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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 13yrs 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 13yrs 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 13yrs 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 13yrs 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 13yrs 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 13yrs 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 13yrs 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 13yrs 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 13yrs posted by autodrill

ping gunner

Gunner, a while back you had a right angle attachment for a Tree vertical mill. Do you also have the support that attac...
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posted by ivanvegvary
3 comments posted 13yrs posted by ivanvegvary

What is it? Set 515

I need some help with 3004 and 3005 in this set: http://55tools.blogspot.com/ Larger images: http://imgur.com/a/wf5Py Ro...
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posted by Rob_member
28 comments posted 13yrs posted by Rob_member

Buld an AK-47?

I'm considering building an AK-47. I guess the way to go is to buy a parts kit less receiver and buy the receiver parts...
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posted by regor
27 comments posted 13yrs posted by regor

Interesting slingshot demo

This guy is one of my favorite YouTube video makers..he has been making slingshot and similar toy demos for years...thi...
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posted by gunnerasch
5 comments posted 13yrs posted by gunnerasch

Peening a weld

I have been reading about stress relief and general metalworking. If a person wanted to prevent stress cracks in someth...
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posted by stryped1
29 comments posted 13yrs posted by stryped1