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What is it? Set 377

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35 comments posted 15yrs
posted by rhvp65
35 comments posted 15yrs posted by rhvp65

Ferrari V12 Engine Asssembly

Here's a nice little video showing casting, machining, and assembly of Ferrari auto engines. That casting section of th...
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posted by dav1936531
18 comments posted 15yrs posted by dav1936531

Drilling through welds

Is a really good way to sharpen your skills at sharpening drills. 3/4" stainless or some other high-alloy bar, stick we...
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posted by tim
1 comments posted 15yrs posted by tim

Found object

Here's a photo of something I found the other day while walking near the Norfolk Southern rail line in Huntsville (nort...
9 comments posted 15yrs
posted by jerryb44
9 comments posted 15yrs posted by jerryb44

electrocube

I just finished the complete tear down of my spare Excello machine. The large castings go outside in the boneyard. All...
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posted by karltownsend.NOT
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

Turning thin disks on lathe

I was recently asking about parts for the lead screw clutch on a 12 x 36 Atlas. Sunworshipper replied the dimensions an...
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posted by bobengelhardt
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by bobengelhardt

Looking for a whatsit

--I'm going to build a rotary surface that's being turned by one of those worm drive windshield wiper motors. What I ne...
22 comments posted 15yrs
posted by steamer
22 comments posted 15yrs posted by steamer

OT: Credit Card charge

I recently sensed something was wrong with my cars suspension. We took the car into the local Kennesaw Georgia America'...
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posted by usenetreply
23 comments posted 15yrs posted by usenetreply

regrind mill table

My CNC mill is gettin' tired. It's got 11 thou backlash in X which is a ton on a CNC machine. I've only lived with it f...
4 comments posted 15yrs
posted by karltownsend.NOT
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

Rust protecting 12L14

My second attempt to make that dog clutch, is to make it from a proper diameter 12L14 round bar. It seems to work a lit...
12 comments posted 15yrs
posted by ignoramus562
12 comments posted 15yrs posted by ignoramus562

Peltiers

How much real cooling can you get with the cheap peltiers you find for sale on Ebay. My shop gets pretty hot in the sum...
21 comments posted 15yrs
posted by alarm_wizard
21 comments posted 15yrs posted by alarm_wizard

Setting compound for 30 minute angle?

I'm trying to turn a front sight base that will fit a tapered barrel. After some hand-to-calculator fighting, I came ou...
19 comments posted 15yrs
posted by ohland
19 comments posted 15yrs posted by ohland

End mills break when making a dog clutch

I am trying to make a dog clutch that mates with the knee crank and replaces the crank handle:...
44 comments posted 15yrs
posted by ignoramus17758
44 comments posted 15yrs posted by ignoramus17758