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free start/ run capacitors

http://pensacola.craigslist.org/zip/1630623883.html I got no dog in this hunt. Just posting. technomaNge
9 comments posted 16yrs
posted by piracy
9 comments posted 16yrs posted by piracy

Larios Horizontal mill and shop straightening

Sigh...I was hard at work getting the shop in order..then I wound up in LA for a month. I dont recall if I posted the p...
18 comments posted 16yrs
posted by gunnerasch
18 comments posted 16yrs posted by gunnerasch

What is this?

Is this a jig borer..or a small mill? http://picasaweb.google.com/gunnerasch/MakinoMill# Picked it up for $100.....afte...
7 comments posted 16yrs
posted by gunnerasch
7 comments posted 16yrs posted by gunnerasch

Hobart Gasoline Welder

Anyone know anything about this beasty? http://picasaweb.google.com/gunnerasch/HobartGasolineWelder# I brought it home...
55 comments posted 16yrs
posted by gunnerasch
55 comments posted 16yrs posted by gunnerasch

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...
36 comments posted 16yrs
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...
0 comments posted 16yrs
posted by Winston
0 comments posted 16yrs posted by Winston

What a joke!

http://ocala.craigslist.org/bfs/1612689815.html
5 comments posted 16yrs
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?...
9 comments posted 16yrs
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://...
3 comments posted 16yrs
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
1 comments posted 16yrs
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...
9 comments posted 16yrs
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...
64 comments posted 16yrs
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...
13 comments posted 16yrs
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...
11 comments posted 16yrs
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....
19 comments posted 16yrs
posted by no where just yet
19 comments posted 16yrs posted by no where just yet