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Tarnow lathes?

Anyone run into one of these? (bet you barked your shins if you did...) Done a good G**gle on them, found the manufactu...
8 comments posted 16yrs
posted by hopefuldave_doesnt_eat_spiced_
8 comments posted 16yrs posted by hopefuldave_doesnt_eat_spiced_

HF battery drills

I'm going to be needing a battery drill for a small handyman business I'm starting , and right now I can't afford the o...
51 comments posted 16yrs
posted by snag_one
51 comments posted 16yrs posted by snag_one

Al Outboard engine - clearing out waterways

Slightly off topic but I thaught people with aluminium based engine block experience might have an answer to this: 20 i...
10 comments posted 16yrs
posted by charlie
10 comments posted 16yrs posted by charlie

Free - Loctite 609 Retaining Compound

3 - .34 oz bottles. "Use by" date - 6/06, but still works for me. Reply to my email, 1 per "customer". Bob
3 comments posted 16yrs
posted by bobengelhardt
3 comments posted 16yrs posted by bobengelhardt

hardfacing

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...
0 comments posted 16yrs
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...
35 comments posted 16yrs
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...
19 comments posted 16yrs
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...
4 comments posted 16yrs
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...
15 comments posted 16yrs
posted by gwhite
15 comments posted 16yrs posted by gwhite

TeraShake

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