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Bernzomatic torches

I bought another one of these: A torch attached to a 5' hose allowing one handed operation (lighting and, more importan...
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posted by mkoblic
9 comments posted 13yrs posted by mkoblic

Natural draft air heater

I'm going to slap this together over the weekend and see if it will give off any heat. Any opinions about this? Think i...
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posted by guvbob2003
9 comments posted 13yrs posted by guvbob2003

New Encoder - Requires New Cover - Ideas

I need to replace a cover that looks like this... http://www.yumabassman.com/encodercover/Encoder%20Cover.jpg ... with...
6 comments posted 13yrs
posted by none
6 comments posted 13yrs posted by none

Dimple on aluminum

Is there a tool which will let me create a round "dimple" in 5052 aluminum? Like maybe a punch and die that won't punch...
9 comments posted 13yrs
posted by mikerbgr
9 comments posted 13yrs posted by mikerbgr

Metric High Pressure Fittings?

I help coach the MIT collegiate pistol team, and we have a number of Swiss Hammerli 480K air pistols that I believe wer...
6 comments posted 13yrs
posted by gwhite
6 comments posted 13yrs posted by gwhite

Argon gas welder

http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/tls/3539551136.html
4 comments posted 13yrs
posted by ignoramus30402
4 comments posted 13yrs posted by ignoramus30402

Splitter

Hey guys! We live in an area with little television reception. I've avoided paying for a dish, as I don't watch all tha...
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posted by vordos
14 comments posted 13yrs posted by vordos

SYNCHRONOUS Hydraulic copy attachment for a lathe?

I have a lathe in my shop, right now, that has a hydraulic copy attachment. What is interesting is that the "source" pa...
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posted by ignoramus31094
7 comments posted 13yrs posted by ignoramus31094

Remembering turn direction on acetylene bottles

So, when I go to play with the connections on an acetylene torch, I have to mutter "tighten it off" or "loosen it on" a...
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posted by tim
24 comments posted 13yrs posted by tim

Copper shortages coming

Industrial copper users including AmRod Corp., Southwire Co. and Encore Wire Corp. (WIRE) urged U.S. regulators to reve...
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posted by H.Beal
0 comments posted 13yrs posted by H.Beal

DoAll DB5 BandSaw Blade Welder

I'm looking for someone who has a DoALL DB5 bandsaw blade welder. I need a couple pictures of the interior. I got a bas...
3 comments posted 13yrs
posted by rogrrr
3 comments posted 13yrs posted by rogrrr

spiral reamer chatter

Other than slowing down, are there some tricks to reducing reamer chatter? I got some truly beautiful rifle patterns in...
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posted by presence
2 comments posted 13yrs posted by presence

Pistol Recommendations?

I stopped by a gun dealer yesterday on the way home, I'm looking for something for home defense before the Nazi's ban e...
79 comments posted 13yrs
posted by regor
79 comments posted 13yrs posted by regor