• Scam Alert. Members are reminded to NOT send money to buy anything. Don't buy things remote and have it shipped - go get it yourself, pay in person, and take your equipment with you. Scammers have burned people on this forum. Urgency, secrecy, excuses, selling for friend, newish members, FUD, are RED FLAGS. A video conference call is not adequate assurance. Face to face interactions are required. Please report suspicions to the forum admins. Stay Safe - anyone can get scammed.
  • Several Regions have held meetups already, but others are being planned or are evaluating the interest. The Calgary Area Meetup is set for Saturday July 12th at 10am. The signup thread is here! Arbutus has also explored interest in a Fraser Valley meetup but it seems members either missed his thread or had other plans. Let him know if you are interested in a meetup later in the year by posting here! Slowpoke is trying to pull together an Ottawa area meetup later this summer. No date has been selected yet, so let him know if you are interested here! We are not aware of any other meetups being planned this year. If you are interested in doing something in your area, let everyone know and make it happen! Meetups are a great way to make new machining friends and get hands on help in your area. Don’t be shy, sign up and come, or plan your own meetup!

Cheap Bstrd Thread

This is bad advice. My wife never has grey hair. Mentioning that I noticed some regardless of the positive spin only means that I will die in my sleep later that night.
Meh. My ex went grey in her 20's, dyed it religiously, until one of her co-workers casually mentioned that her silver roots were amazing, and that she would die to have those...

It's apparently, a matter of perspective and feedback. Who knew? LOL!
 
I guess my multi hole punch pliers were a good deal, I have had them over 50 years. No idea what I paid for them, but they were new. Punched many a hole, in leather, gasket paper, rubber, and light gauge plastic. So what’s this about putting more holes in a belt, generally the leather shrinks (LOL) and ain’t no place for more holes! May need to get one of them there belts that can add more pieces too.
Wife somewhat worried about her hair, then when she lost it all and it later came back, not so much.
 
@PeterT
@Bandit

Whole lotta hole punching comments.

I just bought a punch set (left) to use with the punch my father-in-law gave me years ago (he had a saddle repair shop). I'm using both to punch holes in fabric before screwing it to a wooden frame.

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I got one of those multi-punch things for a buck at a flea market, to punch holes in small steam engine paper gaskets. Not worth even a buck: another CB fail.
You likely got your money's worth, at a buck...

How hard did you actually look at it before you paid that? Gotta figure, based on your results, not very long. Broken, damaged, or otherwise not-usable tools, usually sell pretty cheap!

Just sayin'. Maybe it was you, not the tool you bought.
 
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