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R8 Collet key replacemnt in Bridgeport

I was one of three working on replacing the R8 collet key in a Bridgeport belonging to a friend. I was in a position to...
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posted by BPdnicholsBP
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by BPdnicholsBP

Welding splatter

I watched someone use a MIG welder with a flux-core wire. There was a lot of spatter. 1) Is this usual? How can it be m...
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posted by mkoblic
15 comments posted 15yrs posted by mkoblic

What's It Gonna Be

http://img221.imageshack.us/slideshow/player.php?id=img221/3223/1309735285si9.smil I haven't posted one of these in a w...
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posted by none
6 comments posted 15yrs posted by none

Ball chain in headstock of a Clausing 6900 lathe?

My 6913 lathe is missing a ball chain. Its job is to pick up oil from the bottom of the headstock towards the spindle g...
16 comments posted 15yrs
posted by ignoramus16406
16 comments posted 15yrs posted by ignoramus16406

OT: How would you do on a citizenship test?

Questions 41 and 47 are California-specific, so there's no harm no foul if you're not a Californian, although maybe giv...
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posted by richg
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by richg

Need some superspeed El Rusto

I'm making some window awnings out of S corrugated steel. The steel is heavy gauge, and to me looks like Corten, or sim...
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posted by pittmanpirate
1 comments posted 15yrs posted by pittmanpirate

DIY hex broach

I'm using a couple of pieces of 3/4" rod to make pins for a project. They screw into an underlying part throughan upeer...
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posted by howarde
12 comments posted 15yrs posted by howarde

Installing aftercooler on a compressor?

On this trailered compressor that I am demolishing, there is an aftercooler. You can see it in front of a radiator here...
2 comments posted 15yrs
posted by ignoramus3845
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by ignoramus3845

what to do with old lawn mower blades?

Gardening for guys Is time to go get new lawn mower blade. It isn't just that this one is flat on the leading edge, but...
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posted by phamp
6 comments posted 15yrs posted by phamp

12v hydraulic pumps

Three 12v hydraulic pumps followed me home. They are gently used or new old stock, but similar to these: http://goo.gl/...
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posted by ignoramus2853
16 comments posted 15yrs posted by ignoramus2853

Tom Gardner - Why 750 Hours?

Not sure if you saw my questions in that other thread, so here it is again, > >> Ok... I know some are going to say its...
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posted by none
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by none

!!! HAPPY CANADA DAY !!!

Looks like a beautiful day to celebrate, so !!!! HAPPY CANADA DAY !!!!!! to everyone. Brian and Frances Lawson, Bothwell...
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posted by lawsonb
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by lawsonb

Angle iron

I needed some 3/4"x3/4"x1/8" angle iron for a project. Previously I bought a 3-foot length in Home Depot so I headed ba...
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posted by mkoblic
24 comments posted 15yrs posted by mkoblic

What is this tool

http://igor.chudov.com/misc/ebay/tmp/premier/IMG_6735.JPG
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posted by ignoramus18155
9 comments posted 15yrs posted by ignoramus18155