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Richmond Radial Drill wiring?

Hi, I have a 1955 Richmond radial drill with Brookhirst switch gear etc. (I'm based in Baldock, England, UK). Unfortuna...
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posted by ronnie_at_shipmanworld_dot_com
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by ronnie_at_shipmanworld_dot_com

OT: Wheel Shimmy

The wife has finally given up on her car. She has this strange philosophy not to listen to or trust me. As a side note...
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posted by SW
17 comments posted 15yrs posted by SW

Any Gun Drillers Out There?

I've got a 20" long shaft that needs a 7/32" hole straight thru. The shaft is roll-formed into a spline on the outside...
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posted by autodrill
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by autodrill

CNC Newsgroup?

I just realized that Teranews dumped the only CNC group I was active in... Or maybe something else happened. Anyone kno...
3 comments posted 15yrs
posted by autodrill
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by autodrill

Skydiving

http://igor.chudov.com/humor/Skydiving.jpg
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posted by ignoramus10155
52 comments posted 15yrs posted by ignoramus10155

Whatzit called?

My brother is trying to copy a gizmo and has decided to pester me about it. At the heart of this item is something that...
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posted by pkdickman
7 comments posted 15yrs posted by pkdickman

What is it? Set 384

Just posted a new set of items: http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/04/set-384.html Rob
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posted by rhvp65
18 comments posted 15yrs posted by rhvp65

Fixing cast iron part

My neighbor called me this evening about welding a cast part on the steering mechanism of his tractor. It was dark, so...
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posted by pittmanpirate
27 comments posted 15yrs posted by pittmanpirate

GLOAT Woo-Hoo

This followed me home last Friday. https://sites.google.com/site/majorgloat/mill X-axis has .015 backlash, Y-axis has ....
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posted by fusion640
6 comments posted 15yrs posted by fusion640

Student killed by lathe

Be careful! Yale senior dies in machine shop accident http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/04/13/yale.student.death/index.html?ere...
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posted by regor
20 comments posted 15yrs posted by regor

Wood stove advice

I grew up with a wood stove. I wondered if adding a stove to my house would help out with my propane cost in the winter...
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posted by stryped1
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by stryped1

OT: R-22 in heat pump

My 14 year old Trane heat pump is most likely in need of refrigerant. Two years ago, one of the guys that used to work...
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posted by w
34 comments posted 15yrs posted by w

Siemans motor question

I ran across a motor similar to this one http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=400073844580 . Ref the moto...
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posted by news01S-P-A-M-B-L-O-C-K
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by news01S-P-A-M-B-L-O-C-K

Mag Chuck

What kind of holding force do mag chucks have? As much as something like the magnets in the magna bend?
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posted by alarm_wizard
7 comments posted 15yrs posted by alarm_wizard

"How It's Made" explained

I thought this was worth a laugh... http://basicinstructions.squarespace.com/storage/2011-04-12-patterns.gif?__SQUARESPA...
2 comments posted 15yrs
posted by dcloss
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by dcloss