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Dumb Things I do to Save a Buck/Minute

I routinely grab aluminum TIG wire to drop between stock and the moving jaw to help get a better grip. Pretty self expl...
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DEWALT326 Today Only

DEWALT326 Today Only March 17th 2026 As most of you know, Zoro tends to have free shipping on orders over fifty bucks....
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That's Annoying

I just used my last piece of milspec neopreeen to replace a way cover. I looked it up on eBay and found some pieces for...
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Why Is My Jack NOT Broken - It Should Be

A few years ago the 12 ton air over hydraulic on my smaller hydraulic press started spraying air and oil while i was us...
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I "almost" Bought a New Rotary Table

Its an old beater, but the table top doesn't have to many apprentice marks. Vendor called me and told me shipping would...
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Idea for My Own Tube Notcher

After modifying the cheap Harbor Freight tube notcher so it (should) work okay for the NAU BAJA SAE team, I had a reali...
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Tube Notcher Mods

The guys in the NAU Mini Baja SAE team on the local campus bought a Harbor Freight tube notcher to make be able to cut...
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Citrini prediction

https://www.citriniresearch.com/p/2028gic
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Steel Tube bender

Well as much as I would have liked to build one I bought one instead. Its compact, doesn't have to be mounted to work,...
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Brazing carbide

I'm going to try my hand at brazing new carbide on some chipped and worn boring bars for my mill . I have 3 choices for...
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posted by Snag_one
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Curved Monitors

I've grown attached to my 32 inch flat screens on the CAD CAM machine, but I no longer have an account with the only di...
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Trailer Tie Down Points

My intermediate trailer has no proper tie down points at all. Its a two axle flat bed between the wheel wells with a we...
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gearbox id ?

Some years back a friend gave me this small gearbox unit . It's about (widest point) 4" square and about 8" tall . It h...
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posted by Snag_one
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