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Needing a source for abrasive cloth

This stuff goes under various names. "Diamond Dust Cloth" "Abrasive Cloth" "Duracut Abrasive Cloth" "Duracut Abrasive C...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by tschnautz
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by tschnautz

Mini Mill Opinions ?

Got a little bonus money burning a hole in my pocket , and decided more tools might be better than more motorcycle part...
18 comments posted 19yrs
posted by snagone
18 comments posted 19yrs posted by snagone

Insert Tooling Recommendations?

I'm getting a Lathe with CNC and a manual QC Toolpost. I'm needing some basic insert tooling to get me started. The thi...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by regor
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by regor

Check this out (Metal Content)

Watch the wrap.... JR Dweller in the cellar
3 comments posted 19yrs
posted by jasonrnorth
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by jasonrnorth

Bridgeport mill motors

Will the J2 head motors interchange with the old "J" head with the step pulley belt drive? Anybody got one for sale? Min...
3 comments posted 19yrs
posted by dieselcowgirl
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by dieselcowgirl

Type R thermocouple recycle in the UK

I recently helped with maintenance on a glass blowing furnace and the type R thermocouple was replaced. A type R is Pt...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by djb
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by djb

Serious trailer design questions

I am 100% committed to making a trailer. I am going to use this trailer bed: http://cgi.govliquidation.com/auction/view...
40 comments posted 19yrs
posted by ignoramus9726
40 comments posted 19yrs posted by ignoramus9726

need bushing for rod end

Have a bobcat and need a bushing for the rod end. the end has been voreed and an oversize bushing has been pressed in s...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by jjj
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by jjj

Anyone into portrait sketching?

For several years I have been doing portrait sketching and wishing I could find someone else that does this for a hobby...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by wtabacchi
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by wtabacchi

80/20 Aluminum structures

Has anybody used this stuff? It opens a lot of possibilities and invokes ideas. I'm doing a small project machine and w...
15 comments posted 19yrs
posted by tom(nospam)
15 comments posted 19yrs posted by tom(nospam)

Copper recovery rates

what are current rates paid by mexicans and scrap dealers for copper, in pure silver plated form (big contacts etc) than...
26 comments posted 19yrs
posted by ignoramus16482
26 comments posted 19yrs posted by ignoramus16482

Micrometers

I was looking at electronic micrometers in the wish book today, and noticed that while a certain mike claims an accuracy...
20 comments posted 19yrs
posted by spam
20 comments posted 19yrs posted by spam

Making Diamond Lapping Abrasive

Here is the receipe I promise to type in last December when I was too busy.....I'm still busy but had enough number -cr...
16 comments posted 19yrs
posted by wfhabicher
16 comments posted 19yrs posted by wfhabicher

OT: Removing '97 Chevy S10 Window Crank

Off topic, but someone here is bound to have the answer 8o)). One person too many has walked into the passenger side mi...
7 comments posted 19yrs
posted by kabowers
7 comments posted 19yrs posted by kabowers