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Welcome to the group. I visited Palma de Mallorca 47 years ago: beautiful place, but what I remember is having an exquisite Tenderloin...

Not too far from Precision Mathews if you’re shopping for machines: https://www.precisionmatthews.com/ It’s a significant drive, but...

Welcome Gunny! My interests are mainly machining rather than models, but I find plenty of info here. I’m in the Harrisburg area, where...

You could always try making one :). IIRC, Clickspring has a video showing the process (on a small scale). EDIT: Chris Makes Files:

They have a shearing action which is why the swarf peels off in thin swirls. The Tome one I have are still made in Portugal as they...

As with most things, "it depends." I picked up a 10" Westward Lathe file (Grainger brand, sufficient for my limited use) about 2 years...

May I suggest... you make a small crankshaft from whatever bar stock you have, silver solder it, clean it up for examination, bend it...

Yellow Ochre is traditionally used by jewelers as an anti-flux, mixed with either water or alcohol as a carrier. If not ordered from a...

I use a Victor torch that comes with two burner torch heads. Also has hose , regulator. I use 20 % vinegar for a pickle. Regular vinegar...

Then maybe you can answer a question I’m getting: do the new editions contain new content?

Hose kit is just that, a hose with a shut off valve at the cylinder end; the regulator is still in the base of the torch head. As long...

That's interesting since they both have the spiral burner (I forgot to go back to my earlier post on the 8000); I would have though the...

Got an alert from Amazon, the new edition was published September 5, 2024: Volume 1 new edition was released early last year:

Got an answer from Bernzomatic on the output of the 8250-series torches: Actually, they replaced the original answer which was this...

Well finally went and ordered a torch like the one on the Muggy Weld website and used in their You Tube videos. It is similar to the...