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PING: Iggy

You have any of these? Not related or anything. Just came across this ad. Working on an old Lincoln SA-200 welding mach...
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posted by fusion640
19 comments posted 14yrs posted by fusion640

What is it? Set 420

I need some help with a wooden tool this week, number 2435: http://55tools.blogspot.com/ Rob
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posted by rhvp65
16 comments posted 14yrs posted by rhvp65

Nearly free welding setup guides

I just ordered replacements for my worn out TIG setup calculator: http://www.millerwelds.com/resources/tools/#calculator...
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posted by Winston
9 comments posted 14yrs posted by Winston

Drilling Phenolic

How do you drill clean holes in linen-filled phenolic? I'll admit that I haven't tried it yet, but I'm thinking that if...
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posted by tim
4 comments posted 14yrs posted by tim

Generator noise examples

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=Uae4l1lNuYc Excellent Honda comparison, with lotsa numbers http:/...
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posted by fitcat
4 comments posted 14yrs posted by fitcat

1947

The year is 1947 Some of you will recall that on July 8, 1947, a little over 60 years ago, witnesses claim that an unid...
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posted by gunnerasch
11 comments posted 14yrs posted by gunnerasch

VFDs & 3 Phase Motors

VFDs & 3 Phase Motors All-righty then. This may sound stupid, but when you run a 3 phase motor off of a VFD what is you...
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posted by none
6 comments posted 14yrs posted by none

Metal Cutting Circular Saw Blades

Tenryu Steel-Pro was the original, IIRC. Then there was Morse Metal Devil, and Mashusita. Now Freud, Lenox, Milwaukee,...
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posted by bobengelhardt
0 comments posted 14yrs posted by bobengelhardt

Forklift parking brake

I have a Cat V50B outdoor forklift. It has a parking brake that has a cable going into the transmission. The brake does...
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posted by ignoramus8437
10 comments posted 14yrs posted by ignoramus8437

What's Going To Happen To My Stuff?

http://home.comcast.net/~jwisnia18/jeff/Sellingm.jpg Jeff
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posted by jwisniaDumpThisPart
1 comments posted 14yrs posted by jwisniaDumpThisPart

OT: Mazda auto transmission problem

My wife's car, a 1999 Mazdat Protoge, has a smaal problem with the auto trans. When it's cold, it's very slow (several...
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posted by rangerssuck
12 comments posted 14yrs posted by rangerssuck

Bench grinder spindle thread

I see that all the bench grinders and buffers have their spindles threaded in UNF - either 1/2-20 or 5/8-18. Is there a...
53 comments posted 14yrs
posted by mkoblic
53 comments posted 14yrs posted by mkoblic

OT: Wildlife invade NYC suburbs

As some of you know I ive in a NYC bedroom community, 14,000 people packed into a borough of 2.7 sq. miles. It's not a...
14 comments posted 14yrs
posted by huntres23
14 comments posted 14yrs posted by huntres23