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Epoxies for metals and plastics

This subject comes up pretty often here, so I thought I'd point out a specialty adhesive company that I've used in rece...
6 comments posted 9yrs
posted by huntres23
6 comments posted 9yrs posted by huntres23

Looking for 3mm Teflon Coated Stainless Wire

Looking for 3mm Teflon Coated Stainless Wire as a core for a mold I am designing. I checked McMaster and they topped ou...
4 comments posted 9yrs
posted by none
4 comments posted 9yrs posted by none

Salvage - Hydraulic Pump

I was just tearing down an old log splitter (I got it for $60) to use the mechanic bits for a hydraulic press. The cyli...
11 comments posted 9yrs
posted by none
11 comments posted 9yrs posted by none

Why no one buys screw machines

I bought a few huge Acme Gridley RB-8 screw machines this week. They are similar in every way to this listing:...
29 comments posted 9yrs
posted by ignoramus13481
29 comments posted 9yrs posted by ignoramus13481

Amazing accomplishment of light bulb sellers

It used to be difficult to sell a light bulb for more than $1. And those would last a while. Nowadays, they can sell $3...
28 comments posted 9yrs
posted by ignoramus17018
28 comments posted 9yrs posted by ignoramus17018

O.K. Aliens Shot Down Meteor?

"While they have not put forward an alternative explanation for the explosi on, outlandish theories in the past have in...
0 comments posted 9yrs
posted by mogulah
0 comments posted 9yrs posted by mogulah

Craftsman Club member letter from Sears

It is a little old, but likely coming of age! :-) Seems that Sears is tired of hunting down companies that would make a...
3 comments posted 9yrs
posted by lionslair
3 comments posted 9yrs posted by lionslair

Mounting base for a 3D-printer

Guys, I hate to mention the topic of wood, but I want to mount a 3D-printer on a flat stable base so I can move it arou...
10 comments posted 9yrs
posted by davenpete
10 comments posted 9yrs posted by davenpete

The Gray Man.....

http://www.survivalthinktank.com/2011/11/grey-man-directive.html?m=1
1 comments posted 9yrs
posted by gunnerasch
1 comments posted 9yrs posted by gunnerasch

THIS IS NOT AN ANVIL

This is what is known as an anvil shaped object. More accurately a door stop. Seller: "shop-and-ship" name on shipping...
5 comments posted 9yrs
posted by none
5 comments posted 9yrs posted by none

Slitting saw usage ?

This video shows a slitting saw mounted in a boring head. Is there a special reason for doing this? The cutting is simu...
41 comments posted 9yrs
posted by hb
41 comments posted 9yrs posted by hb

Just Used Some of That Cute Little Rebar

I made a new stand for the grinders with a truck wheel filled with concrete as the base. When I went to move the comple...
7 comments posted 9yrs
posted by none
7 comments posted 9yrs posted by none

Cutting oil or coolant for drill press

A company gave me this drill press. http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/Allen-Drill-Press.jpg I will actually use it instead of...
32 comments posted 9yrs
posted by ignoramus10622
32 comments posted 9yrs posted by ignoramus10622