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Weak but reliable metal glue?

I am still struggling with making an encoder adaptor that would go into the top of my spindle (spindle is hollow, with...
26 comments posted 15yrs
posted by ignoramus6780
26 comments posted 15yrs posted by ignoramus6780

charge second battery

I'm looking for a device and don't know what its called... We've got two batteries on a diesel salt water boat. Looking...
27 comments posted 15yrs
posted by karltownsend.NOT
27 comments posted 15yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

What is it? Set 367

http://55tools.blogspot.com/2010/12/set-367.html Rob
55 comments posted 15yrs
posted by rhvp65
55 comments posted 15yrs posted by rhvp65

Gold Ferrous

What the heck is that. I noticed that label today on a box of inexpensive drill bits that I had thought were Tin coated.
5 comments posted 15yrs
posted by onebikenut
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by onebikenut

VMC prices

Hey, guys, roughly, what's a used Leadwell V20 i VMC worth? Maybe a couple years old. Thanks!
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posted by speffSNIP
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by speffSNIP

OT: 'Puter Q

How can I find the DirectX version on my Windoze boxes. Been working at it for a while-can't figger how. JR Dweller inth...
3 comments posted 15yrs
posted by junkjasonrnorth
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by junkjasonrnorth

San Bruno Pipeline Accident Update

Hi all, Sorry for the long URL. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/12/ntsb-reports-sections-of-seam-on-exploding...
51 comments posted 15yrs
posted by spam
51 comments posted 15yrs posted by spam

GSpost bug

I was working on a new part under GSimple two weeks ago. I have my own custom GSpost definitions file for the R2E4, bec...
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posted by lloydspinsidemindspring.com
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by lloydspinsidemindspring.com

OT Computer question OT

(Marked OT because it is not metal or political related) I updated Google Earth. My old update had a starting point in...
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posted by pittmanpirate
8 comments posted 15yrs posted by pittmanpirate

Machine Tapping

I've got this urge to own a tapping head, so I've started doing a little reading on tapping speeds. One formula I have...
24 comments posted 15yrs
posted by onebikenut
24 comments posted 15yrs posted by onebikenut

OT-Your tax dollars at work

?"Little information exists on the performance of x-ray backscatter machines now being deployed through UK, US and othe...
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posted by H.Beal
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by H.Beal

Friction Stir Weld used on fuel tanks by NASA

A large image: 986,437 bytes http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/395411main_FSW_Barrel_15_full.jpg
1 comments posted 15yrs
posted by mike.terrell
1 comments posted 15yrs posted by mike.terrell

Interesting slip rolls

Skip down to 3:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_-iPpEuWRA I don't know if, technically, they are _slip_ rolls, since...
0 comments posted 15yrs
posted by bobengelhardt
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by bobengelhardt

Learned how to tap on a lathe today

It is kind of really amazing, how well I can tap on a manual lathe when I need a concentrically tapped hole. The accura...
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posted by ignoramus23245
9 comments posted 15yrs posted by ignoramus23245