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Arbor Press

Ok, for the first time ever I used the right tool for the job. I routinely set alignment pins in aluminum plates for so...
9 comments posted 12yrs
posted by none
9 comments posted 12yrs posted by none

1x30 belt sander for sharpening

A couple of weeks ago, I picked up a Harbor Freight 1x30 belt sander, for w hich I had a coupon. Total price was under...
8 comments posted 12yrs
posted by rangerssuck
8 comments posted 12yrs posted by rangerssuck

Another project

rake. the tractor three point. Its had minor problems with maintaining the exact right right height to remove all the s...
1 comments posted 12yrs
posted by karltownsend.NOT
1 comments posted 12yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

Pulley alignment

I have an intermittent noise in my wife's 2007 Ford Escape. I am looking for an easy and accurate way to check pulley a...
11 comments posted 12yrs
posted by stryped1
11 comments posted 12yrs posted by stryped1

E7018 vs ER70S3 welds

Let's say that you have two welds connecting identical materials. Both are well done and produced by qualified weldors,...
17 comments posted 12yrs
posted by ignoramus10660
17 comments posted 12yrs posted by ignoramus10660

Metal Clay

I was in Barnes and Noble looking at the machining magazines and heard a lady looking at the art magazines telling her...
1 comments posted 12yrs
posted by regor
1 comments posted 12yrs posted by regor

Harbor Enco

Is Enco becoming the new Harbor Freight? On my last order I received a broken pump, and kind of got the run around to g...
5 comments posted 12yrs
posted by none
5 comments posted 12yrs posted by none

Copper pipe chopping

Copper pipes have different scrap values, depending on whether there are soldered joints, or not. I sometimes come acro...
24 comments posted 12yrs
posted by ignoramus19161
24 comments posted 12yrs posted by ignoramus19161

Tractor question

I have a Montana 4344 tractor. Some really crappy welding cut loose,so I had to fix it. Now, I have the bars that lift...
40 comments posted 12yrs
posted by snuffy
40 comments posted 12yrs posted by snuffy

Best extruders for 3D printing?

I realized that I have the positioning part of a 3D printer just sitting in a corner. It's a Wells-Index CNC mill that...
3 comments posted 12yrs
posted by etpm
3 comments posted 12yrs posted by etpm

Plant digger runs

I had reported on my winter project before, see Junkyard Project 2014-2-24, but now its all done and running. First tes...
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posted by karltownsend.NOT
14 comments posted 12yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

What is it? Set 539

Just posted this week's set: http://55tools.blogspot.com/ Larger images: http://imgur.com/gallery/vFBVC/new Rob
17 comments posted 12yrs
posted by Rob_member
17 comments posted 12yrs posted by Rob_member

Bearing within a bearing?

What happens if you put a bearing within a bearing - the outer race of the inside one being the inner race of the outsid...
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posted by me
7 comments posted 12yrs posted by me

lathe toolholder rotation

How much rotation ability is required or useful in a toolholder on a lathe? Here are my thoughts so far; please let me...
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posted by notarealaddress
36 comments posted 12yrs posted by notarealaddress

Hardinge verticle mill

An oldy but a goody. Small foot print verticle knee mill. http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/tls/4390171937.html The only p...
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posted by H.beal
4 comments posted 12yrs posted by H.beal