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hi temp zip tie

I'm still thinking on how to mount a temp sensor to a solar hot water heater. I plan to put the sensor wire inside a 1/...

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posted by karltownsend.NOT

13 comments posted 16yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

E-Z Burr Tool Calculator

To All: Saw this pointed out in Cutting Tool Engineering magazine. Filling out the information gives you their recommen...

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posted by bottlbob

0 comments posted 16yrs posted by bottlbob

Notice anything about this picture?

http://i.ss.lv/images/2009-12-14/170744/VnoJG0xhRlg=/facilities-the-tool-and-the-equipment-metalworking-equipment-5.800....

11 comments posted 16yrs

posted by ignoramus25542

11 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus25542

New element found

Heaviest Element Yet Known to Science Discovered 1/4/2010 - From AP News Report Lawrence Livermore Laboratories has ann...

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posted by deserttraver

1 comments posted 16yrs posted by deserttraver

FS -- 1 to 3 HP phase-a-matic "static phase converter"

Used, works great, lets you run up to 3 HP motors at 2/3 power. Comes from my lathe. Price is $50. i

2 comments posted 16yrs

posted by ignoramus25542

2 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus25542

EVER HEAR OF A 31/32-28 TAP?

Some guy called me looking for a 31/32" - 28 tpi tap for a faucet. MSC and Google both come up with nothing. does it exs...

5 comments posted 16yrs

posted by rbraun333

5 comments posted 16yrs posted by rbraun333

Arbor press as coper/notching press

Newbie question : can an arbor press be used as a coper/notching press ? By that, I mean using an arbor press with a sq...

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posted by cheney

1 comments posted 16yrs posted by cheney

Half nuts disengage by themselves

The cleanup of the lathe is basically done all around, the VFD is wired the way I want and things are cookin'. Got some...

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posted by ignoramus25542

24 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus25542

From another group

found in sci.electronics.design..quite a shop... http://www.users.uswest.net/~kmaxon/index.html

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posted by notagood

8 comments posted 16yrs posted by notagood

Anybody need an air bearing spindle ?

I just picked up a Professional Instruments BlockHead 4R air bearing spindle assembly. It has an integral motor, resolv...

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posted by elson

7 comments posted 16yrs posted by elson

BP tool for riveting?

Awl -- Anyone familiar with a tool that fits in a BP (or vmc), that takes the end of a rivet and peens it over? A buddy...

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posted by UNfitcat

4 comments posted 16yrs posted by UNfitcat

insulate a pipe

I'm putting a thermostat on my landlord's solar hot water heater. It has about one foot of exposed copper pipe at the t...

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posted by karltownsend.NOT

11 comments posted 16yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

If you need some good reading

Really great website. http://sites.google.com/site/dannympwillems/home

6 comments posted 16yrs

posted by ignoramus26563

6 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus26563

Not all 12x30 lathes are created equal

This Pratt and Whitney 12x30 lathe http://igor.chudov.com/misc/ebay/tmp/tmp-6362.jpg probably weighs as much as three t...

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posted by ignoramus26563

15 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus26563

Some more lathe progress (some pictures and some without)

1. I leveled it with a Starrett 98 level. Not completely perfectly, but a good start. 2. Replaced speed and feed table....

2 comments posted 16yrs

posted by ignoramus26563

2 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus26563