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HardAir Magazine monthly teaser
Paging Bob La Londe... In case you don't keep up with HardAir Magazine... link to the latest monthly teaser email: article on "Tuning The Benjamin Marauder For Maximum Power" might be of interest...
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A New Beginning
I received a piece of 6061 aluminum in the mail and my wife is working today ... guess where I've been ? So far I have the hole for the collet sleeve machined and the bottom side counter bored for the...
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Wagner Quitting Ukraine- Heading To Africa Where It's Easier
On Friday, March 24, 2023 at 7:34:16 AM UTC-4, ? Mighty Wannabe? wrote in Figure out what? How to defect, himself?
 
Wrong damn angle ...
I managed to get the 2° angle on my end mill sharpening fixture wrong . I'd recut but the piece I used was just barely big enough to begin with . Oh well , looks like this one is going to cost me a...
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rcm - productivity SMAW 6013 vs 7018
Hi all Back again - in via a new NNTP server. Been gone more than a month. This came to me about 3rd Feb... With more welding experience repairing the hull of a seagoing vessel, the meaning of the...
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Barium sulphate as coating material
My question is Why barium sulphate is used as a coating in the molten copper industry? What properties make it different?
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"Tiny" Independent 4 Jaw
I think I am looking around for a "small" independent 4 jaw. Some time back I saw Steffen Gottswinter (spelling) make a video where he used offset drilled bushings to grind off center tool shanks....
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End mill sharpening fixture
I'm nearing completion on this project , not a lot left now . All that's left is the nut to hold the sleeve in the bottom plate and the one for tightening the collet , plus I still need to drill/mill...
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RANT (yes metal working related in more ways than one)
Me: As you can see in the 3D model this is the only position in which these parts fit. If you consider a different part here with a different anchor shape you may have greater ease of use and better...
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3/4 Round Corner Gage
I'd like to know who has made one of these and any tips you would care to share for making one. In the past I have made "special" angle blocks that capture an over all rectangular part at a particular...
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Whirlwind surgical pump 1930’s
I have a surgical pump. It has an oiler container with a wick. The motor is froze from none operation some 70 years ago. The booklet says if motor is froze pull gauge and pour table spoon of kerosene...
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press or interference fit
I have a question for you more experienced machinist types. I have a bicycle hub fitted with sealed cartridge ball bearings - R8-2rs - so 1.125 nominal OD. This is mounted to a 20 inch rim. I need to...
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Indicator Rod
Dial Indicator Rod On the right side of the head of my manual knee mill there is a rod that sets in clamp in the casting. A simple thumb screw holds it at whatever height you set it. Its pretty short....
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Does this count as Metalworking ?
I recently started reloading .222 Remington after a several year hiatus . Since .222 brass is fairly hard to source and .223 is almost layin' around on the ground everywhere I've been resizing .223...
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Eighth-inch pipe thread puzzle
Did the standard size for one-eighth NPT threads change at some point in the past half century or so? I find myself with a few fittings that don't seem to agree with one another. In one group there's...
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