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3 phase

I think I hate my son. I've been getting stuff together to make a *real nice* phase converter. One that would do a coup...

52 comments posted 16yrs

posted by karltownsend.NOT

52 comments posted 16yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

Do not buy a Harbor Freight "rock tumbler"

Unless you want it to break after 3 weeks, that is. What a POS. I bought it to show what rock tubling is, to my kids. I...

53 comments posted 16yrs

posted by ignoramus5816

53 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus5816

Aluminum cooler rack and fishing rod rack help

I want to make a couple of these racks that slide into a trailer hitch receiver. What size/thickness of tubing? I plan t...

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posted by john.janes

3 comments posted 16yrs posted by john.janes

RIP martin gardner

a real loss

5 comments posted 16yrs

posted by nobody

5 comments posted 16yrs posted by nobody

Odd clamping jig/workholder

I've got a tough-dog clamping job to do. I want to mill my lawnmower blades, rather than grind them. The blades must be...

26 comments posted 16yrs

posted by lloydspinsidemindspring.com

26 comments posted 16yrs posted by lloydspinsidemindspring.com

Who was offering the MT3 to MT5 adapter?

...Looking for one now of course, a few weeks after they were offered. :) Regards, Joe Agro, Jr. (800) 871-5022 01.908....

12 comments posted 16yrs

posted by autodrill

12 comments posted 16yrs posted by autodrill

pump-up air rifle

Need a pump leather( neoprene cup that snaps on over a ball on the piston.)--Benjamin 317 or a URL to a website would be...

4 comments posted 16yrs

posted by wassbiplane

4 comments posted 16yrs posted by wassbiplane

Bridgeport repair guy visited today (CNC Bridgeport)

I found a local company that repairs Bridgeport mills. I decided to pay them for a visit and to look at the mill and fi...

3 comments posted 16yrs

posted by ignoramus32248

3 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus32248

Finding the center of a disk

Sorry for the metal content, but there might be someone here who knows the answer! I would like to find the center of a...

21 comments posted 16yrs

posted by speffSNIP

21 comments posted 16yrs posted by speffSNIP

Coolant flow

Any advice, rules of thumb, tables for calculating cutting coolant flow? Links to web pages would be appreciated. I'm d...

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posted by Paul

2 comments posted 16yrs posted by Paul

Way OT - I got email from the FBI!

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has discovered through our intelligence Monitoring Network that you are eligible to...

0 comments posted 16yrs

posted by bobengelhardt

0 comments posted 16yrs posted by bobengelhardt

Hey Karl! Is it still stuck in park?

Did you get "the kid" back on the road? What fixed it? Or have you been driven over a few times?

7 comments posted 16yrs

posted by tim

7 comments posted 16yrs posted by tim

A couple of decent tools cheap

I just bought an indexable face mill from Shars and a set of MT-2 shell mill holders from Tools-for-Cheap to fit my BP...

5 comments posted 16yrs

posted by lloydspinsidemindspring.com

5 comments posted 16yrs posted by lloydspinsidemindspring.com

Effect of "I do not call 911" stickers?

We had a burglary in our neighborhood, which was kind of unexpected, and it made me wonder: if I put a few stickers on...

29 comments posted 16yrs

posted by ignoramus13363

29 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus13363

Best drill bits to buy?

I'm in the market for a completes set of numbered bits to replace the cheap Chinese set Ii bought a few years ago (a lo...

12 comments posted 16yrs

posted by howarde

12 comments posted 16yrs posted by howarde