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Practical Power Factor Application

I am slowly fixing all the annoying features of this house we bought. I may never get all of them corrected. But have a...
19 comments posted 16yrs
posted by dcaster
19 comments posted 16yrs posted by dcaster

Gluing brass

I am trying to glue a 0.006" brass foil to a mild steel plate. I have done it in the past but forgot what I used (note...
53 comments posted 16yrs
posted by mkoblic
53 comments posted 16yrs posted by mkoblic

Portable tool stand idea

Here's an idea that I have been using for a couple of years to give myself a place for tools when the workshop I am att...
12 comments posted 16yrs
posted by spaco
12 comments posted 16yrs posted by spaco

Crap!

A guy is coming tonight to look at the SA 200 to buy it. I had some welding to do on an old cement mixer I bought with...
27 comments posted 16yrs
posted by pittmanpirate
27 comments posted 16yrs posted by pittmanpirate

Metalworking Machine Donation

I have an Emco Compact 8E lathe and an 8" Boxford metalworking shaper that I will donate to a qualified 501(c)(3) tax-e...
0 comments posted 16yrs
posted by giselleindeed
0 comments posted 16yrs posted by giselleindeed

Very cool parking lot

This would keep a few machinists busy for a while... http://www.woehr.de/en/projekte/budapest_m730/index.htm Thank You,...
24 comments posted 16yrs
posted by rbraun333
24 comments posted 16yrs posted by rbraun333

CNC Taper Question

ISO20, ISO30, HSK63, HSK100, BT30, BT40, CAT30, CAT40, CAT50... Name a few yourself if you can as I'm sure there are a...
4 comments posted 16yrs
posted by autodrill
4 comments posted 16yrs posted by autodrill

lathe tax

I've had my heart set on a 30" 10EE for a long time. Seen one this morning. So, I asked milady if I could put a bid on...
15 comments posted 16yrs
posted by karltownsend.NOT
15 comments posted 16yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

Great to have metal working tools!

I have a river jet boat. One of the northwest style thick aluminum with a v8 and a jet drive. On the weekend, was a whi...
0 comments posted 16yrs
posted by bmckeespamnot
0 comments posted 16yrs posted by bmckeespamnot

What was the topic of this group again?

Metalworking? Seems to have gotten out of hand. Go someplace else to discuss politics. Pete Stanaitis
5 comments posted 16yrs
posted by spaco
5 comments posted 16yrs posted by spaco

OT surveillance camera for a car?

My wife left her car for 5 minutes and returned, only to find a GPS stolen. I had a truck window smashed a year or two...
74 comments posted 16yrs
posted by ignoramus6391
74 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus6391

A small welding and lathe turning project

I wanted to put a fan head on a stand so that working with the mill would be easier. The welding part is making a stand...
12 comments posted 16yrs
posted by ignoramus6391
12 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus6391

OT-Masses of unemployed

"You could say, as many do, that shipping jobs overseas is no big deal because the high-value work -- and much of the p...
15 comments posted 16yrs
posted by H.Beal
15 comments posted 16yrs posted by H.Beal

Corona California Lathe

http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/tls/1827211273.html No relation to seller Gunner One could not be a successful Leftw...
0 comments posted 16yrs
posted by gunnerasch
0 comments posted 16yrs posted by gunnerasch

Sorta on topic Ebay and a Acme gage

I just did a Buy it now on an acme fishtail gage. Paypal wants me to give them the expiration date on my credit card an...
18 comments posted 16yrs
posted by ClutchAtLycosDotCom
18 comments posted 16yrs posted by ClutchAtLycosDotCom