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Sunday score

Every day I look here and wish I lived in a country with Harbor Freight stores, scrap merchants and used machinery deal...
8 comments posted 16yrs
posted by invalid
8 comments posted 16yrs posted by invalid

Question about ring rollers

Using a cheap ring roller (which I have not purchased at this point) such as http://www.harborfreight.com/tubing-roller...
7 comments posted 16yrs
posted by fgsdfgrr
7 comments posted 16yrs posted by fgsdfgrr

fa: anyone use Pelican Stealthlites?

I found a small pile of the now discontinued Xenon lamp cartridges for the rechargeable StealthLite - offering them chea...
0 comments posted 16yrs
posted by nobody
0 comments posted 16yrs posted by nobody

Old link v-belt disassembly

I am rehabbing an old Sears/AMT radial drill press. I have some old (~50 year) link style V-belts that would seem to be...
2 comments posted 16yrs
posted by mungedkevin
2 comments posted 16yrs posted by mungedkevin

Millrite MVI drawbar

Recently, I noticed the drawbar on my Millrite vertical mill was beginning to feel soft when I tightened it. This MVI h...
2 comments posted 16yrs
posted by joegwinn
2 comments posted 16yrs posted by joegwinn

PCB Micro drills and micro end mills"

eBay is full of those: http://shop.ebay.com/?_nkw=%22micro+drill%22+carbide or similar tiny carbide end mills. My quest...
11 comments posted 16yrs
posted by ignoramus10035
11 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus10035

Making an alloy

Ive a friend that is making a replica of the Iron age Battersea shield, found in the river Thames in Victorian times. N...
8 comments posted 16yrs
posted by ted.frater
8 comments posted 16yrs posted by ted.frater

What is it? Weekend Edition 5

I don't know the answers for number 19 and 21: 18. Someone sent this in, I had a similar tool on the site a couple year...
20 comments posted 16yrs
posted by rhvp65
20 comments posted 16yrs posted by rhvp65

Friday Score

Fridays are the days to hit yard and estate sales if one has the freedom to do so. I just scored a Tekronix 2215 60Mhz...
39 comments posted 16yrs
posted by janders1957
39 comments posted 16yrs posted by janders1957

Durable cheap finish for home built receiver

Durable cheap finish for home built receiver I recently finished a home made AR-15 receiver made from 304 SS and 6061-T...
40 comments posted 16yrs
posted by dbirch
40 comments posted 16yrs posted by dbirch

Machining HDPE question

I need to machine some HDPE to hold a bunch of specialized tooling for automation cell at work. I need a 1.5D x 1.1 DP...
12 comments posted 16yrs
posted by ClutchAtLycosDotCom
12 comments posted 16yrs posted by ClutchAtLycosDotCom

Was CZ75 compact now S&W M&P 40 compact

Well, I finally connected with a PDW I liked. Called a sporting goods place down state that is normally farther than I...
5 comments posted 16yrs
posted by ClutchAtLycosDotCom
5 comments posted 16yrs posted by ClutchAtLycosDotCom

Bang on it with a hammer

We have all experienced the old stuck starter motor. Often smacking it a couple times with a hammer seems to fix it rig...
21 comments posted 16yrs
posted by nospam
21 comments posted 16yrs posted by nospam

Propane valve question

Will the connector from a home propane grill line hook up to and work on a propane fuel tank for a forklift? Or do I ne...
18 comments posted 16yrs
posted by pittmanpirate
18 comments posted 16yrs posted by pittmanpirate

Sometimes I'm an idiot

A while back I made a homemade tram for my mill, drill press etc. Day before yesterday I had a crash that knocked the m...
4 comments posted 16yrs
posted by nospam
4 comments posted 16yrs posted by nospam