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homebuilt diesel motorcycles

someone here (sorry, can't remember who, thanks to whoever it was.) posted a link to a discussion forum about homebuild...
10 comments posted 20yrs
posted by wwixon
10 comments posted 20yrs posted by wwixon

Do VFD's make pulleys obsolete?

ergo the distinction between variable speed/stepped pulleys moot (at least w/ 3 ph motors)? One thing is for sure: VFD...
13 comments posted 20yrs
posted by physical
13 comments posted 20yrs posted by physical

Disassembling a mag chuck

So I bought another mag chuck for my little Sanford Surface grinder. (The chuck I bought initially does not have the ho...
8 comments posted 20yrs
posted by beer
8 comments posted 20yrs posted by beer

"Dishing" on a horizontal saw

Awl-- My compadre's new-er Kalamazoo horz'l band saw (I got the old one) is dishing--ie, the mat'l in the vise, after a...
5 comments posted 20yrs
posted by physical
5 comments posted 20yrs posted by physical

Metal Bender/Scroll bender

I have been shopping for quite a while now for a metal bender and a scroll bender. I'm ready to buy a pedestal mounted...
8 comments posted 20yrs
posted by boozoochavez
8 comments posted 20yrs posted by boozoochavez

Dremel (rotary tool) for righthanders?

Is there some reason why a rotary tool spins so that dust/shavings are sprayed back towards a right-handed user? Or may...
28 comments posted 20yrs
posted by jdoe
28 comments posted 20yrs posted by jdoe

NEMES Annual Show This Saturday

This Saturday, February 18, is the10th Annual show of the New England Mdoel Engineering Society. The show is in Waltham...
0 comments posted 20yrs
posted by errol.groff
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by errol.groff

tables with circular pattern

I've seen steel tables with a circular pattern applied to them... This looks as though some type of circular tool has r...
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posted by will_usher
6 comments posted 20yrs posted by will_usher

circa 1890 foot shear

I found a 3' foot shear. Looks like its in great conditon and the asking price is $500. Can anyone tell me if that is a...
8 comments posted 20yrs
posted by tangent.design
8 comments posted 20yrs posted by tangent.design

Making a small rectangular hole in 3/16" steel

I have this compressor http://igor.chudov.com/projects/CurtisCompressor/ and this hourmeter http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/...
4 comments posted 20yrs
posted by ignoramus27829
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by ignoramus27829

Pulling the head on an Onan DJC Generator

I have been debugging an Onan DJC, 4 cylinder 12KW, air cooled diesel generator. In chasing down a rough running engine...
1 comments posted 20yrs
posted by rleonard
1 comments posted 20yrs posted by rleonard