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Metal Vending

You may recall the guy who was on here shilling for Online Metals a while back. I figured what the heck. I'll give them...
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What Do You Know About Annular Cutters?

* What Do You Know About Annular Cutters? * Do you have some? * How do you like them? * Compared to what?
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Honda EU1000i

I bought one that didn't run well at a flea market and flushed the stale gas out of the fuel system to cure it. There a...
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posted by muratlanne
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Space Oddity - 'meteoric rise' (2025 Update)

On Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 5:44:28 AM UTC-4, occam wrote in alt.usage.english: > Has anyone seen a meteor shoot...
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posted by bruce2bowser
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Electric buggy twistgrip proportional control

This is for a colleague. I couldn't defer a call of nature as my "mind's eye" saw this one and had me belly-laughing ve...
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posted by null
14 comments posted 5yrs posted by null

LHT-25B - Small Turret Lathe

Picked up another project. An old Taiwan made LHT-25B small turret lathe. Missing a couple covers, and not running. Pre...
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Aluminum smelter startup

How is a Hall-Herault aluminum smelting cell started up and shut down? All the descriptions and diagrams I've seen show...
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posted by bp
12 comments posted 5yrs posted by bp

Cross Posted - HOME MADE STEEL TREAD PLATE

A few months back I picked up a gooseneck equipment trailer. It was made in a farm shop. Overall its pretty decent, but...
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Ping Dan Caster

Someone impersonating you just fooled me into sending my phone number ...
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posted by Snag_one
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Fractal vise

A glass worker called this to my attention: https://fractalvise.com/ Probably not for the railway forge shop but custom...
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posted by mds
1 comments posted 5yrs posted by mds

Electrical Gremlin - Actual Question

On the smallest mill I use regularly It has developed the habit of going into E-Stop when the coolant pump starts and s...
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Angle shelving uprights - too much point load?

I picked up a sturdy shelving unit (2' x 4' for now) from a local industrial liquidator; it uses perforated angle for t...
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Paper mallet mfg

I was wondering if anyone here might remember a company that made paper mallets in the US. They're like a rawhide malle...
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posted by djb
26 comments posted 5yrs posted by djb

Al-GMAW summary is correct?

Hello all Copy of post to sci.engr.joining.welding ... Using industrial 3-phase welding machine with "Constant Voltage"...
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posted by null
22 comments posted 5yrs posted by null