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Tree mill

"The Kid" just bought a mill. http://www.k-bid.com/cgi-bin/mnlist.cgi?klosteria330/76 The control is dead. Anyone know...
20 comments posted 14yrs
posted by karltownsend.NOT
20 comments posted 14yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

OT: Plumbing Parts

Confronted with a leaky Moen shower valve, I discovered that the replacement cartridges are virtually unobtanium, in a...
46 comments posted 14yrs
posted by Winston
46 comments posted 14yrs posted by Winston

Looking for reloading scale

Ive just about got the reloading/gun smithing/electronics shop refurb finished up and am cleaning/painting refurbing al...
19 comments posted 14yrs
posted by gunnerasch
19 comments posted 14yrs posted by gunnerasch

Press Fit Nylon Seal?

I am the defacto primary gunsmith for the MIT collegiate pistol team. They have a large number of Czech CO2 pistols tha...
22 comments posted 14yrs
posted by gwhite
22 comments posted 14yrs posted by gwhite

Impact wrench (air) repair

Picked up my impact wrench (1/2") and it stopped working. Pull the trigger and all you get is air out of the exhaust. N...
37 comments posted 14yrs
posted by ivanvegvary
37 comments posted 14yrs posted by ivanvegvary

Eaton compressor followup

Good outcome on the Eaton compressor. They're shipping out a new sight glass today. The plumbing has a feature I like....
0 comments posted 14yrs
posted by lloydspinsidemindspring.com
0 comments posted 14yrs posted by lloydspinsidemindspring.com

Powder paint question

I just bought one of these harbor freight powder guns and some of their coating. Have never done this before and was wo...
3 comments posted 14yrs
posted by mikerbgr
3 comments posted 14yrs posted by mikerbgr

fasten planks to frame

When the horrible heat breaks, I need to put a new wood deck on my old truck. I found the steel frame on the dump bed t...
9 comments posted 14yrs
posted by karltownsend.NOT
9 comments posted 14yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

What is it? Set 448

http://55tools.blogspot.com/ Rob
55 comments posted 14yrs
posted by rhvp65
55 comments posted 14yrs posted by rhvp65

July 4

Lifted from rec.aviation.military: Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you Jesus Christ and the Ameri...
2 comments posted 14yrs
posted by muratlanne
2 comments posted 14yrs posted by muratlanne

What would a real machinist do?

I was prototyping a part which required two 0.125" slots milled 0.520" apart, .250" deep, symmetrical about a centre of...
19 comments posted 14yrs
posted by mkoblic
19 comments posted 14yrs posted by mkoblic

Cern announces Higgs

Cern's LHC facility announced today a 5-sigma confidence in their having discovered the Higgs boson. Given that, they f...
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posted by lloydspinsidemindspring.com
8 comments posted 14yrs posted by lloydspinsidemindspring.com

OT- Small engine problem

The unit under test is a Troy-Bilt chipper made in the late 80's. Engine is an 8 HP Briggs. It appears to have very low...
19 comments posted 14yrs
posted by mungedkevin
19 comments posted 14yrs posted by mungedkevin