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[Arcane]

Yes, I gave it away.

It wasn't so much the cost of the cable hook up as I just got fed up with the shows that were on. I never actually...

[Arcane]

I got mine for free and I just disassembled it yesterday to clean it and relube it and it's in like new condition. It came on a lathe I bought for resale...

[Arcane]

I finally got rid of my old defunct (story here) 36" Sony Trinitron TV. I talked a 20-year-younger-than-me friend and his son about loading it into...

[Arcane]

Something like TheMad Trapper of Rat River here in northern Canada way back in early 1932.

[Arcane]

My 9" SB came with a 4 jaw scroll chuck and I've used it a few times when I've needed to do some turning on a square shaft; for that it's handy...

[Arcane]

I don't know how they can do that. To me, my dogs were like my children, my furry kids....

[Arcane]

You're a good man, Paul.

[Arcane]

Has anybody ever pushed one up with a long stroke hydraulic jack and a few extensions?

[Arcane]

About the only advantage to modifying a chuck so it can be a faux set-true is cost.

If money was no object, the mt5-5c adapter with a bunch...

[Arcane]

If they were using just grub screws before and they were enough to not allow the pulleys to spin on the shaft, flats will definitely be adequate plus...

[Arcane]

Since Brian said "Very little work that I do is repetitious." this sounds like the best option....

[Arcane]

Today a friend brought some rims and tires for his Street Stock class race car (he's getting it out of mothballs ) over to mount and we used my old...

[Arcane]

Just what do you plan on attaching the winch itself to?

[Arcane]

And for those of you who don't know what a spurving bearing looks like...

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[Arcane]

I have a Sandvik cut off tool which I mounted to a reasonably large rectangular block of steel that I swap with the 9" SB compound when I need...

[Arcane]

I think that's a fulgurite.

[Arcane]

I was wondering, has anybody modified a V block to make it into a tailstock crotch center?

[Arcane]

Use a die grinder with a straight 1/4" carbide burr and cut the side off the nut down to the threads. Once there a chisel will get it off easil...

[Arcane]

75 ft-lbs for a 5/16-18 SHCS? Something is wrong with that spec. https://www.fastenal.com/content/mer...ry/Torque-Tens...

[Arcane]

Today I took my cross slide off my 9" S.B. and did some cleaning and and lubing to it and to the saddle slides then I took my 4" mill vise apart...