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Hum but no motion

Things do go pear-shaped in threes: Today I was happily mangling a piece of wood on my wood-lathe when sharpening becam...
11 comments posted 16yrs
posted by mkoblic
11 comments posted 16yrs posted by mkoblic

Pictures -- Drill press moved

http://igor.chudov.com/projects/Powermatic-1200-Drill-Press/01-Bringing-It-Downstairs/ I have fully reassembled it and...
3 comments posted 16yrs
posted by ignoramus9270
3 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus9270

Enco discount code for November

From Enco email We've slashed all prices by 10% on your Enco order of $150 or more. Apply Promo Code: PERCNV to get you...
1 comments posted 16yrs
posted by gmcduffee
1 comments posted 16yrs posted by gmcduffee

Anyone give me a straight answer?

What is the payload for a 2006 Dodge 2500 short bed with Cummins engine? I've googled until I'm dizzy, and most links t...
12 comments posted 16yrs
posted by oldfart
12 comments posted 16yrs posted by oldfart

hi 308 ammo prices

Christmas came early this year. A DPMS Panther LR-308 is coming home in a few days. THEN, I looked at buying ammo. Holy...
44 comments posted 17yrs
posted by karltownsend.NOT
44 comments posted 17yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

How to Cast Aluminium Heat Sink Fins

I have a read a few books on metal casting but I haven't read any information of how to cast aluminium heat fins like t...
5 comments posted 17yrs
posted by durabol34
5 comments posted 17yrs posted by durabol34

homemade flex couplers

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17 comments posted 17yrs
posted by dagmargoodboat
17 comments posted 17yrs posted by dagmargoodboat

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...
4 comments posted 17yrs
posted by mkoblic
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by mkoblic

Thread Checker

To All: Here's what seems to be a neat device shown in Production Machining magazine. =================================...
3 comments posted 17yrs
posted by bottlbob
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by bottlbob

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 p...
6 comments posted 17yrs
posted by oldfart
6 comments posted 17yrs posted by oldfart

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 hou...
20 comments posted 17yrs
posted by stryped1
20 comments posted 17yrs posted by stryped1

OT - Ring Illuminators

Found these while browsing. Someone in here needed or built one. No relation to seller. Watch word wrap....
1 comments posted 17yrs
posted by fusion640
1 comments posted 17yrs posted by fusion640

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...
19 comments posted 17yrs
posted by keillorp135
19 comments posted 17yrs posted by keillorp135

Bimetalic domes

As used in thermal switches. Instead of in form of a bimetal strip and continuous curving with temperature, these are 0...
43 comments posted 17yrs
posted by diverse
43 comments posted 17yrs posted by diverse