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Welding for Actors?

Nathan Fillion (ABC series Castle, but perhaps best known among nerds for playing the captain Mal of the Firefly-class...
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posted by speffSNIP
6 comments posted 11yrs posted by speffSNIP

IT WORKED!

I had to build up with weld the inside of a 1.125 bore because it was off location about 1/8" in two directions. So I n...
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posted by etpm
8 comments posted 11yrs posted by etpm

California Drought pics

I took some photos yesterday of Lake Castaic, which is a man made lake at the foot of the Grapevine ..(mountain range I...
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posted by gunnerasch
38 comments posted 11yrs posted by gunnerasch

3d printing introduction

Just came across a short free intro "class" for additive manufacturing (3d printing) that may be of interest to the gro...
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posted by gmcduffee
0 comments posted 11yrs posted by gmcduffee

Got a Left Hand Cut End Mill

My new endmill came in today. I've had a couple problems with stuff rotating on the dividing head under cutting load, m...
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posted by Pete.Keillor
2 comments posted 11yrs posted by Pete.Keillor

A little Math

There are 35 people in the whole world that have reached the age of 112 years. The States has 6,500,000 'active' Social...
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posted by nojunk
37 comments posted 11yrs posted by nojunk

DIY air bearing lathe

All for pocket change (well,
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posted by speffSNIP
12 comments posted 11yrs posted by speffSNIP

Big Wire Brush - What is it for?

http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii619/Modelbauer1963/104_1717.jpg I picked this up since it was marked way down and...
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posted by robanzellotti
6 comments posted 11yrs posted by robanzellotti

Miller Aerowave HIGH TEMPERATURE false alarm

I have this Miller Aerowave TIG that I bought at auction. It does power up, however immediately after powering up it di...
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posted by ignoramus28365
7 comments posted 11yrs posted by ignoramus28365

Dalton lathe

I have a dalton lathe I would like some info on it.i can't find anything anywhere and help would be great
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posted by dan.mclaren.dm
5 comments posted 11yrs posted by dan.mclaren.dm

Markings on "owner" gas cylinders

What markings identify an "exchangeable" welding gas cylinder? I'm shopping casually for a used oxy-acetylene rig and a...
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posted by bp
34 comments posted 11yrs posted by bp

Branding Irons

I want to make a small branding iron to mark my bee hives , and am looking for suggestions for what /how to do that . I...
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posted by snag_one
20 comments posted 11yrs posted by snag_one

Coating for acid exposure?

I have a job rebuilding a bottle filling machine used to fill quart and gal lon bottles with various acids. Need someth...
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posted by gmasterman
4 comments posted 11yrs posted by gmasterman