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OT: World's Largest Clock

Okay, clocks are mechanical so this is metalworking... But beyond the size of this mechanism, is the effort to do somet...
3 comments posted 16yrs
posted by ancr
3 comments posted 16yrs posted by ancr

OT-Patents

Old patent numbers can get you in deep dodo. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703467004575463843289453872.h...
1 comments posted 16yrs
posted by H.Beal
1 comments posted 16yrs posted by H.Beal

fa: Victor Torch anyone?

helping a friend dispose of extra stuff - here's a nice older Victor torch with tips http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.d...
3 comments posted 16yrs
posted by nobody
3 comments posted 16yrs posted by nobody

Is BT30 compatible with NMTB 30?

Is that the same taper or not. can I use it in a NMTB30 quick change spindle. An auction is coming up...
8 comments posted 16yrs
posted by ignoramus4117
8 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus4117

Deep drilling aluminum

I was making something on the CNC mill last night. It is a little block that I would clamp to the quill of the mill, so...
49 comments posted 16yrs
posted by ignoramus4117
49 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus4117

Motor gloat

I got my cement mixer hooked up the other day by stealing the 1 hp motor from my band saw. Just to get it running. I di...
10 comments posted 16yrs
posted by pittmanpirate
10 comments posted 16yrs posted by pittmanpirate

Some spectacular glass

http://fiveprime.org/hivemind/Tags/chihuly,mayo We visited Mayo clinic in Rochester MN today. The website pix don't com...
6 comments posted 16yrs
posted by dforeman
6 comments posted 16yrs posted by dforeman

Scrap Tungsten Prices?

I have accumulated a decent quantity of scrap tungsten (wire, and pure W) over a number of years, and I want to sell it...
13 comments posted 16yrs
posted by jgandalf1
13 comments posted 16yrs posted by jgandalf1

Omni turn update

dead omni went nuts http://www.hoffhilk.net/cgi-bin/mnlist.cgi?hoffhilk37/42/11 running CHNC went cheap http://www.hoffh...
9 comments posted 16yrs
posted by karltownsend.NOT
9 comments posted 16yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

Could a robot ride a skateboard

Yesterday, I was practicing with a skateboard and wondering about something. Do people know enough to program a compute...
33 comments posted 16yrs
posted by ignoramus20906
33 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus20906

OT Surveillance Experts ? OT

We've got a little punk in the 'hood that likes to take stuff from back yards and sheds , and I'm shopping for an affor...
47 comments posted 16yrs
posted by snag_one
47 comments posted 16yrs posted by snag_one

TIG Welding 6061 aluminum

I have two long aluminum bars 1/4 by 1 1/4, connected together in a parallel configuration: [==============] [=========...
20 comments posted 16yrs
posted by ignoramus24925
20 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus24925