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fa: metric plug gauges anyone

I'm out of space - these have to leave my living room, so, 99 cent starting bid - Deltronics plug gauges http://cgi.ebay...
0 comments posted 16yrs
posted by nobody
0 comments posted 16yrs posted by nobody

New (to me) JPS 7x12 band saw

I've never heard of JPS but the unit looks nice and the salesman claims it was used by a supplier to cut of samples of...
11 comments posted 16yrs
posted by buerste
11 comments posted 16yrs posted by buerste

Semi OT: Win7 and XP mode for legacy cad applications

I need a new box soon. I'm running Alibre on a W2K box that is 8 years old and on a laptop that has XP. The W2K box see...
9 comments posted 16yrs
posted by ClutchAtLycosDotCom
9 comments posted 16yrs posted by ClutchAtLycosDotCom

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...
3 comments posted 16yrs
posted by john.janes
3 comments posted 16yrs posted by john.janes

RIP martin gardner

a real loss
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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...
2 comments posted 16yrs
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