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MT6 to MT5 or less

Morse taper adapter quest.... Anyone out there have a MT6 to MT5, MT4, MT3 or even an MT2 adapter they would want to pa...
8 comments posted 16yrs
posted by autodrill
8 comments posted 16yrs posted by autodrill

about precise cutting on stainless tubing

Hi, all I 'd like to know who does precise cutting like 0.040 thickness from 3" OD {A} x 2.870" ID {B} x .065" {C} Wall...
3 comments posted 16yrs
posted by yoshidesigns
3 comments posted 16yrs posted by yoshidesigns

Has Winston posted recently?

I just noticed that I hadn't noticed Winston from RCM posting recently. Anyone hear from the gent lately? Wes
6 comments posted 16yrs
posted by clutch
6 comments posted 16yrs posted by clutch

Making an arbitrary angle in pipe

My neighbor is re-doing his electrical service feed because he wants to increase capacity to 200 amps. As part of that,...
14 comments posted 16yrs
posted by dforeman
14 comments posted 16yrs posted by dforeman

How to buy a warehouse

I keep hearing that commercial real estate is in bad shape. At the same time, valuations of stocks are up 70% and I wou...
32 comments posted 16yrs
posted by ignoramus8246
32 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus8246

Getting rid of my rotary table and dividing head

I am getting rid of both my Troyke DMT-15 rotary cross slide table, and the dividing head. The reason is that I came ac...
15 comments posted 16yrs
posted by ignoramus8246
15 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus8246

Millrite X-axis thrust bearings were frozen

On my old (built in 1965) Millrite MVI vertical mill, one annoyance is the difficulty setting the table to a specified...
4 comments posted 16yrs
posted by joegwinn
4 comments posted 16yrs posted by joegwinn

Semi On Topic Agent Reader related

A while back I realized that 'Message with newest thread first' really improved the view of active topics. Today I crea...
0 comments posted 16yrs
posted by clutch
0 comments posted 16yrs posted by clutch

Help Finding Hardware?

I'm going nuts trying to locate a source for a specific size of wire/cable clip/clamp. Here's a picture: http://users.r...
23 comments posted 16yrs
posted by gwhite
23 comments posted 16yrs posted by gwhite

Millrite cuts in one direction only

Another chapter in the unfolding saga of my education as a machine tool tech. While using the Millrite MVI to mill the...
4 comments posted 16yrs
posted by joegwinn
4 comments posted 16yrs posted by joegwinn

Videos of home brew cnc machine

see http://www.ipresources.com/friend.html From the land down under, a small shop made combo horizontal/vertical machin...
3 comments posted 16yrs
posted by gmcduffee
3 comments posted 16yrs posted by gmcduffee

Barbecue Grill burner replacements

I have a stainless steel grill that we bought from Sam's Club. http://igor.chudov.com/misc/ebay/tmp/tmp-6648.jpg After...
52 comments posted 16yrs
posted by ignoramus11443
52 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus11443

So Much For 'Energy Star' Ratings

Always had a feeling 'Energy Star' ratings were a mostly bogus hype... looks like I was right. http://hardware.slashdot....
17 comments posted 16yrs
posted by spam
17 comments posted 16yrs posted by spam

What material for grill grate

We have a "stainless steel grill" from Sam's club. While the outside is stainless, the burners, as well as the lower gr...
20 comments posted 16yrs
posted by ignoramus11443
20 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus11443