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At the end of the day, the Norda is your creation, so you do you. You can please some of the people some of the time but you can't...

My input for what its worth: 4 into 1 for sure, for that unmistakable and glorious sound of an in-line 4 bike engine. Anything else...

Absolutely... I recently gasket-matched an SBC intake manifold and used the stub of a candle on my carbides. Makes all the difference in...

Right... on a vertical bandsaw, I would use wax on the blade to prevent gumming. On a hacksaw, maybe the same thing, but the best would...

I tend to think that the painfully slow cut in aluminum is a function of sawtooth count, hence the 4-6 tpi blades we're seeing offered...

I see what you mean. I believe that my current Starrrett blade is 14tpi. I could see 50% less tpi working, but 4 tpi seems pretty coarse...

There are Starrett and Bahco 1" x 12" hacksaw blades available from Amazon.ca for $53 and $47 respectively. KBC Tools Canada has much...

Sounds like it is working well. My saw also has a provision for a sliding weight, but I didn't get the weight when I acquired the saw. I...

Yeah, that's the beauty of it. Set a piece of bar stock in the saw, say 1.5" round stock, walk away, do something else, get a coffee...

I run mine dry. I have tried using oil-based cutting fluids but found it made little to no difference. If anything, it made the chips...

My saw had a "lift" mechanism that was intended to lift the blade on the backstroke, meaning it cut on the fore(push)stroke. That...

Very cool saw, congratulations! I have something similar, perhaps not quite that old. Mine serves me very well cutting materials that...

New to the ultrasonic cleaning game... was searching this thread for input on solutions to use, as the expensive proprietary stuff...

...the pristine Phillips screw heads... Not to be a pedantic wise-ass, cuz I know you meant pristine JIS screw heads !

"Torches vary wildly in price around me. Mostly from high, to I could buy new for that." Here in Montreal you have to rent cylinders...

Congratulations... an oxyacetylene torch set is essential shop equipment, IMO. Its a good thing that used sets can be acquired cheaply...