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Slightly OT-smoking printer
Smoke coming out of the top of the HP1012 while printing is a bad thing, right? I suspect the only solution is buying a new one but if anyone knows the likely and remediable causes of this phenomenon...
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Thread Checker
To All: Here's what seems to be a neat device shown in Production Machining magazine. ====================================================== Thread Verification Unit Posted on: 11/4/2009 New Vista...
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Anyone up to some aluminum work?
I need a triangular bow plate, probably two square feet of material cut out, drilled, and maybe rounded a little. Will pay cash. 1/4" plate. Anyone interested? Steve
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How to get a concrete but out
I borrowed a milwaki 1.5 inch hammer drill from work. I got a 1 inch drill bit stuck in the foundation cement of my house. I was trying to bust out this area so a piece of conduit would be flush with...
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OT - Ring Illuminators
Found these while browsing. Someone in here needed or built one. No relation to seller. Watch word wrap. eBay Mobile
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Getting Machinery out of a Basement (pics)
We just moved from Midland, Michigan to Georgetown, Texas. I had a lot of stuff in the basement in Midland which had to come out. I'm a long way from having a shop set back up, but at least the number...
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Bimetalic domes
As used in thermal switches. Instead of in form of a bimetal strip and continuous curving with temperature, these are 0.5 inch diameter and make a definite flip from concave to convex at a specific...
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(pix) How to move a 700 lb drill press to the basement without extra help
Slightly crazy. This is my new DP. I did not like the Delta and sold it back. At least I did not lose $$. The new drill press is Powermatic 1200, with MT3 spindle and 1 HP 1140RPM motor. This is...
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Lathe question
Okay, I asked here before, but it has been about 6-7 years. Don't remember the replies. Have a 13" LeBlonde lathe. 1947 vintage. 1 HP, 3 phase. Running it on true 3 phase power. Maximum RPM is 500....
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fa: real metal stuff - 14 inch dial bore gauge
nice dial bore gauge - 99 cent starting bid. eBay Mobile
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OT - 2 "interesting" stories
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Trust but verify (metalworking not political)
I'm trying to repair a loader for a machining cell. A shaft that drives the loader between machines is highly fubared. 25mm shaft that is now 22mm where one of the bearings ride. No wonder we were...
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Cincinnati Shaper Serial Number
Just wondering if anyone might be able to help with the age of a Cincinnati 20" Standard Shaper serial # 17360 Just got it home and unloaded and would like to know when it was made. Thanks, Mark
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oT: anyone want a couple of F-18 posters?
cleaning up stuff I don't need - two posters, 1 is 17 inches wide, the other 22 (height is greater than width) - these are promotional posters with Northup, Boeing, etc logos on them, nice photos of...
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OT-45% tax rate on dividends in 2011
Buried in Nancy Pelosi's health-care bill is a provision that will partially repeal tax indexing for inflation, meaning that as their earnings rise over a lifetime these youngsters can look forward to...
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