⏣ General Metalworking

GLOAT great auction day

I feel like gloating, haven't had this good of auction day in quite a while: I got this weed badger for speculation onl...

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posted by karltownsend.NOT

9 comments posted 12yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

Hey Iggy!

Greetings Igor, I left you a message on the phone about a Fanuc part for sale. The part in question is: Fanuc Power Uni...

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posted by etpm

10 comments posted 12yrs posted by etpm

Best hold in thin alumium?

I have a problem holding thin aluminum, about .080", together for a period of 3 - 4 months in an outdoor environment. I...

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posted by kgs1AT

61 comments posted 12yrs posted by kgs1AT

Reloading Powder problems with 223

As ammo was difficult to find and expensive for a while, I bought a Lee LoadMaster progressive press I lucked out to fi...

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posted by regor

52 comments posted 12yrs posted by regor

China Lake and a couple of cool videos

Had the pleasure to give a presentation at Ridgecrest's Maturango Museum this last Thursday, talking about my grandfath...

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posted by janders1957

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Where do I go from here?

I got a new computer, and put aioe.org on it. It seems to be working fine. I also downloaded eternal september. Now, al...

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posted by StevexxxBulicz

7 comments posted 12yrs posted by StevexxxBulicz

Fuel pump

I scored 250 gallons of diesel for $.50 per gallon from a friend who was getting out of the trucking business. Fresh fu...

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posted by StevexxxBulicz

10 comments posted 12yrs posted by StevexxxBulicz

Super Quenching

I have recently been reading about an old technique call Super Quenching for hardening low carbon steels lie 1018. The...

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posted by none

5 comments posted 12yrs posted by none

OT-Common courtesy

Sandra Sultemeier celebrated her 65th birthday over the summer, but what she didn't realize was that the Federal govern...

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posted by H.Beal

0 comments posted 12yrs posted by H.Beal

Brass / Bronze / Pivot Pin

I have been slowly retrofitting an old Westerfield thotgun, and in the process I put to much strain on the trigger pivo...

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posted by none

22 comments posted 12yrs posted by none

Pure gas in my metal van engine

Having LOTS of trouble starting my 1995 Chevrolet van with the metal 350 engine. Switched from 87 octane 10% ethanol to...

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posted by cayoung61

2 comments posted 12yrs posted by cayoung61

Mig into tig

I read that some people have taken their mig welder and turned it into a tig by drilling out a mig tip. Then they drill...

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posted by stryped1

11 comments posted 12yrs posted by stryped1

Thats gotta hurt

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2260180/Metal-file-impales-17-year-old-interns-head-dropped-ends-inch-brain.html...

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posted by H.Beal

3 comments posted 12yrs posted by H.Beal

Carnegie's discovery

Andrew Carnegie, nineteenth-century financier and steel magnet, once said, "The greatest discovery of my life is that t...

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posted by lbax_spamblock

4 comments posted 12yrs posted by lbax_spamblock

Anyone Interested in a Speedycut 1-KU Tapper

The shop next to me has a Speedycut 1-KU tapper. I have photos and I'm likely uploading a video later today about the u...

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posted by autodrill

0 comments posted 12yrs posted by autodrill