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Forge blower repairs

I started today by sleeving the worn end section of the fan shaft . Some here may recall I was asking about helical gea...
8 comments posted 10yrs
posted by snag_one
8 comments posted 10yrs posted by snag_one

Where can I buy 8x10" structural tube in Chicago

I am not looking for a great deal. I just need to get it for whatever is the market price. I need a structural rectangu...
8 comments posted 10yrs
posted by ignoramus22251
8 comments posted 10yrs posted by ignoramus22251

Solid Carbide Endmills

In the last few years I have been using solid carbide endmills more and more. They work great in the CNC mill, the mach...
3 comments posted 10yrs
posted by etpm
3 comments posted 10yrs posted by etpm

Wages With Minimal Wiggle Room

"Wages With Minimal Wiggle Room?, Andy Puzder (CEO of CKE Restaurants), WSJ page A13, 28 December 2015. A useful datapo...
2 comments posted 10yrs
posted by joegwinn
2 comments posted 10yrs posted by joegwinn

Birmingham DLC-16120 lathe quality

I bought this lathe from a company who is a friend of my company. It is a Birmingham DLC-16120 lathe. http://www.machin...
6 comments posted 10yrs
posted by ignoramus18273
6 comments posted 10yrs posted by ignoramus18273

Gas mixer advice please

I ordered a nice oxygen flow meter that flows low enough so I can mix 2% oxygen with 98% argon for MIG welding SS. I bu...
0 comments posted 10yrs
posted by etpm
0 comments posted 10yrs posted by etpm

Free Equipment Removal and Russian Santa

On my website, I advertise "Free Equipment Removal" whereby I remove obsolete equipment. Usually it is old heavy obsole...
87 comments posted 10yrs
posted by ignoramus24626
87 comments posted 10yrs posted by ignoramus24626

Tri-mix VS Bi-mix gas for 304SS welding

To All, So another SS welding job has come my way that would benefit, timewise, by using MIG instead of TIG. I have a L...
9 comments posted 10yrs
posted by etpm
9 comments posted 10yrs posted by etpm

PING: Snag

Greetings Terry, In a recent post by you, the subject of which is now in my filters so I cannot retrieve it, someone wa...
2 comments posted 10yrs
posted by etpm
2 comments posted 10yrs posted by etpm

Gallery of Fluid Motion

Here's some idle entertainment. This is a collection of videos from the American Physical SSociety, Division of Fluid D...
8 comments posted 10yrs
posted by huntres23
8 comments posted 10yrs posted by huntres23

Best epoxy for adhesion?

I'm repairing an crank handle for a nice old tripod. The handle is made of some sort of black plastic, and the bit made...
9 comments posted 10yrs
posted by me
9 comments posted 10yrs posted by me

Back After Ten Years (or so)

Last followed this group via usenet 10 or so years ago and have just rediscovered it via Google Groups. Two things imme...
1 comments posted 10yrs
posted by aiwc3142
1 comments posted 10yrs posted by aiwc3142

hiring someone to sell equipment

A year after selling the body of production equipment I'm still left with presses, machine tools, welding equipment, of...
102 comments posted 10yrs
posted by Mars
102 comments posted 10yrs posted by Mars