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Mister of your Craft

In his fabulous book, 'Oak: The Frame of Civilization,' author William Bryant Logan tells us... "The honorific title 'M...
13 comments posted 20yrs
posted by senior-apprentice
13 comments posted 20yrs posted by senior-apprentice

Free stuff in Western suburbs of Chicago

I need to get rid of some crap, so perhaps some local people would be interested in a pickup. 1) Navigation system swit...
16 comments posted 20yrs
posted by ignoramus5766
16 comments posted 20yrs posted by ignoramus5766

Your Grandfather's Apprenticeship

Grandfather was a Kentucky hill boy, born in 1900, whose family owned the local corn mill. There was virtually no paper...
24 comments posted 20yrs
posted by senior-apprentice
24 comments posted 20yrs posted by senior-apprentice

Projects you're proud of

Can any of you direct me to locations on the net where I can see what is possible to make with table top machining equip...
5 comments posted 20yrs
posted by aarnaes
5 comments posted 20yrs posted by aarnaes

OT Making a better fly trap

For some reason, we are undergoing a home invasion by regular house flies. We have a lot more of them than we used to....
17 comments posted 20yrs
posted by ignoramus5766
17 comments posted 20yrs posted by ignoramus5766

air rifle parts

Hi All, Ran into a situation that some of you folks might want to take a look at. Air rifles today run the gamut from $...
4 comments posted 20yrs
posted by D.McDaniels
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by D.McDaniels

New use for Made in China Honda clones

I bet this has one of those pervasive made in China Honda-like engines: http://newsletter.northerntool.com/GoNow/a10800a...
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posted by no
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by no

FA Many boxlots of small cutting tools

I have listed about a dozen small boxlots of machinists tools tonight on eBay! These all came from working shop that wa...
7 comments posted 20yrs
posted by CATRUCKMAN
7 comments posted 20yrs posted by CATRUCKMAN

Help with terminology

I used to own what I call 'support posts'. 30 years ago I bought them at Sears. They are telescoping 3"± tubes with an...
5 comments posted 20yrs
posted by ivan
5 comments posted 20yrs posted by ivan

[OT] oxyacetylene torch kit -- Is it a Victor?

I was wondering if anyone can help me... I decided to get into oxyacetylene welding, so I just bought a torch that was...
4 comments posted 20yrs
posted by jamie
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by jamie

Pantograph Engraver and Font set Questions

I just purchased a Scott SM 500 without engraver fonts. I would like to know if I can use other brand font sets in it. I...
3 comments posted 20yrs
posted by sdison
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by sdison

[OT] - Lift Trucks

We have a CAT 125D Fork truck. It's rated for 12,500 lbs. We also sell a machine that supposedly weighs 12,100 lbs. I b...
51 comments posted 20yrs
posted by spamto154
51 comments posted 20yrs posted by spamto154

how do you use a dial indicator?

Hi, I just bought my lathe today! Not a great deal, but I don't think I'll regret it either. Anyway, I had brought alon...
1 comments posted 20yrs
posted by barnest
1 comments posted 20yrs posted by barnest

Dangerous fumes

Hi All, I have been leaking hear for sometime reading all the mail and getting a few hints and tips for my work as a me...
2 comments posted 20yrs
posted by john
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by john

Enterprise Lathe manual needed

Hi, I have a 15 X 50 lathe. Model J1172 & need manual. Or sketch of thread chart. Thanks Milton in S.W. FL
0 comments posted 20yrs
posted by mcswfl
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by mcswfl