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kind of thread is this

can somebody tell what kind of thread is this? http://www.signaturehardware.com/product8636 it is for an old fashined d...
21 comments posted 14yrs
posted by alkarr4
21 comments posted 14yrs posted by alkarr4

What is it? Set 410

I need help with three of them this week: http://55tools.blogspot.com/ Rob
18 comments posted 14yrs
posted by rhvp65
18 comments posted 14yrs posted by rhvp65

OT: another survey to pilot test

I have just finished the first draft of a Learned Helplessness / Learned Dependency web survey and would appreciate any...
4 comments posted 14yrs
posted by gmcduffee
4 comments posted 14yrs posted by gmcduffee

Who shops at KBC Tools?

Are all their branches terrible or is it just the Vancouver branch? I swore I would never shop there again after two ep...
5 comments posted 14yrs
posted by mkoblic
5 comments posted 14yrs posted by mkoblic

Sizing a Hole

What size hole should I specify be drilled in Nylon to get a press fit for a 0.195 inch part? And what sort of toleranc...
17 comments posted 14yrs
posted by tim
17 comments posted 14yrs posted by tim

Zone question

In your building code zone, when is a structure considered a building? I need to read up on that. duh. Some places, it...
16 comments posted 14yrs
posted by pittmanpirate
16 comments posted 14yrs posted by pittmanpirate

Half done hooking up compressor in the factory

I have decided that it is not proper to call my business location a warehouse. The proper name for it is factory, becau...
23 comments posted 14yrs
posted by ignoramus20811
23 comments posted 14yrs posted by ignoramus20811

Greenhouse?

I want to grow veggies in hydroponic shelf beds in a greenhouse, year round in my mild northern California climate. I'm...
8 comments posted 14yrs
posted by Winston
8 comments posted 14yrs posted by Winston

Free Agent?

So far I've just been killing threads that had any kinds of alt. or politics cross posing in them, There are simply too...
33 comments posted 14yrs
posted by cavelamb
33 comments posted 14yrs posted by cavelamb

Some metal questions

I have completed my hoisting apparatus to lift some pieces of Corten steel up to mount on a false face along the top of...
8 comments posted 14yrs
posted by pittmanpirate
8 comments posted 14yrs posted by pittmanpirate

Best Plastic for a Bench Block?

I help coach the MIT collegiate pistol team, but end up spending half my time doing gunsmithing. We have a whole raft o...
7 comments posted 14yrs
posted by gwhite
7 comments posted 14yrs posted by gwhite

Who needs thru-spindle coolant?

Awl -- Prototypers proly don't; shops lucky enough to be doing large runs surely benefit. The Q is: at what point in pr...
11 comments posted 14yrs
posted by fitcat
11 comments posted 14yrs posted by fitcat

Small Welding Thingy!

OK, I'm not sure of the proper title for this particular machine but I've seen them around and I'm hoping you can give...
6 comments posted 14yrs
posted by Gadgetfreak2000
6 comments posted 14yrs posted by Gadgetfreak2000

Source for 800-grit sandpaper

I've used scary-sharp method for years. I put half-sheets of wet-dry Si02 paper on 1/2" plate glass. BUT, I can't find...
9 comments posted 14yrs
posted by zzyzx__
9 comments posted 14yrs posted by zzyzx__