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Cornish beam engines - understand continued use

Hello all Can you help me understand something about Cornish beam engines? Studying about Cornish beam engines. I was w...
37 comments posted 4yrs
posted by null
37 comments posted 4yrs posted by null

The new wire

Flux core 309L that is . Well , I can run a halfway decent bead but I don't like the way it looks ... I get good penetr...
19 comments posted 4yrs
posted by Snag_one
19 comments posted 4yrs posted by Snag_one

MIG wire

A roll of flux core 309l wire should be arriving in today's mail . I'll soon know if it will be the solution to my proj...
8 comments posted 4yrs
posted by Snag_one
8 comments posted 4yrs posted by Snag_one

SS MIG revisited

Turns out the only way I'm going to get a decent weld with the .023 solid SS wire is to get a bottle of trimix ... whic...
5 comments posted 4yrs
posted by Snag_one
5 comments posted 4yrs posted by Snag_one

Solar Flux review

This is the stuff we were discussing a few days ago . I tried it out just a few minutes ago , and it works as advertise...
3 comments posted 4yrs
posted by Snag_one
3 comments posted 4yrs posted by Snag_one

Off to the Shop

This morning I hauled all my parts to the machine shop , and I really liked what I saw . Cluttered with motor parts , b...
0 comments posted 4yrs
posted by Snag_one
0 comments posted 4yrs posted by Snag_one

Feelin' Cranky

Because the crank in my pickup is trashed . And from the looks of the camshaft this isn't the first time my son has run...
11 comments posted 4yrs
posted by Snag_one
11 comments posted 4yrs posted by Snag_one

MIG welding SS

I'm getting a start on fabbing a new exhaust for my truck (currently down for an engine rebuild/hopup) . This morning I...
15 comments posted 4yrs
posted by Snag_one
15 comments posted 4yrs posted by Snag_one

File dragging test

Hi, Interesting youtube video on file dragging here (21 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbykic--SKA I'll keep...
1 comments posted 4yrs
posted by lfiskgr
1 comments posted 4yrs posted by lfiskgr

Who Buys from Reid Supply

I haven't check on them in a while, but I still get periodic SPAM from their master overlord company. I never bought mu...
1 comments posted 4yrs
posted by none
1 comments posted 4yrs posted by none

Magnetic Indicator Back

In the past I made a complicated (not that complicated) sliding bar mount that bolted directly to my mid size lathe. On...
10 comments posted 4yrs
posted by none
10 comments posted 4yrs posted by none

Engines are metal too ...

Looks like my near future metalworking is going to be building a motor for my truck . My son had it down in Memphis , a...
0 comments posted 4yrs
posted by Snag_one
0 comments posted 4yrs posted by Snag_one