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(ALL) Good Morning.

Very Nice Metal Shaper Resource Site.
Shared by: pete.
Thanks, pete.
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Kay Fisher's Metal Shaper Columns Web Site. (GREAT READS)
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http://www.neme-s.org/shapers/shaper_columns.html
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Enjoy.

Ken.

Evening too Ken, FWIW I've been keeping a pretty close eye on shapers and especially the South Bends. I do hope the OP doesn't mind a bit of South Bend shaper info here. South Bend made at least two versions of there little 7" shaper. The earliest version was also the most basic. My guess is t...

LOL, morning Ken, your up early. Actually there are lot's of great people over there too. Some of them have been really helpful to me. The additude of the others is very much like what you see in the hard rock mining industry. So I can hold my own and give it as well as take it real well over there...

Thanks Steve,

I will look in the job's wanted ad's for
a certified flagman/lantern walker to
hire.

Ken.

Hello Nate

Thanks for the share..

Interesting and Fun Humor

Ken.

(ALL) :D Horseless vehicles; automobiles, motor cycles, operated by steam, hydro-carbon, electric and pneumatic motors: 1900 (492p) A practical treatise for ... everyone interested in the development, use and care of the automobile. Including a special chapter on how to build an electric cab, with ...

Hello Ron.

That sounds like fun, but at our age we need to
purchase one of these first..

http://www.amazon.com/25X-200X-Digital- ... glass+200x

Ken.

In ye olde tymes (the 1970's), I wanted to do research on steam locomotives. In Chicago was the John Crerar Technical Library, it had recently found a new home at the newly built IIT Library. They had a collection of RR materials that went back to almost the begining of the RR's. Nothing could be t...

(ALL) :D - - - - - - Railway Mechanical Engineer 1921 (820p) - https://archive.org/details/railwaymechanica95newy - https://archive.org/download/railwaymechanica95newy/railwaymechanica95newy.pdf - - - - - - Railway Mechanical Engineer 1922 (766p) - https://archive.org/details/railwaymechanica96newy...

Anyone have any tips on good, safe, not too noxious cleaners for de-greasing a machine? Nothing is too heavily encrusted, it is mostly just oil film. Thanks. NOTE: If you have any sensitivity's of any kind, Then be safe Rubber Gloves. Rubber/Plastic Apron. Automotive/Industrial Respirator with prop...

(ALL) - - - - - - Railroad curve tables: 1906 (88p) - https://archive.org/download/railroadcurvetab00hendrich/railroadcurvetab00hendrich.pdf - - - - - - Railroad Curves and Earthwork: 1914 (560p) - https://archive.org/download/railroadcurvesa09allegoog/railroadcurvesa09allegoog.pdf - - - - - - The ...

ken572, thank you for the suggestion. I will look into that - I don't see a problem, as there is plenty space inside. However, I was hoping for a quicker/easier solution, this is why I was looking for slightly larger belt. Contrary to my intuition, 32 is too long, even though the travel of the tens...