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An interesting photo

https://javosironworks.tumblr.com/post/145468615671
15 comments posted 5yrs
posted by terrell.michael.a
15 comments posted 5yrs posted by terrell.michael.a

Grinding Clearance on Refurbed HSS End Mill

I picked up a few resharpened HSS end mills. I don't use them much, but they were cheap enough that I grabbed them for...
2 comments posted 5yrs
posted by none
2 comments posted 5yrs posted by none

made a battery adapter today.

I have a couple of older Bosch tools - a drill and a reciprocating saw. These run on 18V NiCd or Nimh battery packs. My...
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posted by rangerssuck
13 comments posted 5yrs posted by rangerssuck

design descisions for internal tube expander

I'm thinking of making a tool to be slid up inside a bicycle frame down tube that would expand and push out dents from...
8 comments posted 5yrs
posted by me
8 comments posted 5yrs posted by me

springs and bolts in acid - hydrogen

Saw this post and thought - why not ask the experienced pragmatic folk? > >Sadly these calipers emerged from an overnig...
3 comments posted 5yrs
posted by null
3 comments posted 5yrs posted by null

Caliper spring broken (2025 Update)

I've been cleaning up a lot of older steel tools using citric acid, which does a nice job. Sadly these calipers emerged...
4 comments posted 5yrs
posted by no.spam
4 comments posted 5yrs posted by no.spam

NRA knives made in China

China doesn’t have a NRA it’s embarrassing
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posted by 0f8503901d844703eea1acecb7a4938a_2655
3 comments posted 5yrs posted by 0f8503901d844703eea1acecb7a4938a_2655

NRA knives made in China

China doesn?t have a NRA it?s embarrassing
4 comments posted 5yrs
posted by Teresa
4 comments posted 5yrs posted by Teresa

How to run a lathe in 1914

This show how little manual lathe operation has changed in a century: http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/1617/3789.pdf
0 comments posted 5yrs
posted by muratlanne
0 comments posted 5yrs posted by muratlanne

Labor Savin' update

Well , I got the winch mounted on the top beam of the jib crane , and added a 2 3/4" pulley for the cable above the bea...
28 comments posted 5yrs
posted by Snag_one
28 comments posted 5yrs posted by Snag_one

Clamping drill chuck?

You know, like the chuck on a metal lathe but smaller. A simple attachment for a cordless drill so that it can hold lar...
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posted by always.look
1 comments posted 5yrs posted by always.look

Labor savin' devices

Time marches on ... and with it my desire to work any harder than I absolutely have to . There is wood involved in this...
62 comments posted 5yrs
posted by Snag_one
62 comments posted 5yrs posted by Snag_one