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replace panel sheet on Mitutoyo DRO ?

I have a Mitutoyo DRO on my lathe where the plastic sheet that covers and labels the buttons has cracked and is falling...
3 comments posted 11yrs
posted by elson
3 comments posted 11yrs posted by elson

Happy New Year

Here is hoping that all you twisted pukes are happy and healthy for many years to come. (You rare normal folks too.)
0 comments posted 11yrs
posted by JonBangsQueersForSandwiches
0 comments posted 11yrs posted by JonBangsQueersForSandwiches

Fluorescent lighting question

Apparently I need to replace the ballast in one of my F96T12HO 2 lamp overhead fixture. Don't want to change the fixtur...
3 comments posted 11yrs
posted by Imnot
3 comments posted 11yrs posted by Imnot

OT: reverse osmosis

I never fully appreciated Cleveland water when I lived in the district. The water there won awards and taste tests agai...
30 comments posted 11yrs
posted by Mars
30 comments posted 11yrs posted by Mars

What am I missing? (leaf blower problem)

I have a self-propelled leaf blower/vac. The wheels are driven by a belt that goes down from the horizontal shaft of th...
22 comments posted 11yrs
posted by BobEngelhardt
22 comments posted 11yrs posted by BobEngelhardt

Minor Gloat

I often cruse through the local scrap yard and not find anything that I want. But yesterday there was a console and I s...
35 comments posted 11yrs
posted by dcaster
35 comments posted 11yrs posted by dcaster

renewing surface of pen

Metalworking group users, I would be thankful if you could try to answer my question. Several days ago I sanded a metal...
4 comments posted 11yrs
posted by dyaniv2
4 comments posted 11yrs posted by dyaniv2

Mini Mill gears

Has anyone replaced the gears in a Harbor Freight Mini Mill? Did you replace all or just the stripped one? Replace with...
3 comments posted 11yrs
posted by aasberry
3 comments posted 11yrs posted by aasberry

FREE hand tapper

Pick up only, in Carlisle MA. Within the next week or so. This is the ubiquitous tapper that everybody sells under thei...
1 comments posted 11yrs
posted by BobEngelhardt
1 comments posted 11yrs posted by BobEngelhardt

Looking for a name of a clamp or latch

I can visualize this, but have no clue what one may call it, so I can't do web searches. So please bear with the long e...
23 comments posted 11yrs
posted by seemywebsite
23 comments posted 11yrs posted by seemywebsite

WAY OT: homemade bread

We've made our own bread, rolls and such for years and the recipes are perfected. However, only occasionally does the l...
13 comments posted 11yrs
posted by Mars
13 comments posted 11yrs posted by Mars

Today's metalworking

It was all wood-related because I was working on rebuilding an old fence to mount on my table saw . I needed a pair of...
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posted by snag_one
9 comments posted 11yrs posted by snag_one

OT: table router

I was looking at modern router table for use with wood, and hopefully plastic and stuff like phenolic sheets or shapes....
10 comments posted 11yrs
posted by presence
10 comments posted 11yrs posted by presence

DIY lathe way grinding?

So I bought this lathe. It was a good deal. Not as good as I first thought. When I got it set up and was leveling it I...
10 comments posted 11yrs
posted by etpm
10 comments posted 11yrs posted by etpm

MOT question

I just salvaged a transformer from a microwave and have a question about the secondary windings . This one has 2 , one a...
63 comments posted 11yrs
posted by snag_one
63 comments posted 11yrs posted by snag_one