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Machining a Pulley for a Drill Press

I decided to get back to putting together an old table top drill press that had never been used. I proceeded to connect...
52 comments posted 15yrs
posted by Searcher7
52 comments posted 15yrs posted by Searcher7

OT - Charging circuit on small gas engines

In my case it's an Onan genset with an Onan Elite E140H 14 HP engine. The generator is a Pro 6000E Model EGHEB The form...
52 comments posted 15yrs
posted by GeoLane at PTD dot NET
52 comments posted 15yrs posted by GeoLane at PTD dot NET

Anyone use Breakfree CLP?

Walmart has it in the gun department, under the Winchester label. P/N WIN-CLP-2 UPC 088592101022 4 oz. spray can.
1 comments posted 15yrs
posted by mike.terrell
1 comments posted 15yrs posted by mike.terrell

Gas Gouge

Nurphy Oil, located in the Walmart parking lot has been running 2.99 for a week now. But everywhere else in town is pri...
16 comments posted 15yrs
posted by cavelamb
16 comments posted 15yrs posted by cavelamb

Fun with magnets

http://www.wimp.com/zenmagnet/
4 comments posted 15yrs
posted by kfvorwerk
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by kfvorwerk

I will motorize the knee of my CNC mill soon

Since I got the 4th axis working, I am going to finish the mill's CNC conversion. I am 100% convinced that the knee nee...
17 comments posted 15yrs
posted by ignoramus20463
17 comments posted 15yrs posted by ignoramus20463

Electric Motor Maintenance

I have a motor off of a table top drill press that had never been used. I wasn't going to risk hooking it up the AC and...
6 comments posted 15yrs
posted by Searcher7
6 comments posted 15yrs posted by Searcher7

Repairing a jacked cat-40 toolholder

Awl -- An unremovable setscrew left me doing the unthinkable: I ground the goddamm thing out with an 4.5" angle grinder...
17 comments posted 15yrs
posted by fitcat
17 comments posted 15yrs posted by fitcat

Atlas/Craftsman 12" lathe feed clutch

I have a Craftsman 12x36 that I'm parting out. It has a QC gearbox with a safety clutch where the feed shaft connects a...
0 comments posted 15yrs
posted by bobengelhardt
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by bobengelhardt

Cheap servo package sources?

I need to make a small 2-axis servo-controlled fixture to automate a tedious process that is done manually now but I do...
3 comments posted 15yrs
posted by BQ340
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by BQ340

40-Taper sticking -- Suggestions?

Hi All, The 40-taper on my big mill is sticking and I have to beat the top of the power draw bar with a hammer to make...
11 comments posted 15yrs
posted by davenpete
11 comments posted 15yrs posted by davenpete

what is this thing?

http://stevezeva.homestead.com/Ed_s_Whatzit.JPG
11 comments posted 15yrs
posted by speffSNIP
11 comments posted 15yrs posted by speffSNIP