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incredible price of copper

I have a friend who is a project manager for Seattle's largest mechanical contractor, a company which does billions of...
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posted by grant
66 comments posted 20yrs posted by grant

Not a typical impact wrench

Video filmed by my spouse http://www.algebra.com/~ichudov/tmp/impact-wrench.avi To try this behemoth on my compressor,...
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posted by ignoramus8260
17 comments posted 20yrs posted by ignoramus8260

Small steel disks stocked?

I'm looking for a few stocked mild steel or stainless disks, 3.75-in dia. Can work with just about any thickness from 1...
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posted by john.curtissREMOVE
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by john.curtissREMOVE

Shining stainless steel

I have a stock non-polished 1/4" thick x 1.5" x 9" piece of stainless steel which I would like to polish up, if possibl...
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posted by meanie
7 comments posted 20yrs posted by meanie

parting out old Boice CMM

i'm parting out an old Boice CMM; this type used a separate 19" rack cabinet containing the 3 DRO's (using NIXIE tubes!...
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posted by btuttleman
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by btuttleman

What I made the wife

Someone posted a note about things he had made to suck up to the wife. I can't remember where, HSM, Parctical Machinist...
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posted by errol.groff
5 comments posted 20yrs posted by errol.groff

OT: New Record in Baghdad

According to a newly released report by the Pentagon, in the last two months there were 1,600 and 1,800 civilians kille...
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posted by desmithe
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by desmithe

Automatic Lathes in Australia

Wanted in Australia Automatic Traub A25 cam lathe or similar in good conditions and with tooling
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posted by al3howard
22 comments posted 20yrs posted by al3howard

Bent RC Frame

Okay lame question, but maybe some one can offer some advice. I bent my aluminum frame. It is a Gmade Dragoon. Pictures...
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posted by geoff
17 comments posted 20yrs posted by geoff

Metal shop cats

Cats ARE metalworking so, this is on topic. Our rough 9 yr. old shop cat met his maker late last week so, it was down t...
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posted by tom(nospam)
16 comments posted 20yrs posted by tom(nospam)

Interesting rubber hose

Found something interesting in a dumpster today (near a liquidated hydraulics shop where I picked something up). It is...
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posted by ignoramus8260
19 comments posted 20yrs posted by ignoramus8260

What kind of aluminum would you use?

I came across a very nice wind chime recently. It was quite large and had a real nice sound. It looked to be made from...
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posted by grice
11 comments posted 20yrs posted by grice

Sorta' On Topic: Source for Dayton VFD maual?

All, Does anyone know of an online|offline source for Dayton Electric Mfg. product's wiring diagrams? I have a barely u...
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posted by "spam "
6 comments posted 20yrs posted by "spam "

Sears - KMart

A friend said the merger was complete. I haven't heard anything about it recently. What is the staus - is it a "done dea...
17 comments posted 20yrs
posted by judybob
17 comments posted 20yrs posted by judybob

extruding brass

I'm curious about what the typical composition is of brass used in cartidge cases and how much pressure is required to e...
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posted by clutch
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by clutch