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Allied Lathe

I was recently offered a 36" Allied lathe for $1K. I did the quick search on Ebay and Google to see if I could find any...
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posted by onebikenut
1 comments posted 15yrs posted by onebikenut

OT Day 25

I'm flyin' solo tonight, for the first time since Mary died on 19 March and what I thought was my disfunctional non-nuc...
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posted by dforeman
8 comments posted 15yrs posted by dforeman

OT Soft or pneumatic 6" diameter narrow wheels?

Any other sources (online USA) for these wheels or similar? http://www.castercity.com/eshop/10Expand.asp?ProductCode=SF...
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posted by jdoe
6 comments posted 15yrs posted by jdoe

CO2 vs: 75/25

I had a scary experience today. I took a 300 oxygen bottle, a medium acetylene, and an 80 75/25, and had them filled an...
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posted by pittmanpirate
8 comments posted 15yrs posted by pittmanpirate

Cold-Rolled Steel in Sacramento

Blue Collar Supply got in a nice variety of CRS drops. $1/lb.
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posted by jstewart
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Removing Morse Taper Chuck Video

33 second video... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ3jyEbcse4 I'm working on a bunch of "how to" videos. Any tips from...
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posted by autodrill
9 comments posted 15yrs posted by autodrill

shear pin for lawn mower

I am thinking about making a blade adaptor for my lawn mower that has a sacrificial shear pin so when I am out mowing d...
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posted by rogershoaf
9 comments posted 15yrs posted by rogershoaf

Stainless Grade Equivalents

I have need of stainless for various applications and to be frank the local stores just don't stock much. The box store...
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posted by none
24 comments posted 15yrs posted by none

Can this welding gun be fixed?

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/N_xRlUIo-OFdROVbezc78txO3bjAhN7B42H-ddOjxhE?feat=directlink This is an original L...
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posted by ignoramus9930
17 comments posted 15yrs posted by ignoramus9930

Special nut answer

It's a standard/coarse thread 9/16" hole, 15/16" total outside nut. The damn nut is bigger than a walnut, so there's go...
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posted by pittmanpirate
7 comments posted 15yrs posted by pittmanpirate

Company planning biggest rocket since man on moon

Have we discussed this? http://www.rdmag.com/News/2011/04/Company-planning-biggest-rocket-since-man=-on-moon/ WASHINGTO...
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posted by rangerssuck
63 comments posted 15yrs posted by rangerssuck

OT Day 23

I rolled Mr. Toro II (snowblower) back to the shed for his summer vacation today. Siphoned out the fuel tank, carb was...
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posted by dforeman
72 comments posted 15yrs posted by dforeman

Decline of garage sales

Last year I noticed that the quality of the stuff available at local garage sales declined. This year the number of gar...
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posted by mkoblic
9 comments posted 15yrs posted by mkoblic

OT - Bedbugs at the United Nations?

If you haven't seen this Brit before, you've missed an extraordinarily erudite speaker. He is serious when he is funny...
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posted by cavelamb
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by cavelamb