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Grinders

Hi everyone, I'm new here. I was looking to buy an electric grinder and I have finally came down to 2 options: Metabo W...
4 comments posted 11yrs
posted by Paul.Murphy.1066bc58
4 comments posted 11yrs posted by Paul.Murphy.1066bc58

Why would ONE carbon brush burn on an DC motor

I got a nice Matrix T3X treadmill at a company cleanout. Seems to be USA made, heavy, for up to 400 lb max runner weigh...
15 comments posted 11yrs
posted by ignoramus15926
15 comments posted 11yrs posted by ignoramus15926

Rotary manual vs Beverly shear

Folks, I have a throatless Beverly shear, the model B. I was looking online today at the roller type of throatless shea...
1 comments posted 11yrs
posted by etpm
1 comments posted 11yrs posted by etpm

gummer's double-wide in Taft

http://www.realtytrac.com/property/ca/taft/93268/326-olive-ave/157406917 Note the property type. Note the amount of lan...
15 comments posted 11yrs
posted by Lalalalala
15 comments posted 11yrs posted by Lalalalala

Metal related-China's rare earths problems

Right now there is only one mine in the USA producing rare earth elements. They recently stopped mining and are just ma...
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posted by etpm
5 comments posted 11yrs posted by etpm

Power steering fluid instead of ATF?

Just a quick question because I know it works: Last night I needed to make a couple of chinguses (ding-wazzles?) out of...
3 comments posted 11yrs
posted by seemywebsite
3 comments posted 11yrs posted by seemywebsite

Got my Cree flashlight today Equip Review

Won a Cree 2500 on Ebay for $3.81 a couple weeks ago http://www.ebay.com/itm/291566384088 And then bought a charger wit...
17 comments posted 11yrs
posted by gunnerasch
17 comments posted 11yrs posted by gunnerasch

Bending help please

Anybody here have press brake experience? I was to start with 3x3x.375 6061-T6 aluminum Tee extrusion, 4 inches long, a...
4 comments posted 11yrs
posted by etpm
4 comments posted 11yrs posted by etpm

Forklift licenses and such

From summer 1974 through 1976, I worked at NASA Ames Research Center, high school and college work exp. I had a US Fede...
23 comments posted 11yrs
posted by janders1957
23 comments posted 11yrs posted by janders1957

New steel I don't recognize

I got in a hurry on a job, and had to run 10-mi to the scrapyard for some heavy 4" angle, rather than driving the 80-mi...
34 comments posted 11yrs
posted by lloydspinsidemindspring.com
34 comments posted 11yrs posted by lloydspinsidemindspring.com

Side panel latches - 1947 SA 200 Welder

I have a 1947 Lincoln SA200 welder with intact original sheet metal including the side panels. I bought it many years a...
1 comments posted 11yrs
posted by BFR
1 comments posted 11yrs posted by BFR

Peep sight

Warning-actual metalworking about to be discussed.One of my favorite plinking rifles is an old Remington model 12 pump....
0 comments posted 11yrs
posted by etpm
0 comments posted 11yrs posted by etpm

Small oil-less compressor failure?

Had this small el cheapo compressor for about 10 years, and used it a lot, undersized for the uses I put it to really b...
6 comments posted 11yrs
posted by charlie
6 comments posted 11yrs posted by charlie

Electric Bicycles With High Torque

When you realize that slow eddy is a liar and a fraud that pretends to be a n expert on every subject this company migh...
4 comments posted 11yrs
posted by jonbanquer
4 comments posted 11yrs posted by jonbanquer