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Way Covers for milling machines

Our shop's excello bridgeport-clone milling machine is now functional and we would like to cover the ways to prevent ch...
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posted by woodworker88
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Used Machinery

http://en.revendi.com This platform is used by manufacturers, dealers and metallprocessing companies to quote their ava...
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posted by garcocz
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advice for a strong draw/counter pull

I am making a pull out counter top for a kitchen island ( the island will be moveable) The frame of the island is made...
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posted by wayneREMOVETHIS
5 comments posted 20yrs posted by wayneREMOVETHIS

HF and Grizzly horizontal/bandsaw

Looking to buy a metal cutting bandsaw to cut O1 tool steel in order to make plane blades for some of my old planes and...
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posted by srazor
10 comments posted 20yrs posted by srazor

Electricians - Have an electrical question

I posted this on the welding board as well, but someone recommended I post here as well, since there are some electrici...
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posted by longoja
25 comments posted 20yrs posted by longoja

Bridgeport DRO

Greetings, I recently purchased an older Bridgeport DRO for my small vertical mill. While it works fine I'd like to rep...
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posted by flyhigh
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Mini-chuck repair

Hi, Thanks everybody for you responses at my topic "Cupertino, CA - local lathe owner for small help?". I got lot of va...
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posted by abaldus
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What is it? C

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posted by rhvp67
51 comments posted 20yrs posted by rhvp67

Shim session 1

Hello all, For reasons that are beyond my comprehension, I loosened the bolts, scraped out what I could between the col...
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posted by bschwab
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OT A super car: starting at $20 Gs

Maybe this is not news on here but I got a kick out of it. I just watched it for myself a 350HP sports car. This is inc...
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posted by rs.hulme
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Seeking recommendations: Composite material

Hi all, I'm looking for material which is wafer thin, very strong, and most importantly - light weight. I have looked a...
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posted by phil
7 comments posted 20yrs posted by phil

Spindle size for Jet diving head

I picked up a Jet diving head. The only marking on it is 74178 (model or serial # ?). I want to make a backplate to mou...
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posted by heyjude076
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Machining warped flange on pipe end

I have a short stainless steel pipe with 2 welded on flanges about 10mm thick, one on each end. these are slightly warp...
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posted by chris
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How can they do this?

I came across this one last night. How can they make a living doing this? Any ideas? www.outsourceauthority.com
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posted by texasprecisionmachining
9 comments posted 20yrs posted by texasprecisionmachining

Q: Titanium guide rod for pistol?

I have a couple of Kel-Tec pistols, P11 & P32. Both have polymer guide rods. Nothing wrong with them, but there's somet...
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posted by rex
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by rex