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Why do people "compete" off-time

I'm wondering why the hell people who don't overlap one-another's market still have a need to "compete" with others. Mo...
18 comments posted 14yrs
posted by lloydspinsidemindspring.com
18 comments posted 14yrs posted by lloydspinsidemindspring.com

Is there any HSS/HS marking requirements

Is there any federal trade commission or other regulatory agency requirements to mark HSS/HS on tooling that is sold wi...
17 comments posted 14yrs
posted by fredhababorbitz
17 comments posted 14yrs posted by fredhababorbitz

Economics of surplus trading

I know one scrapper, he often stops by my warehouse on his way to scrap yards, and sells me something or other. Last we...
75 comments posted 14yrs
posted by ignoramus5048
75 comments posted 14yrs posted by ignoramus5048

What is this wire chain called and how can I buy it

This chain comes from a variable speed drill press. Its job was to move the speed indicator as the variable speed was a...
11 comments posted 14yrs
posted by ignoramus5048
11 comments posted 14yrs posted by ignoramus5048

How to be an internet gun nut

From one of the gun groups... The internet gun nut lifestyle: Visit gun forums 365 days per year. During a hospital sta...
11 comments posted 14yrs
posted by Gunner Asch
11 comments posted 14yrs posted by Gunner Asch

CNC router

I am interested in building a cnc. I am mechanically inclined and have done= mostly metalworking. I have never used a c...
6 comments posted 14yrs
posted by stryped1
6 comments posted 14yrs posted by stryped1

FS/Swap/Trade Drafting machines

Ive been going through my s*it and Ive got about 6 sets of drafting machines I need to clear out. Like these: http://ww...
3 comments posted 14yrs
posted by Gunner Asch
3 comments posted 14yrs posted by Gunner Asch

Ping Bruce Bergman

You want that lifting /climbing harness? Im holding it for you. Gunner One bleeding-heart type asked me in a recent int...
7 comments posted 14yrs
posted by Gunner Asch
7 comments posted 14yrs posted by Gunner Asch

Outdoor sandblasting

There is a few items that I often buy and sell, such as steel Equipto desks. They usually cost next to nothing on aucti...
11 comments posted 14yrs
posted by ignoramus15734
11 comments posted 14yrs posted by ignoramus15734

Followup on Welder from Iggy

Well... I had a setback in trying to fire up the Syncrowave 300 I bought from Ig. My shop is in a 1968 hay barn (no hay...
55 comments posted 14yrs
posted by lloydspinsidemindspring.com
55 comments posted 14yrs posted by lloydspinsidemindspring.com

Whatzit -- hydraulic clamping tower?

I have this tower here. http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/Hydraulic-Clamping-Tower/ Any idea who made it? It weighs 1,000 lbs....
3 comments posted 14yrs
posted by ignoramus20433
3 comments posted 14yrs posted by ignoramus20433

Useful Countersink Trick

I was working on the pin spanner wrench for the trim-tilt unit, and drilled a 3/4" hole in either end to be used with a...
0 comments posted 14yrs
posted by Pete.Keillor
0 comments posted 14yrs posted by Pete.Keillor

What is it? Set 454

I need some help with the fourth and fifth items this week: http://55tools.blogspot.com/ Rob
20 comments posted 14yrs
posted by rhvp65
20 comments posted 14yrs posted by rhvp65

How did you choose your CADCAM?

Awl -- I know the big shops use the big-ticket items, and some of you may not have had a choice. But for the smaller gu...
13 comments posted 14yrs
posted by fitcat
13 comments posted 14yrs posted by fitcat

You think YOU got inventory problems?

Awl -- http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nycha-millions-die-housing-authority-owns-tons-supplies-sitting-unused-store...
0 comments posted 14yrs
posted by fitcat
0 comments posted 14yrs posted by fitcat