When you sell something to a stranger, do you give them a shop tour?

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I buy and sell things a lot, always have. It goes with metalworking like ham and eggs. So every couple of weeks some guy shows up to buy something. Lately...

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VPT, no build thread yet. But I'm getting close. Of course, my build was inspired by yours!

What I ended up using was a spray can from Home...

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I'm making a plate roll like VPT did. My rolls will be 24" long. I intend to power them. My buddy gave me an old worm/pinion right angle gearbox...

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The tool you made looks a whole lot like the cheap flush nipping pliers in my toolbox. I have used those with some success removing drive screws....

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I have a 3-in-1 sheet metal machine, albeit one made in the USA. The "gears" on the rollers do not look like regular spur gears at all.
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I tried that today. It worked great!

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I will try that, thanks. - MM...

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I tried that first. Have had one of those sets for most of my life. Bought it from JC Whitney back in the '70s. The only other tool I bought from them...

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I remembered there was one suggestion from above I hadn't tried. So I ground a nice slot with a cutoff wheel in an angle grinder. Then I heated it. Not...

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Remember, I have removed 2 of these screws. The heads are corroded but the threaded part of the screw is still substantially intact. When the heads come...

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First, the pics:

This is a socket head cap screw that's been threaded into aluminum for at least 20 years, many or all of them outside. Galvanic...

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I also drew a scale outline of my shop and made footprint rectangles for my machines and then (in the drawing tool) moved the boxes around to my satisfaction....

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My friend, a pro machinist, wrote this years ago and I have saved it. It was probably written about a larger shaft, so scale it back mentally as needed....

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Centerpunch lightly and draw your circle. Take over to shear. Make cuts all around close to the outside of your line but not touching it. Now go over...

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When I watched your videos on the old drill press I knew you were in engineering school. Now you have graduated! For the rest of your life nobody will...

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Here's one I made once:



This writeup shows how: https://nwnative.us/Grant/shop%20art...aper%20wrench/

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Can't weld 12L14....

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Rich, thank you for a very informative post!

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