machines!
  8. Martin w

    Tool POS Tap Guide

    It says it’s a handy accessory for any machinists tool box…It has to be good.Lol KBC is pretty good, they should take it back.
  9. Martin w

    Milling machine: Albrecht chucks, Silver and Deming etc.

    My mill is #40 NMTB, so I use a Morse taper adapter. Sometimes I use a 1” Jacob’s chuck on some straight shank drills I have that are larger. Same goes for the drill press. Almost always Morse taper drills for anything over 1/2” Martin
  10. Martin w

    Firewood

    Some of this poplar splits easily, but a bunch is all stringy and knobby. I have less and less patience's for wood cutting. This is my 36th year burning wood, at this house. I have 8 acres of bush, so I have all the wood I need, but I have a very short window in the winter to harvest. Have to...
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