⏣ General Metalworking

Source for Bridgeport Textron DRO readhead?

One of the original DRO readheads on my machine died, anyone have any sources for a replacement or a sub that will work?...

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posted by BQ340

1 comments posted 11yrs posted by BQ340

OT Working with Asphalt

I have an asphalt driveway that has always looked horrible. It was put in w hen I built the house in 1998. It is uneven...

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posted by stryped1

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Go to prison if you do not give your girlfriend enough money

Really shocking, but unsurprising, proposals from the gun hating British government. The proposal says, in effect and a...

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posted by ignoramus14649

3 comments posted 11yrs posted by ignoramus14649

Pulling rails from the ground

As I mentioned earlier, I purchased some old railroad rails on a private property. The rails are mounted on very old wo...

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posted by ignoramus26736

105 comments posted 11yrs posted by ignoramus26736

Cutting off Short Stock on the 4 x 6 HV Band Saw

I have several coffee cans of "shorts" that I just can't bring myself to to ss. I will need to live to be at least 150...

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posted by spaco

4 comments posted 11yrs posted by spaco

Removal of overgrown weeds

I purchased a length of unused, since long ago, railroad track, for scrap metal. This track, on a private property of c...

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posted by ignoramus31981

14 comments posted 11yrs posted by ignoramus31981

Need Cincinnati shaper tool holder

We have a donated Cincinnati 12" mechanical shaper in the machine shop port ion of our blacksmith shop at the Nowthen H...

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posted by spaco

7 comments posted 11yrs posted by spaco

digital caliper battery alert

Dollar Tree has a clip-on book-light that comes with three 44R button batteries. Doesn't get less expensive than that.

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posted by ivanvegvary

8 comments posted 11yrs posted by ivanvegvary

lincoln ranger 8 troubleshooting

I have a Ranger 8 that has been sitting in enclosed building for several months. it was working fine when I took it off...

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posted by Dirtmover

5 comments posted 11yrs posted by Dirtmover

more shop liquidations

just hit my inbox machine stuff looks large for a home shop, but ... http://tinyurl.com/lgwzhx2

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posted by gmcduffee

2 comments posted 11yrs posted by gmcduffee

WTB Lasso herbicide

I know there's more than a couple farmers on this board. Monsanto quit selling Lasso herbicide (AKA Intrro or Micro-tec...

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posted by karltownsend.NOT

65 comments posted 11yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

Looking for square socket T-wrench

We've got a fairly decent 16" Victor lathe in the shop (oops, make that 400mm...) with a square indexing tool turret. T...

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posted by janders1957

20 comments posted 11yrs posted by janders1957

Opinions sought-old lathe restoration

I have this old metal lathe. It's B.F Barnes and is at least 100 years old. It has that patina that a lot of old iron g...

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posted by etpm

10 comments posted 11yrs posted by etpm

ZX6350z milling machines?

Anyone have a ZX6350z It is a horizontal / vertical mill simialr to the grizzly G0757 (http://www.grizzly.com/products/...

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posted by geoffjm.deletethisbit

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Index 645 mill - spindle won't reverse

My index 645 has the stock 3 phase motor on it and runs off of 240V single phase with a non-rotary convertor. It always...

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posted by asdf

5 comments posted 11yrs posted by asdf