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Opinions: Osama lathe on eBay by Reliable

Pondering buying an engine lathe, Reliable Tool has a 14x40 Osama lathe that looks decent, and tooled enough to just ab...
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posted by janders1957
7 comments posted 15yrs posted by janders1957

ring gear

The new ring gear for my tractor flywheel should arrive today... I've never done this. Pretty sure you just heat it and...
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posted by karltownsend.NOT
40 comments posted 15yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

What is it? Set 375

I need some help with the last item in this set: http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/02/set-375.html Rob
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posted by rhvp65
40 comments posted 15yrs posted by rhvp65

Top Shot Season 2 begins

History Channel. Solid colored billiard balls on top of posts, ranging in distance from 25 to 50 feet from ~2' square p...
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posted by steve
26 comments posted 15yrs posted by steve

super photoz shop

Sexy photoz shop Friend visit this website and you see ADS BY GOOGLE please click this Ads you see more sexy photoz and...
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posted by asif.shahzad0302
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by asif.shahzad0302

Reclaiming lead

Imagine 22,000 lbs of ground-up tires with all the steel and other crap removed, ground to @ 1/8" pebbles. This is the...
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posted by hhdh9uhh
18 comments posted 15yrs posted by hhdh9uhh

OT: Theo Jansen kinetic sculptures

Way off topic (cause I didn't see any metal in them) but very interesting sculptures. Apparently made from PVC pipe and...
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posted by billy
1 comments posted 15yrs posted by billy

Steve B

Bought this stuff for $15 http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/Welding-Rod/ Sold some of it today for $390. And I am sure that th...
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posted by ignoramus25972
1 comments posted 15yrs posted by ignoramus25972

Ot: Help with Thunderbird newsgroup reader

Have been getting kinda upset with this. Almost every time I "reply to newsgroup" when responding to a post, I compose...
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posted by fusion640
15 comments posted 15yrs posted by fusion640

Motor Horsepower

If an electric motor with 80% efficiency is pulling 16A at 120V, what is the horsepower? Going by (16)(120)(0.8)/746, I...
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posted by jonSPAMMENOTdanniken
9 comments posted 15yrs posted by jonSPAMMENOTdanniken

How much is 40 lbs of pure nickel wire worth

This is a high temperature magnet wire that is ceramic coated for insulation. Made of 99.6% nickel alloy called Nickel 2...
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posted by ignoramus25972
19 comments posted 15yrs posted by ignoramus25972

new to lathes

I just got my hands on a sherline 4400 mini-lathe. I know how metal behaves with a file/saw/hammer- just not with machi...
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posted by presence
12 comments posted 15yrs posted by presence

OT: Computer keyboard suggestions?

My trusty old keyboard has given up the ghost. I have replaced it with a $4.99 piece of crap from microcenter. I'm now...
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posted by rangerssuck
30 comments posted 15yrs posted by rangerssuck