⏣ General Metalworking

Zoro 20% Off Codes

I've been getting monthly post cards in the mail ZoGraingRo with 20% off discount codes.  Looks like there is a maximum...

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Non Abrasive Metal Cutting Chop Saw

Evolution is the name that really brought these to the public attention, but lots of companies are selling them. Fein,...

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metal WORKING today

I cranked out a duplicate of a semi prototype mold today. The single cavity prototype worked, so I made a 4 cavity vers...

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Not quite metalworking but ...

I guess spinnin' wrenches is metalwork of a sort . And I'll be doing some over the next few days/weeks . Weather permit...

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Barrel making using draw-over-mandrel?

Just idle curiosity. Does anybody make rifled gun barrels by drawing over a mandrel? From a position of total naivete,...

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posted by bp

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Air pistol update

I decided I'd replace the pump first , make sure the rest of the pistol functioned . It does , but I can hear air leaki...

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Carbide grinder

I just acquired one and haven't found much useful info on using them on line. It's a Taiwanese clone of the Baldor, wit...

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Moving a 40ft High Cube

A buddy of mine hauls containers from the coast and sells them locally. He picked up 3 for a customer and after he got...

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Got a nut !

Once I figured out just what I have , it became easy ... I made a fixture to hold the cutters at 14.5° and ground one o...

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Plumbing pitch puzzle

I'm trying to revive an old airless paint sprayer (Wagner W500) and made decent progress until I met the fitting on the...

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An answer ...

And now I know that the leadscrew is indeed Acme . I mentioned in the other thread about making a mold of the threads u...

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Re: Sunworshiper

I received a message from him on my web contact form today. Anybody remember him giving you a bit of stainless steel ro...

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A big ol' chunk of delrin

Since no one currently has X axis leadscrew nuts available for my RF45 clone mill , I must make one . So I ordered a pi...

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posted by Snag_one

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Harbor Freight Pipe KINKER!

Yes, I have been told if you stuff the pipe full of sand it might not kink. In the twentyish years I've owned it I was...

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Drill chuck runout

Mounting a drill chuck in the lathe came up , so I put one of mine in the lathe . My spindle is 3MT and the chuck tang...

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