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Making a micrometer stop for a Clausing lathe
Recently, I was in the bidding for a micrometer stop for a Clausing 12" lathe. I dropped out when the price soared well above $200. Why? Because I was thinking that for that kind of money, I can buy a...
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Tongue weight
"Steve B" fired this volley in news:jsqocq$cmv$ IIRC, about 10% of the total gross weight should bear on the hitch, with the maximum being about 15%. Less than 10% can begin to induce "tail wagging",...
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aluminum soldering report
I just tried a few minutes ago soldering aluminum with tinning flux. The tinning flux didn't seem to give any advantage over regular flux. I used a .09 thick sheet of 6061. First I tried a brass brush...
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OT can someone recommend a good network TV device
I would like to buy a networked device that plays DVD, youtube, netflix, has a web browser, and also can play from network storage, such as NFS (preferred) or Windows shared drives (less preferred,...
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OT - Heat wave crosses America
That item in the picture didn't have enough metal content? TinyURL was created! The following URL: 40127159343573&set=a.420831227939833.891 92.420824577940498&type=1&ref=nf has a length of 112...
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Aluminum Soldering
(reposted from SED) I want to try soldering some aluminum plate (0.032=94) onto each side of a brass cylinder. When trying to solder aluminum in the past I failed. I think I heard that some Al alloys...
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Help for a woodworker
Here's hoping you metal guys can help a woodworker. I'm building a thickness sander and have a nominal 1 inch cold rolled hollow steel shaft and a nominal 1 inch pillow bearing. Turns out the shaft is...
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What is this rotating welding table?
I bought this table, along with two Fanuc robotic welders and two Lincoln Idealarc DC-400 MIG welders. table rotates around the middle. The table clearly is a welding table. It has a welding cable...
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What happens when GummyBear is required to buy health insurance?
The Supreme Court of the US has ruled that Gunner can be penalized for not buying health insurance. Period.
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Loctite stick advice please
I'm quoting a job that has a stainless 8-32 set screw bonded into a brass part. The exposed threads of the screw and free threads in the brass part cannot have any bonding agent on them. I'm thinking...
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What is it? Set 447
I need some help with the second last one this week: Rob
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Please Help Suport Local & Small Business
Support Small Business When you get there, search for "American Machine". Once "American Machine = & Gear Works" in Wisconsin comes up, please click the "VOTE" button on the = right. It's easy,...
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EZ-go fix; followup
Although my wifey claimed the problem came and went periodically, it was solid-bad when I got it. Thank goodness! I popped the cap off the controller box, and could find nothing loose, corroded, or...
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suitable gear material for backgear - SMALL lathe and homemade cutters
Folks, A couple of questions if you don't mind... Scenario - I'm building some backgears for a Taig lathe (small lathe the size of a sherline - chuck is nominally 2.5-3" in diameter) and will be...
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Fine copper "bullion" (read "bulls&^%") bars?
I just took apart a big electrical panel, extracting 194 lbs of copper buss bars. I also have a modest quantity of solid copper spot welder parts. Vaguely recalling something, I performed an ebay...
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