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Not Really a Gloat

I haven't cared much for HF for a while, but I needed a basic bench top drill press as a second machine for my tapping...
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posted by onebikenut
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by onebikenut

OT-You are what you eat

Ikeda, a scientist at the Environmental Assessment Center in Okayama, sought to further the field of alternative protei...
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posted by H.Beal
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by H.Beal

Magic Chef refrigerator

http://www.bidspotter.com/forms/photo.php?photo=11097705&date=Jun-17&time=10:00
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posted by ignoramus30422
10 comments posted 15yrs posted by ignoramus30422

Clausing Lathe Turret

I have a Clausing 6913 lathe and have a Enco turret that was designed for this very lathe. The turret has tool holes th...
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posted by ignoramus30422
12 comments posted 15yrs posted by ignoramus30422

Bad crane rigging example - video

"Taking delivery of a brand new outdoor swimming pool, a builder films as a crane operator attempts to hoist the ready-...
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posted by not
42 comments posted 15yrs posted by not

OT: The History of Math

THE HISTORY OF MATH: Last week I purchased a burger for $1.58. The counter girl took my $2.00, and I was digging for my...
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posted by richg
8 comments posted 15yrs posted by richg

Scissors & Belt Sanders

I've always struggled with sharpening scissors. Yesterday after struggling to shear one of our fluffy little yappy mutt...
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posted by onebikenut
9 comments posted 15yrs posted by onebikenut

Reamer Usage

How much material (depth of cut) should you plan to remove with a .125" reamer in brass for a precise bore? (diameter,...
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posted by onebikenut
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by onebikenut

What is it? Set 393

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

OT: A glimpse of the future

From Italy, a glimpse of the future in the US if the massive governmental deficits are not brought under control and th...
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posted by gmcduffee
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by gmcduffee

My own action figure!

http://www.dannychoo.com/post/en/26119/Human+Cloning+in+Japan.html Did you ever want to be an action figure? I'm trying...
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posted by cavelamb
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by cavelamb

Voyager - there's some metal working for ya!

Note: For what it's worth... Voyager 1's position is about 97 AU. Those "billyions and billyins" of miles made me think...
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posted by cavelamb
1 comments posted 15yrs posted by cavelamb

Tolerance indications

Quick question regarding machining tolerances... I need to indicate dimensional tolerance on a drawing. A fork with 1.13...
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posted by cavelamb
7 comments posted 15yrs posted by cavelamb

Compression Float Collets or Small Chucks?

Good afternoon, I'm happy to say Teranews is finally back up and running and I can access the newsgroup again. I'm curi...
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posted by autodrill
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by autodrill

Spinning Metal

Think prop spinner for a model airplane (is this sounding familiar?) Assuming that I'm not turning from solid (oh, it s...
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posted by tim
8 comments posted 15yrs posted by tim