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by thebuildist
Mon Jan 22, 2024 9:02 pm
Forum: Shop Talk
Topic: Cutting clear acrylic (plexiglass) sheets
Replies: 11
Views: 3892
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Re: Cutting clear acrylic (plexiglass) sheets

wow. All I"ve ever used is a table saw. (But I wear a face shield. Cutting either plexiglass or aluminum, the table saw really likes to shoot shrapnel at your face.)

But I'll have to try one of those and see how it goes.

Bob
by thebuildist
Sun Jan 21, 2024 6:06 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Case tractor question.
Replies: 13
Views: 2951
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Re: Case tractor question.

Being relatively a newbie, I have not "knowledge" to offer, just an observation: Deere's product line has HUGE variations from its early 8 or 10hp basic machines, up into its heyday with the full-featured 318, and then into its dramatic decline, where most people now thinking of Deere as b...
by thebuildist
Thu Jan 18, 2024 11:47 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: How many years you got with Case tractors?!
Replies: 29
Views: 3914
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Re: How many years you got with Case tractors?!

2008 I was looking on Craigslist for a Cub cadet. I wanted a vintage American iron garden tractor. I came across a case 1972 442 with deck and blade for 475. Never heard of them but it was clearly American iron. And a great price. I drove an hour away at 9 pm to be the first one there. What a blessi...
by thebuildist
Wed Jan 17, 2024 4:47 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: On the funny side of the street
Replies: 395
Views: 408259
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Re: On the funny side of the street

Took thse pics by work today. Something doesn't seem right... This is new construction. The old family run restaurant here closed in covid. The restaurant and garage were demolished with an excavator. Where the restaurant and parking lot stood, 6 of these houses are being built. 20240115_123749.jpg...
by thebuildist
Tue Jan 16, 2024 8:32 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Joining the Family
Replies: 13
Views: 3060
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Re: Joining the Family

Welcome, Noah! Best of luck finding what you're after.

But be warned: these machines are addictive.

:creeper:
Bob
by thebuildist
Sat Jan 13, 2024 8:40 pm
Forum: Forum: news, new features, feedback
Topic: Creating a narative?
Replies: 3
Views: 2893
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Re: Creating a narative?

This is my text. image.png And that is my (sample) picture. I just open the image in my picture viewing program (I use Irfanview but others work similar) and hit "copy" then type what I want, then hit "ctrl-v" (the universal keyboard shortcut for "paste". Think of the &...
by thebuildist
Thu Jan 11, 2024 9:15 pm
Forum: Shop Talk
Topic: New to me band saw
Replies: 11
Views: 2362
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Re: New to me band saw

https://www.ebay.com/itm/126271391181 If anyone wants to do the bench mounted portable like I've described, this is the saw you're after. It's actually a clone of an older style porter cable porta band saw. The newer versions all have the motor housing up opposite of the exposed blade area. But thes...
by thebuildist
Thu Jan 11, 2024 9:00 pm
Forum: Shop Talk
Topic: New to me band saw
Replies: 11
Views: 2362
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Re: New to me band saw

Don't bother looking at the speed controllers. Those only work on universal motors and what you have on here is an induction motor. So the speed controller won't do a thing for it. To get the blade down to metal cutting speeds you'll just need to put in a jack shaft. Orrrrrr..... You could put a lit...
by thebuildist
Wed Jan 10, 2024 6:19 pm
Forum: Attachments, Implements, Accessories
Topic: Needs a project??
Replies: 55
Views: 11023
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Re: Needs a project??

It really should be articulated. A rigid frame for the rear wheeled dumper somehow offends my sensibility. :hm: :giggle: :violin: It probably has individual wheel motors and the wheel timing based on the steering input. I'll bet it practically spins in place like a skidloader. Right? :rofl: :rofl: ...
by thebuildist
Tue Jan 09, 2024 6:40 pm
Forum: Attachments, Implements, Accessories
Topic: Needs a project??
Replies: 55
Views: 11023
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Re: Needs a project??

What is now my three-point back blade was originally an underbelly blades on my 442. And that thing was amazing. You can get so much effective down pressure on that blade. I had just finished it when we had an ice storm. And I was able to peel the frozen ice off of the asphalt on the hill in front o...