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$2 garage sale oxy-acetylene cutting torch

I finally dug out the $2 garage sale Craftsman (really Harris) oxy-acetylene cutting torch. It came with a cutting head...
15 comments posted 12yrs
posted by presence
15 comments posted 12yrs posted by presence

OT: Metal work

A $255,000.00 piece of bronze. http://tinyurl.com/nvhx28b I thought copper and brass had the more perfect green tarnish,...
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posted by ljaques
6 comments posted 12yrs posted by ljaques

Enlarging Countersink In Hard Anodized Al?

I have an aluminum device that came with countersunk 10-32 mounting holes. The items I need to attach it to use 1/4" sc...
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posted by gwhite
7 comments posted 12yrs posted by gwhite

product endorsement for leaky basements

I have a 35 year old house with my shop in the basement (metalworking content) and it has developed a leak at a crack i...
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posted by elson
24 comments posted 12yrs posted by elson

OT: Rogers neighbor

Roger, what's the latest with your gun shooting spiteful neighbor? technomaNge
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posted by uce
2 comments posted 12yrs posted by uce

OT - new hacking tactic

"New" to me, anyhow. Got email with subject "Delivery Status Notification" & "USPS.COM" logo. Message was "Our courier...
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posted by BobEngelhardt
3 comments posted 12yrs posted by BobEngelhardt

Large Corrosion Inhibitor Bags?

I was at my neighbors shop last night and he showed me some 7' x 4' x 4' (or so) corrosion inhibitor wrap bags. More li...
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posted by autodrill
4 comments posted 12yrs posted by autodrill

What is it? Set 540

http://55tools.blogspot.com/ Larger images: http://imgur.com/gallery/NjYW6/new Rob
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posted by Rob_member
38 comments posted 12yrs posted by Rob_member

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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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posted by regor
1 comments posted 12yrs posted by regor