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Planer - how useful for HSM?

There is a Lee 16x48 planer (or planer mill, not clear) advertised locally at a price that seems attractive - but I don...
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posted by LawrenceSMITH
13 comments posted 20yrs posted by LawrenceSMITH

OT: Heavy Metal

A friend sent these links for a new German car to me. I'll bet they sell like hotcakes here in the States. http://www.r...
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posted by ljaques
14 comments posted 20yrs posted by ljaques

Silly project: binding posts

Warning: metal content. http://users.goldengate.net/~dforeman/binding_posts/
12 comments posted 20yrs
posted by dforeman
12 comments posted 20yrs posted by dforeman

7" grinder faster?

I mig weld square and rectangular tubing to make furniture. I use a 4 1/2" grinder to grind down the welds. I think I a...
19 comments posted 20yrs
posted by emmo
19 comments posted 20yrs posted by emmo

I want to Build a Tap Guide Block

I need help is there a standard size hole in tap guide blocks? I found a couple on ebay but would like to make my own....
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posted by polyman
8 comments posted 20yrs posted by polyman

Lathe Repair Electrical Sacramento CA

I have a lathe, chinese with the name plate of NOVA, 12 x 40, gear head, gap bed, bench type. Manual is the same as the...
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posted by re-cogburn
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by re-cogburn

YALFQ (Yet Another LED Flashlight Question)

I use a couple of old fashioned EverReady 2 AA/AAA cell penlights quite a bit around the house & shop. They eat batteri...
25 comments posted 20yrs
posted by gwhite
25 comments posted 20yrs posted by gwhite

Nut for C spanner wrench

Ok, I've been racking my head and trying to search the internet and I can't come up with the name for the nut which you...
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posted by marc.britten
1 comments posted 20yrs posted by marc.britten

Roller thrust bearing question

I have asked bearing engineers about this in an e-mail with no response. Surely someone here can provide the correct an...
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posted by etpm
5 comments posted 20yrs posted by etpm

Wanted Well Setting Power Feed For Parts

Model HCW-135G Has plastic cover on side. Need some hard parts,if anyone has one under the bench. Thanks Milton C.
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posted by mcswfl
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by mcswfl

Oddball unisaw guts question

Recently picked up a 1951 vintage Delta Rockwell unisaw and am going through it before putting it in service. In my sma...
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posted by souffle
9 comments posted 20yrs posted by souffle

Using A Rotabroach Cutter In A Lathe

Going with recommendations here I recently picked up a Hougen Magnetic drill with the intent to drill 1"+ diamter holes...
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posted by Searcher7
12 comments posted 20yrs posted by Searcher7

Machinability ratings

Going to machine some 3/4" alloy 630 extruded nickel-aluminum bronze alloy. It shows a machinability rating of 30, with...
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posted by lwmullis
1 comments posted 20yrs posted by lwmullis

NAMES Expo - NEW VENUE (Updated 20 Sep 2005)

A reminder. The 17th Annual North American Model Engineering Society (NAMES) Exposition When April 22-23, 2006 Hours Sa...
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posted by nobody
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by nobody