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How big should a lathe chuck guard be?

I am going to make or buy a guard for the chuck on my Clausing 5914 lathe. The question is how large the guard should b...
16 comments posted 17yrs
posted by joegwinn
16 comments posted 17yrs posted by joegwinn

Wind Power

With this Cap and Trade BS, the way the market has been going, and the 30% investment tax credit; I have become totally...
140 comments posted 17yrs
posted by karltownsend.NOT
140 comments posted 17yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

FS: Aimpoint 1000

Ok, it's sorta OT, but at least it's mostly made from metal... Could try ebay, but thought I'd see if any shooters here...
1 comments posted 17yrs
posted by janders1957
1 comments posted 17yrs posted by janders1957

I wonder if a gun would have made a difference

I also wonder if they had any guns in the house. http://cbs3.com/topstories/foster.parents.killed.2.1081766.html The co...
1 comments posted 17yrs
posted by oldfart
1 comments posted 17yrs posted by oldfart

OT - Selling Guns

My dad's health is failing him and he has a lot of difficulty walking with a walker, he needs surgery but the doctors d...
30 comments posted 17yrs
posted by regor
30 comments posted 17yrs posted by regor

Manufacturing will move

The refusal of China and India to go along with the carbon-dioxide limits should be the death knell for the Cap and Tra...
41 comments posted 17yrs
posted by azotic
41 comments posted 17yrs posted by azotic

Calculating electrical load?

Hi guys, Probably simple but I am in mental block territory here. I have a smallish house with two in wall AC 12,000BTU...
21 comments posted 17yrs
posted by davenpete
21 comments posted 17yrs posted by davenpete

How much cobalt is enough?

I see lathe toolbits made of M-2 HSS, 5% cobalt and 10% cobalt. The prices seem to increase nearly exponentially for eq...
6 comments posted 17yrs
posted by mkoblic
6 comments posted 17yrs posted by mkoblic

T-Post Bracing with Diagonal Member

Hi, I'm putting in a short (60 foot) length of welded wire fence (4' tall), using t-posts every 8 feet, and using a bra...
8 comments posted 17yrs
posted by jondanSPAMniken
8 comments posted 17yrs posted by jondanSPAMniken

Pictures of pressure washer

You can see the junction box on the third picture. http://igor.chudov.com/projects/misc/Aaladin-Pressure-Washer-Repair/...
1 comments posted 17yrs
posted by ignoramus20849
1 comments posted 17yrs posted by ignoramus20849

Why two fuses for a 5 ton residential AC?

Does anybody know why a 5 ton residential air conditioning compressor needs to have a 50 amp circuit breaker at the met...
28 comments posted 17yrs
posted by nomail
28 comments posted 17yrs posted by nomail

Sub panel to a sub panel

I am building a detatched garage about 75 feet from my attached garage. I have my main panel and a sub panel beside eac...
36 comments posted 17yrs
posted by stryped1
36 comments posted 17yrs posted by stryped1

Shop lights

I am finally building a 30x30 garage at home. (And hobby shop). How many and what are the best lights to use in the cei...
22 comments posted 17yrs
posted by stryped1
22 comments posted 17yrs posted by stryped1

OT: Portable Air Compressor

I know this is totally off topic for this group, but there is about a million years combined experience here. I took a...
41 comments posted 17yrs
posted by nospam
41 comments posted 17yrs posted by nospam