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!/2" router collet -> 6" cut-off disk

A recent post by Bob Le Londe makes me want to explore using a router to spin a 1/32" x 6" cut-off disk. A brand new ro...
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posted by mars
5 comments posted 14yrs posted by mars

What is it? Set 417

Just posted my set for this week: http://55tools.blogspot.com/ Rob
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posted by rhvp65
19 comments posted 14yrs posted by rhvp65

Can a skid steer be used to level a gravel road

I have a gravel road that deteriorated, has huge puddles when it rains, and the water enters the building from the side...
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posted by ignoramus27667
24 comments posted 14yrs posted by ignoramus27667

making a cannon

My grandson was in a museum gift shop and spotted some " Big Bang " cannons. The cannons that use carbide to produce ac...
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posted by dcaster
28 comments posted 14yrs posted by dcaster

Wood Router as Spindle

Ok, The Bosch Colts seem to be getting worse. The first couple I used easily ran over 750 hours continuous duty. I thin...
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posted by onebikenut
14 comments posted 14yrs posted by onebikenut

Ig's great deals -- GOT ONE! (gloat)

Nailed an 8x22 Kalamazoo hydraulic bandsaw in ugly but completely working order for $975 today! Yeah! LLoyd
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posted by lloydspinsidemindspring.com
9 comments posted 14yrs posted by lloydspinsidemindspring.com

Help Wanted

ATN: Occupy Deadbeats, get a job. DENVER-Ferrie Bailey's job should be easy: hiring workers amid the worst stretch of u...
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posted by H.Beal
12 comments posted 14yrs posted by H.Beal

OT: Fax machines on broadband problem?

I have a Lexmark laser fax machine on a POTS line that also has DSL. In addition, I have 4 POTS voice lines that rotor....
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posted by mars
39 comments posted 14yrs posted by mars

Allowance for Soldering

I want to make a little brass dingus (a wheel pant mount, actually) and solder it onto 1/8" music wire. If I actually h...
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posted by tim
12 comments posted 14yrs posted by tim

Dude Gets Hair Caught in Machine

Short hair is a good idea around machines. This guy was lucky and only got a little scalped. http://www.liveleak.com/vie...
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posted by dav1936531
0 comments posted 14yrs posted by dav1936531

MIC 6 cast aluminum tooling plate

I acquired a piece of precission machined cast aluminum tooling plate and wonder if others have used this type of mater...
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posted by dcaster
7 comments posted 14yrs posted by dcaster

Never Stand Under a Load

Fortunately, nobody was under this load..... http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a94_1322497254 .....it looks like a monument...
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posted by dav1936531
16 comments posted 14yrs posted by dav1936531

Enco cyber monday deal

Don't miss this Exclusive Online Only Savings Event! Cyber Sunday and Monday ONLY - Save 20% Off* your order of $199 or...
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posted by kortjester
2 comments posted 14yrs posted by kortjester

Great deal!!!

http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/tls/2713592184.html
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posted by ignoramus10577
9 comments posted 14yrs posted by ignoramus10577

Motor Oil? Really?

I was just reading the manual (thank you Carl) for the new to me (ancient) HF lathe and it says to fill the head stock...
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posted by none
8 comments posted 14yrs posted by none