In article As usual you're a lying cock smoker. In a Feb. 15 union vote, Boeing workers in North Charleston, almost three-to-one margin. The tally was 731 for the International Association of ... Read more »
I've bought 6061 T6511 from several vendors. Is there a spec I can look up for what what should be considered acceptable? 1. One consistently provides out of flat stock. Sometimes more than .0... Read more »
lathe runs for about 30 mins then starts to slow down within 30 seconds it stops as though a brake has been put on , leave it for 20 mins then its ok again until the next 30 mins very frustrating Read more »
You need the zinc, or zinc bearing solder, not flux for soldering aluminum. Heating the base material and not the solder is standard for any process except maybe wave soldering. Source: visiting ... Read more »
This is really good: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/64504/64504-h/64504-h.htm Read more »
Hi Jim - starting topic's own thread... Jim Wilkins writes: Hi Jim Can you sketch? That is always helpful. I do that even when it seems we all agree, as it can be amazing how a sketch reveals ... Read more »
After having gone to great lengths to forge to rough shape , bandsaw to closer shape , and do 75% of the machining on a piece of 4140 steel for the body of a small screwless vice ... I noticed... Read more »
I bought it off of eBay. https://www.flickr.com/photos/27532210@N04/? Does that look like 6061 aluminum? Maybe buying a longer piece would expose more of the name. No big deal, unless maybe I buy... Read more »
Hi everyone I've continued to burn the midnight oil on this. The combination of events, disappearing inwards into this fixation (?) at this time of the covid19 pandemic in its first winter (Northe... Read more »
Ideas to get a controlled temperature of around -40C (also -40F) in a test sample? Robustly by physics: 100C -> boiling water 0C -> ice -17C -> brine-ice slurry (?) ??? -40C ??? -80C -> cardi... Read more »
I bought the RF-30 mill. It was cheap enough, but I was hesitant about whether I would get any use out of it, but then I figured its got to be better than either of my drill presses and the price ... Read more »
I have a Weldon fixture for sharpening Weldon countersinks. It is in excellent condition and I'm asking $250.00. Location, US, NC. Will ship anywhere. Please e-mail for details, picture. I have clo... Read more »
I have a harbor freight 7x10 and I notice i cannot get a straight cut parallel to the axis of the workpiece. At the top or bottom varies by atleast .01 and as much as .02 over a distance of two inche... Read more »
My first post here. I have just aquired an Elgar jig borer with dro,seems a very nice machine. I say seems because I got no tooling with it and I have been unable to source the right tool holder . I... Read more »
First post here. Just bought an Index super 55 mill. I have experience with an 1930's South Bend 13 lathe I own, but this is my first experience with a mill. I need to get it inside my house (shop) a... Read more »
Got a Hobart 250 amp Beta Mig from Craigs list for 100 bucks. Owner had two, and didn't know why this one stopped working. Got it home and it turns out it was just a broken wire on one of the contro... Read more »
In article As usual you're a lying cock smoker. In a Feb. 15 union vote, Boeing workers in North Charleston, almost three-to-one margin. The tally was 731 for the International Association of ... Read more »
One of my scores this week is a 7 Emerson horizontal bandsaw. Anyone heard of them? Its big, fairly beefy, and appears one step up from the usual Taiwanese import. Ive not cleaned all the spooge off... Read more »
I need to lap the ID of an aluminum piece out about half a thousandth. It is heavily annodized, and has a matte, frosted finish. I think the reason it is undersized is that the annodization built... Read more »
I have an old Dayton 2Z543 hand held 115V spot welder. The tips screw into the tongs, but the threads are stripped. Been using it that way for a decade, but it's got to the point that I'm burning hol... Read more »
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