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Annealing brass and other non ferrous metals

Guy at work swore up and down that you have to quench non ferous metals to get the softest annealing. I've annealed cas...
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posted by clutch
36 comments posted 16yrs posted by clutch

Let them make parts!

I stumbled across this in sci.electronics.design This appears to be a good resource for those that can make prototype p...
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posted by Winston
0 comments posted 16yrs posted by Winston

What a joke!

http://ocala.craigslist.org/bfs/1612689815.html
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posted by mike.terrell
5 comments posted 16yrs posted by mike.terrell

Machinery and insurance

Has anyone had problems with their house insurance because they bought a piece of machinery? Specifically mills/lathes?...
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posted by mkoblic
9 comments posted 16yrs posted by mkoblic

OT Good sale at HF

Harbor Freight has a 4-day sale going. One of the sale items is this, for $49.95 with coupon, one per customer: http://...
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posted by dforeman
3 comments posted 16yrs posted by dforeman

online books of interest

The folks at Evenfall Studios have made available a number of woodworking and metalworking books. Kevin Gallimore
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posted by mungedkevin
1 comments posted 16yrs posted by mungedkevin

mill: fish scale pattern on ways

Hi, I'm very new to machining and I just got an RF45 clone mill. I've read as much as I can about prepping of this mach...
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posted by t2m2w2
9 comments posted 16yrs posted by t2m2w2

Suspend those pesky physics laws!

Damn inertia! I have an air cylinder, 1.5" x 4" stroke, that pushes a crank on a shaft to rotate the shaft about 90 deg...
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posted by buerste
64 comments posted 16yrs posted by buerste

Planishing

I have seen planishing hammers, both el cheapos and the big dogs. I want to do some sheet metal pieces out of paintlock...
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posted by deserttraver
13 comments posted 16yrs posted by deserttraver

Steel Mills?

Awl -- Who? Where? Tryna find a few for a hard-to-find product, sheets of 304 SS half-hard (no substitutions), on the o...
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posted by UNfitcat
11 comments posted 16yrs posted by UNfitcat

surface plate care

I've just bought a "precision plate". I think its made from steel rather than cast iron, but i haven't cleaned it yet....
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posted by no where just yet
19 comments posted 16yrs posted by no where just yet

Chuck mounting hole dimensions

I am trying to get a chuck to mount on my G9972Z 11x26 lathe. After using thread wires, I think 1 3/4 x 8 tpi is pretty...
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posted by ohland
6 comments posted 16yrs posted by ohland

Notification of morph

I have changed one letter in my information due to a stalker in another group. If this gets me out of your killfilter,...
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posted by deserttraver
0 comments posted 16yrs posted by deserttraver

OT Its getting bloody awful!

Hey Good People, theirs getting to be so much off topic crap here, its hard to find the gem of metalwork. I have bin we...
49 comments posted 16yrs
posted by VK3BFA
49 comments posted 16yrs posted by VK3BFA

Shop Grease Clean-Up Product

You might need this. I'm just saying.... http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0e0_1267571546 Dave
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posted by dav1936531
0 comments posted 16yrs posted by dav1936531