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Crimping Tools Alternate Uses Hand Crimper

I've found that a very good way to expand one's collection of very versatile and handy tools is to find some of the gre...
3 comments posted 15yrs
posted by wb_wildbill
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by wb_wildbill

Welding up a leak in brass "samovar"

It is a pot-like vessel for boiling water, made out of brass, with a built-in oven-like cavity. Originally, these came...
1 comments posted 15yrs
posted by rashid.karimov
1 comments posted 15yrs posted by rashid.karimov

Fabricating a sauna wood burning stove

Folx, been looking long & hard for a pre-fab. At this point, thinking about welding it up myself. Will order pre-cut sh...
21 comments posted 15yrs
posted by rashid.karimov
21 comments posted 15yrs posted by rashid.karimov

Hurco KMB1 Manuals

I just bought an old KMB1. Whether or not it turns out to be a good deal remains to be seen. I'll go pick it up in the...
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posted by onebikenut
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by onebikenut

"Bad Gas" -- WTF and gloat

I needed to replace bulbs in the shop lights above my '63 Suburban. This thing's been sitting there for just about ever...
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posted by tim
14 comments posted 15yrs posted by tim

generate strange gears

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posted by kfvorwerk
1 comments posted 15yrs posted by kfvorwerk

hot water heat leak

I've got a pin hole leak in a copper pipe on my hot water heat sytem. Murphy is my partner. So, of course, the leak is...
32 comments posted 15yrs
posted by karltownsend.NOT
32 comments posted 15yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

free - spoolmate 100 manual in french

perhaps someone would like the nice new unused french language manual, if so, find my email on my web page, www.wbnoble....
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posted by Nobody
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by Nobody

Noisy small equipment fans

I have a couple of devices with very noisy and annoying fans. One is an old laptop and another is a car inverter. In bo...
19 comments posted 15yrs
posted by ignoramus5827
19 comments posted 15yrs posted by ignoramus5827

Hex head vs hex socket head

Assuming no counterbore and space is not a problem, how do you choose between hex head and hex socket head ? I've notic...
53 comments posted 15yrs
posted by cheney
53 comments posted 15yrs posted by cheney

humor

Young Chuck moved to Texas and bought a donkey from a farmer for $100.00. The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the n...
0 comments posted 15yrs
posted by karltownsend.NOT
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

Bijur one shot oiler repair

I have a Tree Mill with with a Bijur one shot oiler installed. How do I diagnose the oiler, and, if found defective how...
3 comments posted 15yrs
posted by ivanvegvary
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by ivanvegvary

How do you drill a flat bottom hole?

I have to drill a 37/64" flat bottom hole in the end of a 2 1/2" long piece of 1 1/16"AF hex bar that is chucked in the...
14 comments posted 15yrs
posted by spaco
14 comments posted 15yrs posted by spaco

Bowling ball muller?

I've run into a problem with easily re-conditioning my foundry sand... I've been using a mini-carver design for fresh b...
6 comments posted 15yrs
posted by ancr
6 comments posted 15yrs posted by ancr