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    JustaDB reacted to PeterT's post in the thread Tool Vertical Spindexer with Like Like.
    I cleaned everything with degreaser, stoned the surfaces with some nice flatstones & re-greased the surfaces. Then my memory banks...
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    JustaDB reacted to PeterT's post in the thread Tool Vertical Spindexer with Like Like.
    Here is what I found. Your instincts were correct. The button looking things are a hard-ish durometer rubber button element (which acts...
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    YYCHM reacted to Chicken lights's post in the thread Respect with Like Like.
    Well, yes, exploit cheap labour or invest in equipment to replace the cheap labour. Except you need skilled labour to run said equipment...
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    JustaDB reacted to CWret's post in the thread Shop T-nuts with Like Like.
    Nice score getting that Tomach! The swap-meet part of forum meetups is great. I like your angle clamp. My vise clamps have dedicated...
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    JustaDB reacted to Susquatch's post in the thread Tool Layout Calipers with Like Like.
    I don't think it requires drilling the calipers. I prolly have a dozen adapters that I screw onto a set of calipers like that. Some I...
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    JustaDB reacted to whydontu's post in the thread Tool Layout Calipers with Like Like.
    I do lots of electronic assembly, and I’m always having to lay out mounting holes for circuit boards. Typically I use a square and a...
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    Chicken lights reacted to Dan Dubeau's post in the thread Welcome to Westwood Metalworks, What is he building in there? with Like Like.
    Speaking of Rural shennanigans.....This is partly what's been keeping me busy and out of the shop this summer. Sometime back around 7-8...
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    JustaDB replied to the thread Show us your shops!.
    Have a 60 gallon twin cylinder Sanborn inside. It's noisy but, as has been noted, it ain't running all the time. And, if I'm using an...
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    PeterT replied to the thread Shop T-nuts.
    Not sure if you guys discussed this aspect previously. It just popped in my head. The Bison clamp is significantly longer in BC vs BA...
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    Dan Dubeau reacted to Susquatch's post in the thread Welcome to Westwood Metalworks, What is he building in there? with Love Love.
    My trails are mostly wider. This is yesterday. If you look closely you can see the deer up ahead. A young great horned owl. I hate...
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    L98Fiero replied to the thread Respect.
    It's true that there are the two societies, but while 10% lives in the comfort of the modern conveniences and is blissfully unaware of...
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    JustaDB reacted to Susquatch's post in the thread Took a chance on this one with Haha Haha.
    Really! You mean to say that there actually farmers in the UK who breed their animals for their guts! Yuuuuuuukkkkkkk!!!!
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    JustaDB reacted to BaronJ's post in the thread Took a chance on this one with Haha Haha.
    Haggis have longer legs on one side so they can graze on slopes !
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    L98Fiero reacted to someidiot's post in the thread Respect with Like Like.
    Of course - all of the billionaires profiting from the bubble resulting from the circular financing that's providing the money for the...
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    Chicken lights replied to the thread Respect.
    Well, yes, exploit cheap labour or invest in equipment to replace the cheap labour. Except you need skilled labour to run said equipment...
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