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Please help identify this object?

Can someone tell me what this gadget is? It is brass, no markings found. Base is 4 inches diameter Turnhandle is about...
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posted by littlebird210
6 comments posted 20yrs posted by littlebird210

Steel for knife making

I have been making knives for several years. I have used everything from files to old cross cut saw blades to hacksaw b...
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posted by rider
20 comments posted 20yrs posted by rider

Hoist Trolley capacity

I bought a hoist trolley on ebay. The seller listed it as a 1 ton unit. But now that I look at it in detail, I am quest...
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posted by grice
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by grice

please suggest me the losses in feed steam piping

Hello This is Manish Sharma from India. I am a POWER ENGINEER. Presently I am working in a 3x25mw waste heat recovery p...
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posted by m.sharma3
9 comments posted 20yrs posted by m.sharma3

Old Iron (engine generator)

Right after the Cuban missle crisis, the Civil Defense chartered the building of "community bomb shelters". The locals...
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posted by lloydsp
20 comments posted 20yrs posted by lloydsp

What is it? #130

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posted by rhvp67
38 comments posted 20yrs posted by rhvp67

Stack of 7-10 plates

Hello all, I think I know what you are going to say, but just in case, here goes. I need to make a "large run" of mount...
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posted by bschwab
16 comments posted 20yrs posted by bschwab

Security Mailbox

Some of you might want to see this recently completed project. http://www.jamesriser.com/Machinery/Security/Mailbox.html...
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posted by jriser
10 comments posted 20yrs posted by jriser

Iron Fever?

Is anyone else going to Iron Fever? Will there be a known RCM loitering place? If you see a guy with a gray beard follo...
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posted by kevin
6 comments posted 20yrs posted by kevin

FA: Technical Books

Structural Aluminum Design, Stainless Steel Handbook, Fluid Design Engineers Handbook, Fluid Power Text Book, Bearing T...
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posted by jhowell297
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by jhowell297

Spot welder

I'm thinking of getting a home 115V spot welder.Are these things any good.I want to make some small metal boxes
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posted by eXelstar35
11 comments posted 20yrs posted by eXelstar35

What do CWI s get paid?

Want are the pay ranges for a CWI in structural steel? What other certs would add to a CWIs value? This would be in the...
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posted by wayneREMOVETHIS
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by wayneREMOVETHIS

What do you call this?

I want to build a small dust collector head to go around the spindle of a mill when it is routing wood and plastic. I e...
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posted by tmayhugh
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by tmayhugh

HEY MEGPA

HEY MEGPA !!!!!!! Would you PLEASE correct your computer's calendar? Everything you post is dated exactly one month for...
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posted by nospam
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by nospam