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Antibacklash nuts

What's wrong with antibacklash nuts on the stock lead screw that came with my small Taiwanese knee mill for CNC convers...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by americansun
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by americansun

VFD recommendations for 3 HP

I have a lathe I'm trying to get ready to run on single phase, it currently has a 3hp 3ph motor. I'm looking at the dri...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by regor
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by regor

Enco shipping comedy

What fun getting the free UPS shipping on the Enco granite surface plates! I mean these 85-lb chunks of precision grani...
24 comments posted 19yrs
posted by kinch
24 comments posted 19yrs posted by kinch

Weight Bench Progress -- photos

I posted some photos of the weight bench I'm building for my son in response to a question about Readywelders on sci.en...
6 comments posted 19yrs
posted by keillorp135
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by keillorp135

wire rope deck railing

I want to build a wire rope deck railing with 3/16" galv. aircraft cable. I was thinking about having 4X4 posts carriag...
15 comments posted 19yrs
posted by mark
15 comments posted 19yrs posted by mark

Bridgeport FS

I have a J head Bridgeport for sale; it has a broken knee gib and broken handle for v ram lock. I had plans on fixing i...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by info
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by info

What is it? CLIX

http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/ Rob
8 comments posted 19yrs
posted by rhvp67
8 comments posted 19yrs posted by rhvp67

fs - repair it yourself small vacuum pumps

if you go to my web site and click on vacuum pumps, you will find that I'm offering some Thomas brand dual wobble pisto...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by nobody
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by nobody

Pictures of my son's balsa toy ship

My goal was not a beautiful ship, but getting my son interested in making stuff (and also him having relaxed time when...
27 comments posted 19yrs
posted by ignoramus4664
27 comments posted 19yrs posted by ignoramus4664

Advice on TIG torch ?

I am setting up to do some TIG welding. I have a CyberTIG 300 and no torch. What torch do you all recommend ? I'm looki...
12 comments posted 19yrs
posted by John Waverly at hot
12 comments posted 19yrs posted by John Waverly at hot

How It's Made: Brass Trombones

A local cable channel has the HOW ITS MADE series. One of the best segments ever IMO was how brass trombones are made....
12 comments posted 19yrs
posted by R-D-Lorance
12 comments posted 19yrs posted by R-D-Lorance