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Norton H5720 Surface Grinder
It's for sale near me. Doesn't look like it's under power in the picture. Reasonably clean, but not pristine. Description says it's hydraulic. I haven't had much luck finding information on it via...
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Smartflix
I just had a look at my first rental from them: Intro to milling. Well worth while. I have read about a lot of this stuff, looked at pictures but nothing substitutes actually seeing it done. Now I am...
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PING: Ned Simmons
Greetings Ned, I don't know yet if using encoders and a servo motor is the best way to go for matching spindle speeds. I have had success doing a bench test using one servo motor as the master and a...
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Litebulb ripoff?
Several weeks ago I was contacted by phone by a person who said he represented Handicapped & Disadvantaged Employment of Phoenix AZ. He told me they were selling long life lightbulbs for $5.00 plus...
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Drill Bit Wingnut
Sorry if this is off subject. I am looking for a drill but to screw and unscrew wingnuts onto a screw. Has anyone ever seen one? Where can I find one. Thanks,
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Heat treating 4140 rivet squeezer yoke
I'm building a 4140 3" rivet squeezer yoke out of 4140. Here's a couple of pictures as examples: Yoke itself - on squeezer - think of machining the profile from 1/2" bar stock, drilling the holes, and...
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Protecting a "puck with cable" on the roof from elements
I want to play with a "Garmin 18 LVC" GPS, for the purposes of keeping extremely accurate clock (sub-millisecond). Garmin 18 LVC is a little puck with cable coming out of it, that can be used for very...
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Referral to excellent thread on acetylene behavior
There is a thread on that RCM'ers should read. The subject is the behavior of acetylene under pressure & the significance of the magic 15 psi. Peter Fairbrother explains it all. The thread is titled...
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OT: DNA test
I there a simple (cheap) DNA test for siblings? There are 3 brothers, one is trying to grab the entire estate of the parents, but that one looks and acts much different from the rest of the family....
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Space garbage
(AFP) - The US shuttle Atlantis faces nearly twice the risk of being struck by debris on a mission next month to the Hubble telescope, due to the high levels of space litter floating at the altitude...
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Hammond 1590BB diecast metal box origin
I recently bought a Hammond 1590BB diecast metal box for a project. The box is imported. Guess where it was made? Has to be some low-cost area, right? I thought stuff like that had to come from...
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Solid Plastic Tools
I'm looking for a solid plastic screwdriver.I have to open a laptop,and I don't to use metal screwdriver because it scratches the plastic case.I tried google but I only come up with plastic coated...
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need Surface Grinder help
Hi. I have an old "Abrasive Machinery Company" model 3B at work. It's big old monster and does OK, but the X feed is pretty fast and it has a plunger on the gear box below the manual X feed wheel that...
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Fancy wire rope ends?
I was rather surprised to see some rather nice looking wire rope terminators at Harbor Freight this weekend, like so: ?itemnumber=96892 at less than $10 each, it's quite the bargain for stainless. But...
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Diesel Story
Interesting short film for us old timers only. or TinyURL.com - shorten that long URL into a tiny URL http://tinyurl.com/5bx6pz http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1213922369
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