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[Arcane]

Sometimes when I have a small noseeum sliver in a finger I'll just very carefully touch it to the (running) bench grinder wheel. Other times I've had...

[Arcane]

The last thing I would ever buy that was Made In China is a vehicle lift. Talk about Russian Roulette......

[Arcane]

I have the 127/100 gear and a full set of change gears for my 9" Model A SB lathe.

[Arcane]

Exactly....

[Arcane]

These circlips were never meant to be removed. Boomer had the right solution.

[Arcane]

How about turbine oil?

[Arcane]

Adverse Health Effects of Oil Mist in Machine Tool Industries

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[Arcane]

60 years and it still looks that good? That's impressive. If it were mine, I would leave it as is as a tribute to the machinists whose care and dedication...

[Arcane]

At one time I fixed a leaky front crank seal on a 350 SBC by cutting a short section of .045 wire and using it as a spacer to move the whole seal outwards...

[Arcane]

Today I showed up promptly at my dental hygienist for a 2:00 PM appointment...and missed my 2:00 PM appointment with my doctor.

[Arcane]

What can I say? I got it used for a good price and other than the handlebars it was a great riding bike. I only rode it almost two summers before I sold...

[Arcane]

I used to have one of these back around 1975; a Norton 850 Hi-Rider Commando.

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[Arcane]

TTT definitely doesn't have a trophy shop but he should get a trophy for the all projects he's accomplished....

[Arcane]

I'm game.

"There's one pet I like to pet"...

[Arcane]

I refuse to cultivate something on my face that grows wild on my arse.

[Arcane]

My chucks all center by the treads. They have to because there is considerable radial clearance between the backing plates and the spindle.
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[Arcane]

In USSR mics hold you!...

[Arcane]

That's one skookum grain auger, TTT, and I've always been impressed by it! It sure puts to shame the old 35' 6" Robin grain auger we used on the...

[Arcane]

Back when I bought my first 9" SB I saw Burke's ad in HSM magazine and ordered one. Because it made my life as a newbie lathe operator so much easier...

[Arcane]

If I was doing that, I'd use C channel.