Re: ALERT eBay¡¯s Latest Attempt to Fleece Buyers and Sellers
As a buyer, what I like about PayPal is that they will go to bat for me if the seller doesn't respond to an issue; PayPal's entire business model involves keeping me happy, especially by protecting my
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Tom Browne <tbrowne.mtl@...>
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#60413
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Re: ALERT eBay¡¯s Latest Attempt to Fleece Buyers and Sellers
"Managed payments" is what eBay calls their method of handling payments after it is no longer the now separate entity PayPal doing most of it.? (eBay and PayPal were once under the same corporate
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Charles Kinzer
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#60412
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Re: ALERT eBay¡¯s Latest Attempt to Fleece Buyers and Sellers
Dick, The same happened in the UK a year or so ago if you are selling they want your bank account details to take out all you owe them and will not accept Paypal, you can still buy from E-bay and pay
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phill005
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#60411
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ALERT eBay¡¯s Latest Attempt to Fleece Buyers and Sellers
Has anyone been watching what is going on with EBAY¡¯s new Business Fees Model? I have been following the new developments with EBay and how PayPal is being pushed aside and they are now using what
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OldToolmaker
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#60410
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Re: Grease or oil or other? Advice please...
For the headstock bearings use grease, as any oil will get flung out. My choice would be Molyslip, because I know it will last many years, and I have a can of it. For slideways of all sorts I don't
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Keith S. Angus
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#60409
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Re: Screw Machine Drills
I used to regularly drill ?1.5 ¡Á 30 deep, and ?0.9 ¡Á 10 deep in aluminium rod. This was from both ends of the same bar. The long 1.5 hole needed to be done in about three steps, withdrawing the
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Keith S. Angus
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Re: An Introduction and Several Questions¡
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replace all the grub screws and they will match.
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Davis Johnson
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#60407
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An Introduction and Several Questions¡
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Hello, Group! New guy, here. My name is Wade and I live in Mississippi, in the US. I am a professional symphony orchestra musician and I run a small brass instrument customization and repair shop. I
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Pachyderm
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#60406
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Re: Grease or oil or other? Advice please...
On a small lathe, the white lithium grease is good but for general lubrication and coating of surfaces otherwise you can use almost anything.? It doesn't matter because you don't have the forces and
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Charles Kinzer
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#60405
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Re: Grease or oil or other? Advice please...
I love Kroil. I have used that stuff for years. It is about as good as the old 50/50 acetone/ATF and costs many times more, so why not? HAHAHA!!! Seriously, it is good stuff. I have never tapped
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Pachyderm
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#60404
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Re: Grease or oil or other? Advice please...
For general surface oiling on lathes and milling machines, I use Quaker State non-detergent 40 and 50 weight motor oil.? Why?? A man down the street had an antique car.? He moved? He had a lot of
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John Hutnick
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#60403
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Re: Grease or oil or other? Advice please...
For tapping you can use almost anything, 3in1, wd40, esso nuto or whatever. I use CT90 cutting fluid but it doesn't really matter in my experience. Cutting fluid for use on the lathe on the other hand
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Unimat Matt
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#60402
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Re: Grease or oil or other? Advice please...
Hey, guys! This is my first post to this group. (I had imagined my first post being a long list of questions, so being able to *answer* a question rather than asking one on my first post is sort of¡
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Pachyderm
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#60401
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Re: Grease or oil or other? Advice please...
Thanks Matt for that. I certainly won't be using the lathe every day, so drying out could be an issue, thanks for pointing it out. Could I also use the Nuto (at a push) for tapping etc.? As I say I
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Peter Brooks
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#60400
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Re: Unimat Motor For Sale
U90 Motor -- http://www.homemadetools.net/ forum/ OFF- SET-tailstock-center-65965#post105972 http://www.homemadetools.net/ forum/s...995#post112113 (
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OldToolmaker
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#60399
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Re: Unimat Motor For Sale
The Unimat ¡°motor only¡± is for sale. The motor is from ?a DB200 -- http://www.homemadetools.net/ forum/ OFF- SET-tailstock-center-65965#post105972 http://www.homemadetools.net/
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OldToolmaker
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#60398
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Re: Unimat Motor For Sale
Which Unimat? Thanks Ray
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Raymond Freeman
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#60397
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Unimat Motor For Sale
I have an Original Unimat Motor for sale. It is in very good condition and looks and sounds like new. 115 volt. If anyone is interested just make me an offer. ?I accept PayPal and can ship. Dick --
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OldToolmaker
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#60396
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Re: Grease or oil or other? Advice please...
PS Just noticed that there is several types of weldtite TF2. I specifically mean the red bearing grease not the others.
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Unimat Matt
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#60395
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Re: Grease or oil or other? Advice please...
Hello Peter I would advise against 3 in 1 oil. I used it a lot for slideways etc but I found a problem with it drying after a few months, this would make the oil sticky and prevent parts sliding
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Unimat Matt
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