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Sent to sci.engr.joining.welding, too, but so as not to crosspost and annoy the ankle biters: Arrived home to find my f...
23 comments posted 16yrs
posted by deserttraver
23 comments posted 16yrs posted by deserttraver

fa: old Allison DA collet chuck

still helping a friend get rid of stuff - this is an "OK" condition DA collet chuck that will fit lathes with 1.5-8 spi...
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posted by nobody
0 comments posted 16yrs posted by nobody

Sony Magnescale alignment procedure

One axis on my grinder readout is reading erratically and the symptoms point to the pulse detection/shaping circuit bei...
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posted by news
35 comments posted 16yrs posted by news

Miss me?

Just got home last night from four days in hospital. Diagnosis is that I have a rare heart ailment. Good news is that a...
5 comments posted 16yrs
posted by deserttraver
5 comments posted 16yrs posted by deserttraver

OT: respect for fallen vets

We attended a funeral today. Good friend's dad, who was a vet. Not a military funeral, but there was an American Legion...
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posted by dforeman
19 comments posted 16yrs posted by dforeman

[OT] PC Hardware Problem

It's been ages since I kept current with PC technology, so I wanted to run this by some of you, to see if it lights any...
42 comments posted 16yrs
posted by tim
42 comments posted 16yrs posted by tim

Help With Hobart Cybertig

Hello, I have a Hobart Cybertig 300. A couple of years ago it started running wide open on amperage. It runs the maximu...
5 comments posted 16yrs
posted by chevelle1971jack
5 comments posted 16yrs posted by chevelle1971jack

[OT] How much is a gigapixel?

Here is a 360 degree picture of an old hydroelectric plant control room. You can zoom and pan using your mouse. I think...
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posted by Winston
4 comments posted 16yrs posted by Winston

Cordless Tool Battery Charging Question

My wife & I each have coldless drills, which we use intermitently for household repairs & projects. The only way to mak...
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posted by gwhite
15 comments posted 16yrs posted by gwhite

TeraShake

TeraShake http://www.scivee.tv/node/3076
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posted by Clhuprichguesswhat
0 comments posted 16yrs posted by Clhuprichguesswhat

Vernier caliper accuracy

Hi folks, Can anyone tell me what the typical accuracy of a decent pair of vernier calipers is (when used carefully and...
84 comments posted 16yrs
posted by cdt22NOSPAM
84 comments posted 16yrs posted by cdt22NOSPAM

Bid screwup!

This article is pretty vague regarding WHY the protest was successful. http://www.lincolncountyrecord.com/pages/100218_e...
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posted by Not
5 comments posted 16yrs posted by Not

Questions raised by Bob's VFD experiment

After reading Bob Engalhardt's post about running his motor at about 6 times the design speed by increasing the frequen...
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posted by shoaf
28 comments posted 16yrs posted by shoaf

Open ball bearing lubrication

I am going through the VS countershaft assembly on the lathe and it has two open ball bearings. They were filled with d...
31 comments posted 16yrs
posted by ignoramus23515
31 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus23515

OT-Shipping Washers

The Pentagon spent $998,798 shipping two 19-cent washers from South Carolina to Texas, and $293,451 sending an 89-cent...
1 comments posted 16yrs
posted by azotic
1 comments posted 16yrs posted by azotic