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welsh is great, well too good actually. but it just didn't have that good sulphur smell to it. Hmmm. Maybe I'm missing something, but I''m having a hard time thinking that it's sulfur smell that you're missing. I grew up in a smelter town (Midvale, Utah) where sulfur dioxide was emitted by the ton ...

318J wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:42 pm Because I have preferences, for better or worse.

I understand!

If I can get it, I will. If not, will figure something else out or bite the bullet on shipping costs.

I'd likely take the same route. In my world I like things the way I want them.

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Highiron wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2024 2:09 pm We're inquiry.

Please clarify.

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Nice setup.
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I actually thought you were just going along with it; but you know how things run away on the board sometimes. Knowing of the potential consequences for not installing those snap rings, when I saw the picture my concentration turned towards trying to save a hard earned project from failure. I'm kno...

liveaboard wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 3:16 am Note the last post!
"The last line on the previous post was a joke by the way."

Trust me to miss the fine details!

Nice job on the rebuild.

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liveaboard wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 2:29 am There are a few parts leftover. I guess they aren't very important, because the engine runs just fine without them.
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Wow! That's scarry. Any chance they're snap rings from the wrist pins in the pistons?

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318J wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 7:24 pm Scope your boiler and see what it looks like inside.

Seems like the best possible advice! Then you'd know the actual condition-----dictating whether or not the boiler would require further servicing.

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skyloop440 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 6:07 pmPM sent

Please check your PM's

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I need a power feed on the knee, or at least a drill adapter. 5 slots on the knee handle...... and .001" per revolution. That certainly must be a typo. Do you mean .100" per revolution, which is normal for the knee on a drop spindle (Bridgeport type) mill? I'm not suggesting that adding p...

It might be pretty hard to get an offer on nothing, Dick. Might be a good idea to include an image of the items you mentioned.

Like Bruce already said, items in last picture are wheel dressers(we call it „ coke ” here). Hmmmm. I'm not so sure that's what they are, although if they aren't, I'm at a complete loss. They don't have the appearance of vitrified silicon carbide (which is commonly used for wheel dressing) and the ...