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Work Clothes

I saw this on Gizmag this morning and thought it fit. Some of us are hard on clothing in the shop or work. Others are t...
84 comments posted 9yrs
posted by ljaques
84 comments posted 9yrs posted by ljaques

My Dalton Lathe

Hi, I?m trying to I.D. an old Dalton I just got. ( Oregon, March 2017) It has Dalton Six cast on it and the end plate s...
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posted by TLouisJ
2 comments posted 9yrs posted by TLouisJ

Free NASA software

How did I ever get along without a 3D model of the Viking Lander or the Wide-Field Infrared Telescope? Ora calculating...
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posted by edhuntress2
6 comments posted 9yrs posted by edhuntress2

OT: Well it was nice while it lasted

The past couple of weeks, the high signal to noise ratio on rcm was kind of eerie - thinking that Gummer had frozen to...
0 comments posted 9yrs
posted by rangerssuck
0 comments posted 9yrs posted by rangerssuck

OT: american politics

55 minutes into his address to congress, and for the first time he is, in my opinion, coming across as not only sane bu...
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posted by clare
6 comments posted 9yrs posted by clare

Releasign Threadlocker w/o Wrecking Heat Treat?

I have several Italian .22LR Olympic-style "free pistols" I am repairing for the collegiate pistol team I help coach. T...
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posted by gwhite
9 comments posted 9yrs posted by gwhite

Best Electric Drill For Daughter?

My daughter just bought her first house about 40 miles away. She is very handy, but I need to give her some or her own...
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posted by gwhite
14 comments posted 9yrs posted by gwhite

Rack and pinion Sanford model SG48 parts

I'm looking to replace the longitudinal feed rack and gear parts on a Sanford model SG48 surface grinder as mine are we...
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posted by kevinvecasey
1 comments posted 9yrs posted by kevinvecasey

MT 5-1/2 ???

Overall I am pretty happy with my Chinese made Precision mathews PM1440LBE lathe. However there are some little things...
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posted by none
6 comments posted 9yrs posted by none

Linear Way Saddle

I'm working on a mid size CNC mill with linear rails. I've got a lot of it figured out including squaring it up as its...
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posted by none
3 comments posted 9yrs posted by none

Best drive belts?

I blew the belt on my 6HP YammerHammer blower, meaning I had to push/pull the darn thing home into the garage. It has (...
35 comments posted 9yrs
posted by clare
35 comments posted 9yrs posted by clare

FEINTOOL HFA 6300

i have press FEINTOOL HFA 6300 Regards Yan yan snipped-for-privacy@ukr.net
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posted by stankoukraine2011
0 comments posted 9yrs posted by stankoukraine2011

What the hell is going on with this grease?

To all the greasy folks here, About 7 years ago I took apart my dividing head to make some changes. I completely degrea...
11 comments posted 9yrs
posted by etpm
11 comments posted 9yrs posted by etpm

Modern car paint and rust

Hi folks, Quick question. Many cars from the 1980s used to rust badly. Sometime in th e 1990s, this changed - and quite...
68 comments posted 9yrs
posted by christopher.tidy
68 comments posted 9yrs posted by christopher.tidy