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The value of manual skills

This is really good: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/64504/64504-h/64504-h.htm
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posted by muratlanne
2 comments posted 5yrs posted by muratlanne

gantry - channel sections

Hi Jim - starting topic's own thread... "Jim Wilk> "Jim Wilk> >>> ... > > >> ... >> >> The samples in your tester are s...
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posted by null
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Shoulda looked closer ...

After having gone to great lengths to forge to rough shape , bandsaw to closer shape , and do 75% of the machining on a...
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posted by Snag_one
2 comments posted 5yrs posted by Snag_one

"HYDRO 6061" aluminum?

I bought it off of eBay. https://www.flickr.com/photos/27532210@N04/?Does that look like 6061 aluminum? Maybe buying a...
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posted by always.look
6 comments posted 5yrs posted by always.look

more on fillet weld test

Hi everyone I've continued to "burn the midnight oil" on this. The combination of events, disappearing inwards into thi...
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posted by null
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Get -40C in my fillet weld tensile break tests

Ideas to get a controlled temperature of around -40C (also -40F) in a test sample? "Robustly" by physics: 100C -> boili...
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posted by null
34 comments posted 5yrs posted by null

Single Phase Pulse

My bigger import lathe is not bad. I can dial stuff in by hand to about 3 tenths. The problem is under power the indica...
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posted by none
8 comments posted 5yrs posted by none

Cheap CNC mill, improving the Z axis

I got some 41xx steel rod that fits linear bearings perfectly, zero noticeable play! Then I realize that means the guide...
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posted by always.look
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older production lathes

at work there are a few lathes that nobody really remembers how to use the hydraulic tracer attachment. we simply use t...
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Motor question

It's an old motor , 3/4 hp . And it's a universal motor , with a flat disc commutator and brushes that can be rotated t...
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posted by Snag_one
11 comments posted 5yrs posted by Snag_one

Reid Supply

A long time ago I might have purchased a few things from Reid Supply. I am on their mailing list and SPAM list. On most...
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posted by none
14 comments posted 5yrs posted by none

Ordering from McMaster Carr

For stuff like specific metal flat bar, rods, etc, there is no better place? Like if you want to select from different...
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posted by always.look
1 comments posted 5yrs posted by always.look

Where to find ca. 24 RPM?

I need a couple of shafts that turn about 24 RPM. I have a variety of gear motors but they're either tiny or the wrong...
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posted by mds
6 comments posted 5yrs posted by mds

Mosley combination safe

I have an old Mosley safe of my father in laws. We have the combination and it’s worked for him in the past. I’m in...
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posted by 0f8503901d844703eea1acecb7a4938a_2714
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