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Ping: Jon Anderson
Package arrived today. All is well. Will ship yours out by Monday at the latest. Cool Stuff Thanks Gunner
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recycled propane tank oversized derby hat
don't think i've showed this to you guys before, did i? i started this months ago, and haven't worked on it for months. i was holding out till i had it finished and installed before posting a picture...
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Decimal to Fraction Conversion - and Letter- and Number drill bits
Hi all - In a brief period of boredom we wrote a small application to convert decimal values to fractions. (If anybody wants a copy, email me at carla dot fong at verizon dot net. The 'reply to' on...
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Temperature and digital calipers
I have three sets of cheap digital calipers bought in Canadian Tire. The have all been working fine and agree with a micrometer to within 0.001". Two weeks ago I tried to use the one I keep in the...
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Interesting
This one-of-a-kind French "automobile" is driven by a propeller bolted directly to a 4 cyl. air-cooled engine.
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Free lathe if you pick up
I'm removing an old lathe and before I scrap it I'd give it away. It's late 19th century, has a Reeves three phase drive and babbitted bearings. We used it for rough work and grinding. It won't make...
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Video - This is how we drill semi-deep holes on close C-C
Joe Agro, Jr. (800) 871-5022 01.908.542.0244 Automatic / Pneumatic Drills: Spindle Drills: Tapping: Site:
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Moldable Iron Powder
A long-term back-burner project just got my attention when I found out that Home Depot sells magnetic paint. The project is a levitating globe thingie, designed as a control systems trainer that lets...
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OT for computer geeks
My computer fried Thursday. The power supply went bonkers and fried the mother board, or that's what my computer guy said. Bear with me, and explain a couple of things if you know them. Can I have the...
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Welding on a fuel tank (jerry can)
I would like to convert a 5 gallon steel jerry can into a fuel tank to hold diesel fuel. To that end, I will need to add three fittings to it (fuel intake with tube almost to the bottom, fuel return,...
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Recalescence and Curie Point
For a delightful demo of Curie point of steel see: wonder, which steel has the highest energy of recalscence, and does recalescence occur at the Curie point? Steel when heated to fully anneal will...
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Reciprocating saw performance
What is the reasonable maximum cutting capacity of a reciprocating saw in mild steel? What is the incremental benefit of going from 11 Amps to 12 Amps to 15 Amps? Apparently Milwaukee make recip saw...
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Reloading - brass jammed in sizing die
Started playing with my Dillon 550 reloader after the ball game today... The second brass casing I pushed in to the sizing die went in real hard. On the down stroke it stripped out of the shell plate...
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ER25 collet arbor with galled taper
I recently bought a used ER25 collet set and 1" diameter straight-shank arbor, aside from missing a few of the larger collets, it seems to be in good condition. The long taper in the arbor was galled,...
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Workpiece larger than machine tool
A casting for a conventional design of 1/2 ton capacity arbor press was machined 1/8 inch on a 2 x 10 inch side for a metal removal of less than 2.5 cu in. An open work envelope was configured on a...
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