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Any way to straighten 1/8" SCH 80 SS 304 pipe?
Hi, I have a 48" length of pipe NPT on both ends and am wondering if there is any way to straighten it out? The bends are of a small angle and can only be seen when rolled across a level surface. I...
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What's your favorite non-nitric acid passivating method?
Just got done noodling methods of getting rid of iron on the surface of a stainless steel sculpture. It had been erroneously polished with a steel wire wheel and now it rusts when you throw some water...
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Dropbox Posting
Just a little doodad. sander.txt and the accociated jpgs. JR Dweller inb the cellar -------------------------------------------------------------- Home Page: If you're not the lead dog, the view never...
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Stumbled across these YouTubes
about the shrunken Bridgy at 3:28! Young Park's stunning scratch built Corsair and P51 at 4:00! that is Focus and dedication! --Winston
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End Mill regrinding
I am slightly confused. Please forgive me. Are "tool and cutter grinders" used to sharpen spiral fluted endmills? i
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15 degree wrench jaw angle?
We make (LASER cut) a simple wrench for a client. I have no idea why he doesn't buy something off the rack. It's about 10" long with 1-1/4" opening for the nut or bolt and the opening is parallel to...
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You guys are a bad influence
Today I decided I needed a short piece of aluminum tube to modify a prototype... I didn't have any so I made a piece. Geez.
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Todays metalworking
Today I needed to make an extended nut with a tee handle to screw a compresson fitting to a product we make to pressurize it and do a leak test. Our old line has a compression fitting nut that looks...
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OT: deepwater horizon links from LA forums
Might be interesting, might not. Bumped into a link to bayoushooting from a elist I am on. That last link is interesting. Someone was sport fishing near the rig. ?t=35745?t=171Wes
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Do I have OCD? Metal related
OCD, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Doing a repair on a 1 Hp Dayton electric motor (metal related), thermally protected. Runs my cement mixer. This is the motor that got under water for about 5 months...
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HF website worse than just unsecure
Geez...the search engine SUCKS. Do a search for 'lathe' from the home page. JR Dweller in the cellar
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OSHA?
Quick question - What companies are regulated by OSHA? I'm sitting here watching John's Landscaping Contracting, Inc. do my neighbors yard. Forget for the moment that they are using five people with...
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3 gal pancake compressor upgrade
think Wayne's compressor hombuilt might power my air wrench. Wayne's Fixit Shop Air Compressor
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floating tool holder - can we actually talk about metal working
while the 99% scream about politics, can the three remaining people who remember anything about metal and working chime in here? I use a chucking reamer to make accurate holes after drilling them on...
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