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G Code Tutorial

I'm looking for a decent G-Code tutorial. Preferably one for Mach 3. There are a couple projects I want to do that I th...
2 comments posted 17yrs
posted by nospam
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by nospam

Drill press switch query

Actual metalworking content... Was drilling a hole with my ElCheapo brand floor model drill press and the red plastic o...
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posted by prfesser
15 comments posted 17yrs posted by prfesser

Tumble polishing

I'm curious about anyone who has experience with LARGE tumbling operations. We have a large volume (perhaps up to sever...
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posted by offonoffoffonoff
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by offonoffoffonoff

The GEET fuel processor

Anyone ever heard of Paul Pantone and his GEET fuel processor? Any first hand experience with the free plans? http://www...
22 comments posted 17yrs
posted by beevis
22 comments posted 17yrs posted by beevis

Custom water pump - impeller press fit suggestions

My Triumph consistenly runs warm and I would like it to flow a bit more water. The vanes on the impeller are minisule c...
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posted by aribert
14 comments posted 17yrs posted by aribert

Stabilizing a HF Shop Crane

Way back last fall I mentioned that I had to unload my Bridgeport onto soil rather than a paved surface and the Harbor...
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posted by GeoLane at PTD dot NET
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by GeoLane at PTD dot NET

Spring repair?

I bought a 20" Rockwell drill press with a broken return spring. I uploaded a photo to the drop box. http://metalworkin...
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posted by GeoLane at PTD dot NET
8 comments posted 17yrs posted by GeoLane at PTD dot NET

Maybe somebody here knows

How do you get the steering wheel off an old CJ5 Jeep? I have a '74 CJ5 that I want to put a new steering wheel on. I h...
12 comments posted 17yrs
posted by desmithers
12 comments posted 17yrs posted by desmithers

Adjusting Blake Co-Ax for larger diameters

I picked up a Co-Ax off ebuy a few years ago, and I'm getting my money's worth out of it. Bought the 3" inside feeler,...
12 comments posted 17yrs
posted by ohland
12 comments posted 17yrs posted by ohland

stuck oil filter!

I have a 96 chevy 350 1500 4x4. The oil filter is almost impossible to get to. To make a long story short. the filter i...
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posted by stryped1
8 comments posted 17yrs posted by stryped1

OT- teletype manual

There has been discussion of the ASR 33 Teletype recently. I'm digging through stuff I should have thrown out 20 years...
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posted by mungedkevin
8 comments posted 17yrs posted by mungedkevin

More on making copper wind vane

Copper work hardens, but how fast. If my friend was hammering copper to "sculpt" it, how much depth/stretch could he do...
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posted by bobengelhardt
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by bobengelhardt

Shade-Tree Metal Hardening

I'm going to make a wire-bending fixture for putting fairly small-radius bends into 1/8" music wire*. I have some 1/8"...
21 comments posted 17yrs
posted by tim
21 comments posted 17yrs posted by tim