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help - what tool holders hold these facemills

so, I've ended up with some nice condition (maybe new) WCT facemills in various sizes - these are indexable and very co...
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posted by nobody
1 comments posted 20yrs posted by nobody

MDF for sacrificial backup?

Has anyone tried to use MDF as a sacrificial backup for milling, say, aluminum plate? Samples that I've measured have a...
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posted by tmayhugh
7 comments posted 20yrs posted by tmayhugh

ISO Burk #4 parts

I just bought a much abused Burke #4 horizontal mill. I intend to restore it, but it's missing some pieces. Most notice...
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posted by burkheimer
1 comments posted 20yrs posted by burkheimer

New Stihl saw review

To all you woodcutter types, After seeing another chain saw message I realized that I should post a review for a new St...
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posted by etpm
29 comments posted 20yrs posted by etpm

need good chainsaw chain

I bought two Logger truck loads of oak logs. They have been cut for a fair while and the wood is pretty dry. My Carlton...
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posted by karltownsend.NOT
27 comments posted 20yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

Hardening and Tempering

I have some "experience" with tempering and hardening steels using water or oil as the quenching medium in my home shop...
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posted by rayfield
6 comments posted 20yrs posted by rayfield

finding quality tools

looking over the craftsman warranty thread i started wondering..... I am finally at the time in my life that I need to...
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posted by tater1337
9 comments posted 20yrs posted by tater1337

The China Insertion

Awl-- Yeah, yeah, we all know about china'n's*it, but here's a little inside factoid from a machining compadre of mine....
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posted by entropic3.14decay
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by entropic3.14decay

Welding gas tank sizes

Anyone got a visual or cite on the various sizes of welding/gas bottles and their designations? I get confused as hell...
41 comments posted 20yrs
posted by gunner
41 comments posted 20yrs posted by gunner

Where is Jim Rozen?

Anybody know if all is ok with Jim? I don't see any posts from him since about September 5th. Hope everything is alright...
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posted by noone
7 comments posted 20yrs posted by noone

Powering the Pease Planer

Hi all, The Pease planer landed in place yesterday, after a road trip of about 800 miles. It definitely is going to nee...
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posted by noone
9 comments posted 20yrs posted by noone

Craftsman tool warranty worthless

Not all Craftsman hand tools have a lifetime warranty and many that were traditionally warrantied now have none. It see...
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posted by tomcas
54 comments posted 20yrs posted by tomcas

Turning a reduced section?

I need to turn a cylindrical section down in the middle of a round bar. The major diameter is 1.25", and the minor diam...
10 comments posted 20yrs
posted by gwhite
10 comments posted 20yrs posted by gwhite