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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...
9 comments posted 15yrs
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...
24 comments posted 15yrs
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...
17 comments posted 15yrs
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...
7 comments posted 15yrs
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...
63 comments posted 15yrs
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...
9 comments posted 15yrs
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...
4 comments posted 15yrs
posted by cavelamb
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by cavelamb

electronic ignitor

My Northern Tool hot pressure washer quit doing hot water... So, I followed the manual and determined the electronic ig...
23 comments posted 15yrs
posted by karltownsend.NOT
23 comments posted 15yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

gloves & PVC cement

Harbor Freight has 3-4 kind of gloves; latex, nitrile, vinyl & something else. Which, if any, don't dissolve with PVC ce...
8 comments posted 15yrs
posted by wb8foz
8 comments posted 15yrs posted by wb8foz

I need a special nut

http://www.amazon.com/Cork-Butler-Corkscrew-Bottle-Opener/dp/B0007RRFMW We bought this wine bottle opener for $2 at a y...
25 comments posted 15yrs
posted by pittmanpirate
25 comments posted 15yrs posted by pittmanpirate

Rolling threads on a lathe?

Anyone ever tried this? Possible? Practical? H.
5 comments posted 15yrs
posted by howarde
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by howarde

Skiving Spindle Drive

This is the current drive and reducer soon to be replaced with a closed loop vector drive. http://s32.photobucket.com/a...
3 comments posted 15yrs
posted by debco99
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by debco99

Skiving and Spinning

Thought I would post some pics of two application we are in the process of retrofitting. The skiving lathe does billits...
0 comments posted 15yrs
posted by debco99
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by debco99

Machine Shop Knowlige Base

Machine Shop Knowlige Base DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching = flat metal bar stock out...
0 comments posted 15yrs
posted by guvbob2003
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by guvbob2003