⏣ General Metalworking

Steel spring wire thickness to turn a crank?

Thinking about turning the crank of my bicycle with a wire spring. Approximately, how thick will be spring wire need to...

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posted by always.look

2 comments posted 9yrs posted by always.look

Diet Soda BS

Im tired of my tax money being wasted on junk "science" like this lie that claims diet soda increases risk of stroke an...

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posted by yak

33 comments posted 9yrs posted by yak

castting

I am research student I need any one interest in casting of copper base all oy or high copper alloy with chrome in diff...

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posted by asaadka77

16 comments posted 9yrs posted by asaadka77

Spiral Milling Vs Drilling

I do a lot of spiral milling instead of drilling on my little high speed (RPM) mills. There are a couple reasons. One i...

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posted by none

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Found in fortune cookie file -- it seems appropriate

Found in fortune cookie file -- it seems appropriate: =================================================================...

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posted by BPdnicholsBP

0 comments posted 9yrs posted by BPdnicholsBP

Making My Bandsaw Bigger ... or

This is how I converted by 4x6 bandsaw into a 4x8 bandsaw. The little El Cheapo Harbor Freight band saw is huge amount...

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posted by none

7 comments posted 9yrs posted by none

OT: Easter Joke

The light turned yellow, just in front of him. He did the right thing and stopped at the crosswalk, even though he coul...

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posted by ljaques

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LED Replacement tear down

Hi, Happened to see this on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqRlBHJ3Fnw I kinda wondered how they were making...

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posted by lfisk

8 comments posted 9yrs posted by lfisk

Moving advice

All... Im considering moving again. Im serious this time. Ive had it with leftist regulations holding me back. Grrrrr.....

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posted by GumnerAsch

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what is the best magnetic steel

I'm looking to machine a piece of round steel to place a magnet in it and want the steel magnetic as posible

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posted by m hammond

2 comments posted 9yrs posted by m hammond

OT: Lawyer for guy dragged from plane gets millions of dollars in free advertising

Right now, the lawyer for the guy dragged off the United flight is having a "news conference" which all of the major ca...

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posted by rangerssuck

19 comments posted 9yrs posted by rangerssuck

Here's that high pressure hydraulic pump and jack setup that I was talking about

This is a high pressure pump and an assemblage of cylinders that I put together. I had this stuff for a while, in a box...

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posted by ignoramus25440

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Best way to balance this?

I will be mounting a dead length air collet closer to a lathe spindle for an upcoming job. The closer is meant to be fa...

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posted by etpm

4 comments posted 9yrs posted by etpm

Basic CNC router recomendations.

I'm thinking in terms of something for primarily facing slabs of wood for high end custom tables. Sources, plans, optio...

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posted by phamp

1 comments posted 9yrs posted by phamp

Electrical slip ring questions

I'm sue someone here can help. I need to get power to a solenoid operated valve spinning at 5000 RPM. Low power, 24 vol...

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posted by etpm

39 comments posted 9yrs posted by etpm