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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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posted by Snag_one
6 comments posted 1yr posted by Snag_one

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
6 comments posted 1yr posted by bp

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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posted by Snag_one
6 comments posted 1yr posted by Snag_one

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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posted by muratlanne
2 comments posted 1yr posted by muratlanne

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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posted by none
20 comments posted 1yr posted by none

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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posted by Snag_one
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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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posted by bp
9 comments posted 1yr posted by bp

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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posted by Snag_one
3 comments posted 1yr posted by Snag_one

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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posted by none
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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
24 comments posted 1yr posted by Snag_one

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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posted by none
1 comments posted 1yr posted by none

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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posted by Snag_one
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Do I really need an arbor press ?

Well , the point is moot now cuz I got one . We stopped at a yard sale this afternoon and there it was , in all it's gr...
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posted by Snag_one
19 comments posted 1yr posted by Snag_one

3/8" drill chuck replacement

I finally lost the chuck key to a Makita 907d cordless drill. The chuck has never been very good at holding bits, so ra...
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posted by bp
17 comments posted 1yr posted by bp