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1911 Continental Engine

I'm quite pleased with myself today. We have a 1911 Sunshine tractor ( Very rare! only one other in existance as far as...
29 comments posted 16yrs
posted by tomiller
29 comments posted 16yrs posted by tomiller

OT: Cake Decorations

I finally completed the cake decorations for my dad's 90th birthday party. My sister thought lots of folks wouldn't sho...
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posted by keillorp135
2 comments posted 16yrs posted by keillorp135

Chuck For Mill

Ok, I've been playing with ,y Taig mini mill for a while now and I have some idea of its limitations. I'm not quite rea...
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posted by nospam
12 comments posted 16yrs posted by nospam

Sherline Lathe and Mini-Mill Videos

In case someone that uses these machines missed the link that pentagrid included in his recent post about miniatuure ma...
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posted by wb_wildbill
3 comments posted 16yrs posted by wb_wildbill

Good photo hosting site?

Today I repaired my Braun foil-style electric razor. Two bits of plastic about 5 mm square broke off when I dropped it...
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posted by dgoncz.703.475.7456
5 comments posted 16yrs posted by dgoncz.703.475.7456

Dark Matter Detected?

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/12/091218-dark-matter-detected-mine-minnesota.html[ Dark matter may have b...
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posted by Clhuprichguesswhat
4 comments posted 16yrs posted by Clhuprichguesswhat

Saab Bites the dust

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/19/business/19brand.html ?It was designed to provide transportation under miserable weath...
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posted by Clhuprichguesswhat
52 comments posted 16yrs posted by Clhuprichguesswhat

Indexable Carbide End Mill

I'm looking at R8 carbide indexable end mills from CDCO to use for cleaning up rusty stock and squaring up stock. One s...
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posted by GeoLane at PTD dot NET
5 comments posted 16yrs posted by GeoLane at PTD dot NET

templates

Where can we find a free program to design templates for closing the ends of tubing / pipe?
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posted by poppaclutch
0 comments posted 16yrs posted by poppaclutch

Letting power tools freeze?

I keep a pair of grinders on my balcony. They are protected from rain, and get used at least twice a week for long enoug...
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posted by robanzellotti
3 comments posted 16yrs posted by robanzellotti

Rong-fu (round column) mills

I was looking at a Rong-Fu clone today (RF30). Unlike the dovetail column mills that I am used to this one has a round...
33 comments posted 16yrs
posted by mkoblic
33 comments posted 16yrs posted by mkoblic

Grizzly G0602

This is a 10x22 lathe with speed changes effected by moving v-belts: http://cdn1.grizzly.com/manuals/g0602_m.pdf What p...
9 comments posted 16yrs
posted by mkoblic
9 comments posted 16yrs posted by mkoblic