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Buddy of mine is refurbishing a table saw. Rust on the table. He has remove the rust except a last bit of stain. He want...
4 comments posted 14yrs
posted by piezoguy2
4 comments posted 14yrs posted by piezoguy2

Antique machinery engraving scans

This site pops up here once in awhile, probably, but some very detailed machinery engravings: http://www.machineryscans....
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posted by spamTHISbrp
1 comments posted 14yrs posted by spamTHISbrp

Clausing Colchester Mod 13 lathe

Ive got an opportunity to aquire a Clausing Colchester Mod 13..the square topped machine..I believe its also sold as a...
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posted by gunnerasch
8 comments posted 14yrs posted by gunnerasch

Rockwell 6" bench grinder - anti-rotation pins

I recently acquired a somewhat rusty used Rockwell 6" bench grinder (model No 23-612 F573 G6-202-17 1/3 HM 115vac singl...
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posted by joegwinn
23 comments posted 14yrs posted by joegwinn

Tomorrows stats

Hopefully tomorrows stats will be okay. The stats boxen along with everything else electrical has been down due to a wi...
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posted by ClutchAtLycosDotCom
8 comments posted 14yrs posted by ClutchAtLycosDotCom

Air clamp pics

Hey Karl, and anyone else interested. I posted some pictures to the Dropbox a few minutes ago. Look for air clamps in t...
1 comments posted 14yrs
posted by etpm
1 comments posted 14yrs posted by etpm

Incandescent light bulb replacements

At my church, we have a lot of "can lights" in the ceiling. They had been taking out the 150 watt filament bulbs, and u...
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posted by cayoung61***spamblock
17 comments posted 14yrs posted by cayoung61***spamblock

New Proxxon lathe question #3

This seems a little more complicated. Everything that I read and the people that I talk to say that a quick-change tool...
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posted by notarealaddress
21 comments posted 14yrs posted by notarealaddress

New Proxxon lathe question #2

From my reading it looks as though a drill chuck for the tailstock would be an important thing to have. The choices see...
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posted by notarealaddress
3 comments posted 14yrs posted by notarealaddress

New Proxxon lathe question #1

Background: I have been messing with camera lenses and was talking about getting a lathe to make some adapters and mayb...
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posted by notarealaddress
16 comments posted 14yrs posted by notarealaddress

Omron SSR G3NA-240B

I'm using this Omron SSR in my homebrew spot welder-documentation here: http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/_2002_retir...
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posted by junkjasonrnorth
0 comments posted 14yrs posted by junkjasonrnorth

Ping Jim Wilkins

I got a call from a guy who has a repair job on a Blanchard grinder mag chuck in Portsmouth NH that requires someone wi...
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posted by news
2 comments posted 14yrs posted by news

Soft starter question

I have a milling machine that's starting to show its age. It has a 5 Hp, 208V, 3 Ph spindle motor that's currently on a...
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posted by Oppie
14 comments posted 14yrs posted by Oppie

NorCal vibraplow

I've been on a snipe hunt for a vibraplow in the Santa Cruz region. I've yet to find a tool rental outfit that even kno...
16 comments posted 14yrs
posted by wb8foz
16 comments posted 14yrs posted by wb8foz

Forward Gears

The HF mini lathe hasn't been used since I got the slightly bigger much older, and much better HF lathe. I wanted to us...
29 comments posted 14yrs
posted by none
29 comments posted 14yrs posted by none