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According to the marketing emails I've been getting this week, it's not too late to put a chop saw on your Christmas list for this year! Act now and save!
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What Did You Buy Today?
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Purchased a 6" adjust true USA made Buck chuck with key and jaws off ebay.
Bonus score is it has a 1 1/2 x 8 backing plate so ready to roll on my Clausing
Bonus score is it has a 1 1/2 x 8 backing plate so ready to roll on my Clausing
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@SouthernChap should appreciate this..
Finally found a blade for the Eccentric Engineering FoR cut-off holder that is not extortionatley expensive! Granted,I had to order from the USA, but that I can live with, especially at 1/3 the price!
Finally found a blade for the Eccentric Engineering FoR cut-off holder that is not extortionatley expensive! Granted,I had to order from the USA, but that I can live with, especially at 1/3 the price!
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It seems every time I come from the shop into the living area my wife makes some comment about how filthy I've gotten and makes reference to me working in a coal mine rather than a machine shop. She asks me if it's all that necessary to be so close to the work that I end up wearing whatever came off the mills or the lathe.
In an effort to minimize the amount of dirt and crud I bring into the living area I thought it might help if I stood a little farther back from the work piece than in the past. To help with my new "distancing" attempt I purchased a few tools to help out. Hopefully these will keep me far enough from the work piece to be able to walk into the living area a bit cleaner.
The longest one is 24" and the shortest is 10". The only downside is I'm near sighted. I don't know if I'll be able to see what I'm working on if I use the longest drill.
In an effort to minimize the amount of dirt and crud I bring into the living area I thought it might help if I stood a little farther back from the work piece than in the past. To help with my new "distancing" attempt I purchased a few tools to help out. Hopefully these will keep me far enough from the work piece to be able to walk into the living area a bit cleaner.
The longest one is 24" and the shortest is 10". The only downside is I'm near sighted. I don't know if I'll be able to see what I'm working on if I use the longest drill.
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Long drill bits won’t help with being dirty. The answer is always no, make me a sandwich! The repercussions vary from relationship to relationship!
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This relationship has lasted well over 50 years. I don't intend to do anything stupid enough that it would cause me to lose the current one and have to start another one.
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I got my 2 story shop built as agreed (as she too often reminds me) so that makes me the one who makes the g'dang sammiches around here.
Mine really went after me over bringing in sharp chips stuck in my shoes, on days I work around the lathe or Mill.
Now I have to remove my shoes at the door if I machine anything.... What kind of madness is this?
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Sounds about normal to me…Mine really went after me over bringing in sharp chips stuck in my shoes, on days I work around the lathe or Mill.
Now I have to remove my shoes at the door if I machine anything.... What kind of madness is this?
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Me, too: a friend in York (PA, not UK) keeps a pair of slip-on shoes inside the door of his shop; I’m just very careful and have a carefully selected walk-off mat inside the door to mine.
