⏣ General Metalworking

Tool making advice needed

Daughter's basement has a bathroom with rough plumbing only, done about 20 years ago. The closet flange is 90 degrees i...

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posted by ivanvegvary

8 comments posted 12yrs posted by ivanvegvary

Anybody here using brushless RC motors?

I've been looking at the brushless motors used for RC planes and the like. They are amazingly powerful for their size....

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posted by etpm

24 comments posted 12yrs posted by etpm

Do you feel threatened? "Free"?

I don't know about you, but I got a wad stuck in my craw about a certain unnamed used douche bag/condom politician. A l...

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posted by StevexxxBulicz

6 comments posted 12yrs posted by StevexxxBulicz

BCC anyone?

Got news today that I have tested positive for basal cell carcinoma on my nose, a skin cancer. Anyone have any experien...

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posted by StevexxxBulicz

6 comments posted 12yrs posted by StevexxxBulicz

OT but so what?

I am going to be oredering gravel for my driveway tomorrow. Not sure what size to get. Most of the driveway had gravel...

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posted by etpm

4 comments posted 12yrs posted by etpm

Fire Alarms

Sweden's Ice Hotel has been ordered by the National Housing Board to install fire alarms, despite being made completely...

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posted by H.Beal

6 comments posted 12yrs posted by H.Beal

Slow down Dremel

I've ordered a Moto Tool pedal to operate my 1.25Amp single speed Dremel....

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posted by perilmung

12 comments posted 12yrs posted by perilmung

What is it? Set 520

I need some help with number 3034 this week: http://55tools.blogspot.com/ Larger images: http://imgur.com/a/Snk2C Rob

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posted by Rob_member

29 comments posted 12yrs posted by Rob_member

CAD for simple 3-D metal & wood projects?

Things I want to draw... ...wood boards ...aluminum flat bar, square tube, round tube, rod ...holes through materials ....

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posted by jdoe

158 comments posted 12yrs posted by jdoe

Subsidizing labor costs for America's largest company

Yet more antecedental data on how the American people are expected to subsidize the labor costs of some of America's la...

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posted by gmcduffee

3 comments posted 12yrs posted by gmcduffee

What is this tool called (heavy duty electrical drill with impact hammer end)

http://communitydropbox.weldors.org/pic/13031/0.jpg What this is is a very geared down drill, very heavy duty. Made by...

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posted by ignoramus32364

7 comments posted 12yrs posted by ignoramus32364

Trench Art - How done?

I've had a WWI "trench art" vase for so long I can't remember when and where I bought it. http://home.comcast.net/~jwis...

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posted by jwisnia18DUMPTHIS

0 comments posted 12yrs posted by jwisnia18DUMPTHIS

RC car or tank type platform for building a robot

My 12 year old is enrolled in science olympiad competition. He has to make a robot that will pick up a tennis ball and...

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posted by ignoramus26083

18 comments posted 12yrs posted by ignoramus26083

Can a 3 phase motor be somehow used as a generator?

So, I have been buying, selling and scrapping 3 phase motors in the last couple of years. I even made (and sold) a 15 H...

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posted by ignoramus26083

59 comments posted 12yrs posted by ignoramus26083

Heavy duty sewing shops?

I have a military M923 truck that I want to sell soon. This truck has a heavy vinyl "soft top" for the cab, which is su...

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posted by ignoramus26083

14 comments posted 12yrs posted by ignoramus26083