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What are those collets?

Any ideas? thanks http://igor.chudov.com/misc/ebay/tmp/tmp-8861.jpg.htmlhttp://igor.chudov.com/misc/ebay/tmp/tmp-8862.jp...
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posted by ignoramus32042
9 comments posted 15yrs posted by ignoramus32042

Weapons-Grade 6061?

http://www.grimmspeed.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=151&products_id=165&gclid=CIqii62O3qoCFQvCKgod2CSU-Q Is that be...
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posted by speffSNIP
9 comments posted 15yrs posted by speffSNIP

What is this aluminum extrusion for?

The metals place I go to has new metal & salvage. New drops end up tossed in with salvage in some spots too. When looki...
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posted by dcimper
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by dcimper

recognise this plug

I just scored a bunch of limt swtches: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290598987339 Anone recognise...
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posted by karltownsend.NOT
11 comments posted 15yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

Drilling a stack of 1/4" plates

I have to make four identical 1/4" plates that have 15 holes. 11 of the holes be countersunk for 1/4" socket-head count...
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posted by mars
9 comments posted 15yrs posted by mars

Surface grinder question

First of all, how often are surface grinders needed in the context of buying-repairing-selling of machinery or general...
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posted by ignoramus20025
14 comments posted 15yrs posted by ignoramus20025

OT OBD on board diagnostics code scanners

My truck started running rough, so I dug out my OBD code scanner and found that it had died. So I rummage around the in...
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posted by dcaster
14 comments posted 15yrs posted by dcaster

chemistry help

I need to make up an aqueous solution that is 25% PO4-3 ions by weight. I have Klean Strip Phosphoric acid from Home De...
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posted by karltownsend.NOT
10 comments posted 15yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

Cannons

I want to make a cannon, strictly for a noisemaker. Google has a lot of info on these, some of them shoot bowling balls...
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posted by pittmanpirate
31 comments posted 15yrs posted by pittmanpirate

What is it? Set 402

http://55tools.blogspot.com/ Rob
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posted by rhvp65
24 comments posted 15yrs posted by rhvp65

Ratchet spanners

Has anyone seen a ratchet spanner with the ratchet on an *open* end of a spanner (rather than the box end which is comm...
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posted by mkoblic
13 comments posted 15yrs posted by mkoblic

Anyone Have a Used Shear?

The guy next to me needs a shear. 3/16" capacity in Cold Rolled 8' to 10' long Shipped to NJ if he buys it. Shoot any i...
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posted by autodrill
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by autodrill

Anyone doing any metalwork?

I'm getting on to 70% on the containers. I'm up to 1200 lf of 1.5 tube now. Worked till midnight last night in the very...
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posted by pittmanpirate
64 comments posted 15yrs posted by pittmanpirate