⏣ General Metalworking

Hard Chrome Application

From experience, I'm relatively sure hard chrome plating can be applied to mild or heat treated steel. Are there any li...

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posted by autodrill

8 comments posted 15yrs posted by autodrill

VFD running 5 pumps?

Is it possible to run say five 2hp blowers or pumps from one 10hp VFD? I read about "Multiple Motors" where the VFD can...

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posted by advance

2 comments posted 15yrs posted by advance

Key for small Cushman drill chuck

I got a Dumore "precision" drill press at the dump, but it's missing the key for the Cushman chuck. I found a Jacob's c...

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posted by bobengelhardt

0 comments posted 15yrs posted by bobengelhardt

atlas craftsman newsgroup?

I met 2 people this weekend who have recently gotten atlas lathes. I told them both about the atlas-craftsman listserve...

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posted by spaco

2 comments posted 15yrs posted by spaco

More power supply

Using SCRs don't look like such a good idea (see previous threads) so I ordered a three phase rectifier for my 240 Vac...

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posted by karltownsend.NOT

14 comments posted 15yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

16000MAH Solar Battery Charger Panel for Laptop

The nice thing about this 19v laptop solar charger is that if you don't have sun, you can still have portable power by...

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posted by gloria06

2 comments posted 15yrs posted by gloria06

making a tubing roller

I used a tubing roller a friend of mine made. It had a big honking forward/reverse motor, and three rollers, and a allt...

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posted by pittmanpirate

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Steam Heat question

Does anyone know if there's such a thing as a toe-kick radiator that works for a steam system? My kitchen is severely l...

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posted by rangerssuck

2 comments posted 15yrs posted by rangerssuck

garage door spring

Where do you buy odd ball garage door springs? I have a 9' by 8' door that just broke. Its a torsion type spring. Karl

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posted by karltownsend.NOT

12 comments posted 15yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

salt load

My neighbor's dog has developed a blood taste for Milady's kittens. When it brakes out of the invisible fence, the dog...

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posted by karltownsend.NOT

89 comments posted 15yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

fa: anyone need to weigh stuff?

nice precision balance (scale) - made in switzerland, I don't have a current need, nor space to keep it - http://cgi.eba...

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posted by nobody

0 comments posted 15yrs posted by nobody

Economics of end mill sharpening

Someone is offering me a lot of appx. 300 lbs of used HSS endmills, which are neatly sorted by size and need resharpeni...

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posted by ignoramus6607

26 comments posted 15yrs posted by ignoramus6607

38 free sms sites

38 free sms sites http://phpforweb.com/askany/sms.php?sms

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posted by askany.co.cc

0 comments posted 15yrs posted by askany.co.cc

What is it? Weekend Edition 6

I don't know the answers for the first two, but I think that I know the purpose of #24 & 25: 22. 3-1/2" long, someone f...

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posted by rhvp65

24 comments posted 15yrs posted by rhvp65

Minor mod to HF trailer tongue dolly

This product came up in a thread I didn't read until tonight. I have one, and I love it for moving my boat trailer arou...

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posted by dforeman

6 comments posted 15yrs posted by dforeman