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Joining copper sheet

A friend is making a copper weather vane. Basically a silhouette, but with 2 sides, each of which will have some 3 dime...
0 comments posted 17yrs
posted by bobengelhardt
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by bobengelhardt

Book recommendation

Not exactly metalworking, but I think most here would enjoy this book if you can locate a copy. Me and the Model T by R...
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posted by janders1957
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by janders1957

Spinning aluminum bottleneck

Hi all, http://images.businessweek.com/ss/05/11/ora_ito/image/heineken.jpg I am trying to make this aluminum bottle. Th...
9 comments posted 17yrs
posted by yvnm2tp
9 comments posted 17yrs posted by yvnm2tp

Running water line/conduit

I will need to run water line/conduit from the crawlspace of my house to my shop I am building. Is it permissable/possi...
14 comments posted 17yrs
posted by stryped1
14 comments posted 17yrs posted by stryped1

FS: 10EE MG parts

I have pretty much the entire MG arrangement out of a 10EE for sale. If someone maybe wants to keep their MG setup goin...
1 comments posted 17yrs
posted by cyberzl1
1 comments posted 17yrs posted by cyberzl1

Old Iron In Orlando

There was a craigslist add in Orlando a week ago. http://orlando.craigslist.org/tls/1275384720.html I called and talked...
2 comments posted 17yrs
posted by carlsboyd
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by carlsboyd

Thank you Mike Henry

Mike, I just want to say that I put some of your Hangsterfer S500 coolant into my lathe, and it seems to work very nice...
14 comments posted 17yrs
posted by ignoramus2408
14 comments posted 17yrs posted by ignoramus2408

K&T "H" Vertical mill

Likely someone else snapped it up, but if I somehow got in first I might be on my way to a deal on a K&T Milwaukee "H"...
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posted by MyNameForward
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by MyNameForward

underground gate valve

Had a totally awful terrible day. Irrigation system sprung a small leak two days ago. Kinda large yesterday. huge today...
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posted by karltownsend.NOT
16 comments posted 17yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

Shop floor epoxy coatings

I am building a small 30x30 garage /shop. The concrete has just been poured. is an epoxy floor coating a good idea and...
14 comments posted 17yrs
posted by stryped1
14 comments posted 17yrs posted by stryped1

Exhaust manifold modification

Hi folks, I need to modify an exhaust manifold. When I say "modify", I don't mean repairing a crack, I mean changing th...
45 comments posted 17yrs
posted by cdt22NOSPAM
45 comments posted 17yrs posted by cdt22NOSPAM

RIP John Barry

the guy who brought WD-40 to the world - where would we be without him?
12 comments posted 17yrs
posted by nobody
12 comments posted 17yrs posted by nobody

Holding a parting blade

I got a small parting blade in Vancouver last week: It has a 'V' cross-section with the top 0.057" and the bottom 0.048...
5 comments posted 17yrs
posted by mkoblic
5 comments posted 17yrs posted by mkoblic

OT unusual hobby (vaporized metal content)

surfing around on youtube happened to come across this... http://www.youtube.com/user/Kamikadze2009 http://www.youtube....
1 comments posted 17yrs
posted by wwixon
1 comments posted 17yrs posted by wwixon

mount small to large shaft

I got a SNAFU in my project... I need to mount a 10 tooth .200 pitch timing pulley to a 3/8 shaft on my servo motor. I...
36 comments posted 17yrs
posted by karltownsend.NOT
36 comments posted 17yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT