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... And Why I Didn't Go Fishing The Next Day

Yesterday was my birthday, and my wife gave me a cheap little import drone for my Birthday. More on drones later. I had...
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On Topic: Gib Lock Handle & DRO

The cast aluminum (or maybe zamak) handle on the Y-axis gib lock busted and fell off on the South Bend SB1028F mill a w...
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Revisiting AI Search Results

Let me first jump to the fact that correlation does not mean causation. Correlation can be an indicator, but correlatio...
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use AI "Deepseek" science welds

Hello all Trying to start off with a modest post... About 5 days ago I first tried interacting with an AI (an "Artifici...
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Align keyway to tooth

I am manufacturing a matched gear set where the keyways must be symmetrically oriented across the mesh plane. What meth...
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posted by Nguyenghong
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I Bought Six Vises Brand New Full Price

My CNC machines have limited work envelopes. As a result I have modified a number of screwless vises to maximize use of...
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Metal roofing

[ cheating a little on the topic, please indulge me 8-) ] Does anybody have experience with steel roofing? I'm in need...
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posted by bp
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Ooops , bent it !

I was installing some turnbuckle/chain sway control on the 3 point hitch on my "new" tractor , and I was inattentive (I...
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posted by Snag_one
15 comments posted 6mos posted by Snag_one

7075 Vs Steel

I've machined 7075 before using speed and feed calculations on one of the CNC mills, and it machined just great. The ot...
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Who Has a Ring Roller ?

Thinking about Jim's question about wheels for his saw mill, and my simplistic replies for brute forcing a solution it...
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Fein Slugger - A Few Months Out

Now that I have been running the Fein Slugger for a few months I have to say I like it a lot. I can see why so many sho...
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Somebody Make Something

Yeah I'm talking to me too. I took almost two weeks off from customer jobs around the holidays. At first because I wasn...
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Found my lifter tick !

It was an exhaust gasket . -- Snag I appreciated foreign cultures more when they stayed foreign ...
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posted by Snag_one
7 comments posted 6mos posted by Snag_one

UK rental - okay with auto?!

Hello all. Don't know if this is worth a chortle. Given a lot of you in North America. Here in the UK, getting a hire-c...
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22 comments posted 6mos posted by null