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Welding 4140 to mild steel
For my new heavy shop press I wanted to make an end piece for the hydraulic ram, so that the ram is enclosed inside the nose piece. This way, I hope, I can aviod deforming the valuable ram, and...
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Bay Bridge rod troubles extend to base
Sounds like a design problem to me. Apparently skipping the acid bath didn't help the rods that cracked:
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2005 F-150 reliability
It looks as if I may look for a new vehicle. My 1996 silverado with 356,000 miles is tired. I am looking at this: To be honest, I am tired of working on stuff. I know this truck with the 5. 4 has...
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What is it? Set 493
I need some help with four of them this week: Rob
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Shelby's new supercar
Hey, there must be some metal in there somewhere! But it's mostly a pile of carbon fiber. This is what the people at Shelby SuperCars have done with Shel's Cobra legacy. They're building another car...
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Picture of my "new" electric/hydraulic shop press
75 tons of crushing force. Piston is 8 inch diameter. Powered by a 110v electric hydraulic pump. Has a gate for safety compliance. I bought the body of this press at an auction for $50, finally...
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OT: Well point depth
Gonna put in a shallow well to feed a single, oscillating sprinkler. You know, the type kids run under to cool off. How far below the water table should the top of a 3 foot well point be? I have water...
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"T" into drain line
I need to install a diswasher drain line into an existing 1 1/2" white plastic drain line. The line is all glued in place with no give. There is a place where a foot or so can be cut out but no way to...
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Converting Anilam Crusader II to LinuxCNC
I'm well on my way to converting my Anilam Crusader II Bridgeport to LinuxCNC. I converted a Crusader M Lathe to LinuxCNC a few years back. I'm trying to make the new control very close to a plug in...
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Forklist carby stuff Questions`
As Ive mentioned a week or so ago...I have a Impco CA 50 Carby and a Mod J evaporator on my forklift. It has a seperate tube to engage the "lockout:" part of the evaporator..IE..if there is suction on...
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Patching/repairing asphault
I have a bad driveway with cracks and missing spots. I am wanting to repair everything the best I can before sealing without having someone have to co me in and redo the whole driveway. Here is a...
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Absolutely MARVELOUS photos of shaper restoration!!
Incredible work!
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Nice Sheldon 12" Shaper in Tyler Texas
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DC motor troubleshooting
The Gorton 2-28 milling machine that I put in my shop recently, works great, with one exception: its power feed for the X axis is not working. The way it is supposed to work is via a DC motor,...
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#Victims In Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion May Still Have To Pay Property Taxes
Kind of depends on what " roughly equal " means. There is some chance of being struck by lightning over every square mile of the U.S. Unlike the chance of being hurt by a grain elevator explosion. But...
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