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What is it? Item 518

This is regarding item 518 http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/ I had some insomnia last night so decided to watch a littl...
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posted by relz77
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by relz77

Luxeon ringlight for microscope

I finally finished my ringlight project. I can't take photos thru my scope with my camera, but I have put up a brief we...
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posted by dforeman
18 comments posted 20yrs posted by dforeman

Motor help request

I recently bought a cute little turret lathe with motor problems. I don't want to figure out what the idiot did to mess...
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posted by k_frazier
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by k_frazier

Victorian ring marking

Good eveing all. I have a white gold ring with the markings 14k B&F stamped on the inside of the ring. I believe its fro...
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posted by conan6868
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hand tools for working stainless steel

is it a good idea for our shop to aquire stainless steel hand tools? We're at the final stages of tooling up our ironwo...
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posted by cropseyironworks
10 comments posted 20yrs posted by cropseyironworks

Hot water formable plastic material

Bout 6 years or so ago i had surgery on my left arm and elbow. During the physical therapy sessions a therapist made a...
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posted by Sonoma1720
5 comments posted 20yrs posted by Sonoma1720

Tin

Anybody know where I can buy sheets of tin for tin punching?
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posted by kathim1
11 comments posted 20yrs posted by kathim1

Chuck adapter machining

Just got back from Cabin Fever. Bought a new Bison "5, 4-jaw scroll chuck and a threaded adapter plate (1-1/2" x8). Scr...
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posted by bsquare
28 comments posted 20yrs posted by bsquare

Horizontal Band Saw Guides & Such

I have an Olsen saw that I need to fix today, not sure on how they are sized, but probably could cut 1.4' X 1.4' . Hmmm...
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posted by mattsonsolar
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Universal Sander/Grinder?

I have just now noticed (and taken note) that swarf doesn't destroy machineways, and grit does. Doh. :) If a universal...
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posted by DGoncz
1 comments posted 20yrs posted by DGoncz

Gas Welding aluminum

With the lack of an AC tig machine and an AC inverter appearing to not be in the cards in the near future i"m looking a...
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posted by brent_p
31 comments posted 20yrs posted by brent_p

Building and using a growler

I was at the university library today. While I was there I took photos of some textbook pages on electrical machine des...
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posted by notta
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by notta

Nanofoil

http://www.llnl.gov/str/October05/pdfs/10_05.1.pdf Soldering, brazing, .... Anybody heard of a price for this stuff yet?...
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posted by CICSPlexSM
5 comments posted 20yrs posted by CICSPlexSM

Henrob torch

I've owned this torch for almost ten years and I didn't know how to use it properly. I bought it in Ottawa after watchi...
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posted by werkspace
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by werkspace