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Engraving

Ok, some things are a whole lot more complicated than you would think. Engraving for example. The irregularities in thi...
7 comments posted 16yrs
posted by none
7 comments posted 16yrs posted by none

Slick vise-jaw fixturing idear?

Awl -- Luckily, I found a set of jaws I had made, for milling multiple 5/8'ish round rods on their ends -- facing, tapp...
5 comments posted 16yrs
posted by UNfitcat
5 comments posted 16yrs posted by UNfitcat

New high strength steel

Carpenter Tech announced a patented high strength steel that does not contain Cobalt. In fact reading the data sheet, i...
4 comments posted 16yrs
posted by dcaster
4 comments posted 16yrs posted by dcaster

Electrical questions

Ok...got the Larios Horizontal mill all painted and now its time to do the electrical..and am running into a snag... Th...
26 comments posted 16yrs
posted by gunner
26 comments posted 16yrs posted by gunner

Anyone want to buy a Hardinge TFB?

Im pondering selling my Hardinge TFB. This is largely the same as a Hardinge tool room lathe, Turn/Face/Bore, but is in...
4 comments posted 16yrs
posted by gunner
4 comments posted 16yrs posted by gunner

Metal cutting chop saw basics

There's more to running a metal cutting (abrasive wheel) chop saw than just pulling the switch, as most of you know. Ju...
13 comments posted 16yrs
posted by spaco
13 comments posted 16yrs posted by spaco

More mini lathe issues

I am trying to make my first real part. A replacement pivot pin for a lock blade knife. It's a cheap knife. I could hav...
29 comments posted 16yrs
posted by nospam
29 comments posted 16yrs posted by nospam

more basic stamp IO

My winter project is a microcontroller to ventilate and water my greenhouse/high tunnel. Parallax has a sale on control...
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posted by karltownsend.NOT
35 comments posted 16yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

Weird hex size

Hello. I have M3-threaded hex spacers with about 4.53 mm across flats. What could be the nominal size be ? It's way too...
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posted by cheney
4 comments posted 16yrs posted by cheney

graphic shows hardness zonal changes 1990 - 2006

http://www.arborday.org/media/mapchanges.cfm Don't know how true it is, but they are independent of the USA. Martin
0 comments posted 16yrs
posted by lionslair
0 comments posted 16yrs posted by lionslair

Self-contained magnetic bearings

This is a very cool technology. The price is a bit steep...$45,000..., so it's not a hobbyist item. But it would be ver...
17 comments posted 16yrs
posted by huntres23
17 comments posted 16yrs posted by huntres23