⏣ General Metalworking

OT: Help! Dust in my varnish!

Problem, part A: I'm making a birthday present for SWMBO, which includes a nice wooden part which I'm varnishing. For w...

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posted by tim

14 comments posted 13yrs posted by tim

How to make a small clean hole?

A coworker bought a view camera, and while searching for glass wants to take some pinhole pictures. I ran through the f...

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posted by mungedkevin

18 comments posted 13yrs posted by mungedkevin

OT: Walmart Deters Shoplifting

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/11/suspected-shoplifter-dies-after-confrontation-with-walmart-employees/ I s...

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posted by walter_munney

8 comments posted 13yrs posted by walter_munney

When to give up on the 4x6 horz'l bandsaw?

Awl -- How do you know when to junk it, and just get another one? I've had two main problems: Blade tracking (jumping o...

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posted by fitcat

41 comments posted 13yrs posted by fitcat

Making welding tables

A couple months ago, I discovered that "welding tables", meaning sturdy tables with thick steel tops 3/8 to 1 inch, are...

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posted by ignoramus7601

62 comments posted 13yrs posted by ignoramus7601

Any Erector Set folks out there?

Seems that fewer and fewer kids are learning about building things with toys that use real nuts and bolts these days. I...

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posted by spaco

22 comments posted 13yrs posted by spaco

The Price of Aluminum

I'm in California. Not that it may matter. Does anyone know the price of Al per square foot for 1/4" or 1/8" thickness.

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posted by wolftracks

6 comments posted 13yrs posted by wolftracks

Interesting article on bringing manufacturing back to America

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/12/the-insourcing-boom/309166/1/ " Thomas Mayor, a senior adviser with...

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posted by anorton

0 comments posted 13yrs posted by anorton

What is it? Set 469

http://55tools.blogspot.com/ Rob

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posted by rhvp65

28 comments posted 13yrs posted by rhvp65

OT Microwave Schematics

I have a defective out of warranty GE Microwave. Model WES1452SP1SS Serial MS900938B. I am looking for the factory repa...

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posted by nobody

13 comments posted 13yrs posted by nobody

Tax the rich guy

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS), the casino company led by billionaire Sheldon Adelson, voted a special dividend (LVS) that...

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posted by H.Beal

2 comments posted 13yrs posted by H.Beal

How to attach a rod to a grass trimmer crankshaft?

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RDHWnBBu2Yc/ULWYEWjhwzE/AAAAAAAAABY/zxB4WR9M_Dc/s272-c/November272012 I sloppily rem...

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posted by jdoe

10 comments posted 13yrs posted by jdoe

The Wisdom of Chuck Lorrie

http://www.chucklorre.com/ #400 .

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posted by muratlanne

1 comments posted 13yrs posted by muratlanne

Is there a formula for calculating springback on mandrel bending 3003?

We are building a mandrel to bend a 3" rad(6" dia.) on a 14" long piece of 1/8" 3003. Problem we are encountering is th...

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posted by randy

5 comments posted 13yrs posted by randy

New Reactors

10:41PM EST November 26. 2012 - A new generation of nuclear reactor is scheduled to launch in the United States within...

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posted by H.Beal

13 comments posted 13yrs posted by H.Beal