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Anyone going to WESTEC?

Malingering the night away in a motel; lookin' forward to trek to Los Angeles for WESTEC which runs for most of this we...
6 comments posted 19yrs
posted by steamer
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by steamer

enco and Westec

anyone going to westec - Enco offers free shipping on anything bought at the show, even big heavy things, so study your...
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posted by nobody
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by nobody

The accidental scriber

I made this tool out of a one-tooth section of a carbide circular saw blade: http://home.comcast.net/~bobengelhardt/scr...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by bobengelhardt
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by bobengelhardt

compressor unloader valve

Hi, I bought a used Champion compressor and soon found out the pressure switch diaphragm had a leak. I bought a new val...
14 comments posted 19yrs
posted by zeb7k
14 comments posted 19yrs posted by zeb7k

Drill press update

I went out today with a mirror and flashlight to look up into my 1/2" drillpress chuck to see how to detach it. When I...
16 comments posted 19yrs
posted by SurDO2Diver
16 comments posted 19yrs posted by SurDO2Diver

Very cheap event counter

A friend asked me for a design to make a counter using logic chips and digit displays. That could certainly be done ......
32 comments posted 19yrs
posted by dforeman
32 comments posted 19yrs posted by dforeman

Clausing Lathe for sale

http://houston.craigslist.org/tls/300551347.html It is not mine, I just saw it on cl.
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by jbleaux
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by jbleaux

Sand Casting demo

Hi folks Here is a short demo of petrobond sand casting with a design made in pattern resin on YouTube http://www.youtub...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by oops
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by oops

cooey model 39 extractor

Well I modeled as best I could the cooey model 39 extractor with the e-machine shop cad program off the net. Anybody wi...
9 comments posted 19yrs
posted by ms_smith11
9 comments posted 19yrs posted by ms_smith11

Speed up gate opener suggestions

Hi people, OK, so I am looking for plan B. I made a gate opener (copy of Mule) from an old satellite dish actuator. It...
57 comments posted 19yrs
posted by Jenny3kids
57 comments posted 19yrs posted by Jenny3kids

Plasma cutter idea

I've been playing around with my new plasma cutter and the first thing that I've learned is that I will not be cutting...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by bobengelhardt
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by bobengelhardt

Drill Press Recomendations

I was just outside using my Central Machinery drill press. It is huge. I paid too much for it from the son of a friend...
26 comments posted 19yrs
posted by SurDO2Diver
26 comments posted 19yrs posted by SurDO2Diver

Bandsaw motor upgraded

I just finished tearing down the motor mount, etc. I was moving the pulley by hand and noticed that it had a tenancy to...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by marc.britten
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by marc.britten

rivets

I need to replace about 6 rivets on my aluminum boat. What's the procedure? Can I make or buy a manual rivet set? Pop ri...
14 comments posted 19yrs
posted by scallion172
14 comments posted 19yrs posted by scallion172

Aluminum grinding wheels?

Awl-- The make depressed-center aluminum grinding wheels for angle grinders, more for the welding trade. They are alumi...
9 comments posted 19yrs
posted by entropic3.14decay
9 comments posted 19yrs posted by entropic3.14decay