Is it my turn? Anything to do with lathes, mills and other shop tools

Went to the end. Looks to be lacking suspension.
@10.22 you can see the x-axle which I identify as possibly a Renault 11 rear axle, with torsion bars in it.
I have two of them in the back yard, mounted on an old caravan chassis.
Either that, or a pair of Indespension units on a common x-beam.
There is suspension there.
 
New toy.
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My better half works at Harbor Freight. A week ago she showed me a flier about a parking lot sale. Asked me if there was anything I wanted. Hand band saw stand on sale. Always kind of wanted one. It was on sale and with her employ discount it was very reasonable.
It is what it is. It's "universal", made to fit it 5 different saws. Also it's taking something made to work 1 way and making it do something it wasn't designed to do. How well it works will be on you. Needs to be set up and used correctly and within it's limitations.
If you do a lot of cutting buy a real band saw made for doing that. I've used some nice band saws. Set it adjust the pressure for the feed ad go do something else till it as done. With this you apply the pressure.
 
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My better half works at Harbor Freight. A week ago she showed me a flier about a parking lot sale. Asked me if there was anything I wanted. Hand band saw stand on sale. Always kind of wanted one. It was on sale and with her employ discount it was very reasonable.
It is what it is. It's "universal", made to fit it 5 different saws. Also it's taking something made to work 1 way and making it do something it wasn't designed to do. How well it works will be on you. Needs to be set up and used correctly and within it's limitations.
If you do a lot of cutting buy a real band saw made for doing that. I've used some nice band saws. Set it adjust the pressure for the feed ad go do something else till it as done. With this you apply the pressure.
I have used plenty of band saws with incorrect blades on incorrect materials. It can't be worse. :)
 
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My better half works at Harbor Freight. A week ago she showed me a flier about a parking lot sale. Asked me if there was anything I wanted. Hand band saw stand on sale. Always kind of wanted one. It was on sale and with her employ discount it was very reasonable.
It is what it is. It's "universal", made to fit it 5 different saws. Also it's taking something made to work 1 way and making it do something it wasn't designed to do. How well it works will be on you. Needs to be set up and used correctly and within it's limitations.
If you do a lot of cutting buy a real band saw made for doing that. I've used some nice band saws. Set it adjust the pressure for the feed ad go do something else till it as done. With this you apply the pressure.
They have one in the engine lab where I work and since I have a portaband at home I picked one up on sale then it sat around in my garage for a year or so unopened. I finally got around to opening the package, saw all the various adapters for different brands of saws, Millwaukee, DeWalt, and those that HF sells and discovered it doesn't fit my Porter Cable. Ugh. Repackaged it and shoved it under a bench.
Make someone a pickup deal on it
 
Still playing with my Virago Hitachi carbs. On the front cylinder when the carb is set near perfect the Pilot Screw is turned fully in. The reason being the Pilot Jet is worn oversize from years of cleaning. Last week I decided to get brave and made a new Pilot Jet (0.40mm):

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Drilling the 0.40mm jet hole was the difficult part but a little practice got me underway. These Jets are a press fit so I applied a very thin ring of solder as a lubricant. I fitted the new Pilot Jet and set the Pilot Screw based on Carbon Monoxide levels:

Old Pilot Jet:
Pilot Screw @ 0 Turns gave Carbon Monoxide Level of 3.7% (Bit High)

New Pilot Jet:
Pilot Screw @ 1 1/8 Turns gave Carbon Monoxide Level of 3.2%

I am pleased with the result as I now have fine adjustment available to get close to the recommended 3.0% Carbon Monoxide Level. You may wonder why I spent a couple of hours making this jet? These jets are no longer available and in 5 Years of regular searching I have never seen them, not even as NOS or after market. This surprises me because so many late 70s to late 80s Japanese bikes used the Hitachi carbs, even some Yamaha XJs.
 
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