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OT: Sprag/clutch bearings do not need alignment?

When two clutch bearings are used in parallel, there is no need to align them, right? They do not have pawls, the clutc...
0 comments posted 6yrs
posted by always.look
0 comments posted 6yrs posted by always.look

Welding vs. Tapping vs. Roll Pin

I want to permanently attach 3/8" diameter rods to 3/8" rods end-to-end and was looking for advice on the best way to a...
21 comments posted 6yrs
posted by jamesjaddah1755
21 comments posted 6yrs posted by jamesjaddah1755

Fast, Inexpensive, Strong Drawers

This might be metalworking or wood working. I'm seriously thinking about removing the work benches from along the back...
53 comments posted 6yrs
posted by none
53 comments posted 6yrs posted by none

Home forklift?

I've been pondering scissor-lift tables and similar stuff for years. The problem with most of them is that either their...
6 comments posted 6yrs
posted by galt_57
6 comments posted 6yrs posted by galt_57

Stryco MF-4 blade welder

Hi y’all I picked up one of theses Stryco MF-4 blare welders when I bought a old saw sharpening shop the fellow that...
2 comments posted 6yrs
posted by 0f8503901d844703eea1acecb7a4938a_2556
2 comments posted 6yrs posted by 0f8503901d844703eea1acecb7a4938a_2556

Stryco MF-4 blade welder

Hi y?all I picked up one of theses Stryco MF-4 blare welders when I bought a old saw sharpening shop the fellow that ow...
3 comments posted 6yrs
posted by cowboydel
3 comments posted 6yrs posted by cowboydel

Machine Shop niche areas

I met a guy at the local scrap yard. He was dumping a couple of 55 gal drums of swarf. He invited me to see has shop an...
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posted by dcaster
13 comments posted 6yrs posted by dcaster

It's the solenoid

  Everything hooked up except the plug at the trans , and the fuse is not blowing . The plug was inserted a quarter tur...
5 comments posted 6yrs
posted by snag_one
5 comments posted 6yrs posted by snag_one

Ain't the internet great?

Recently I had a customer ask me to adapt a toothed belt pulley to a hub with a tapered bore. The hub fits a Bosch magn...
1 comments posted 6yrs
posted by etpm
1 comments posted 6yrs posted by etpm

AIR BLAST For Steel Milling

I was milling some parts yesterday on the Hurco. Some steel parts. I was using AlTin coated carbide mills. The parts lo...
11 comments posted 6yrs
posted by none
11 comments posted 6yrs posted by none

Air Dryers in Parallel

Sometime back (a few years now I think) I bought an HF refrigeration type air dryer off of Ebay. When the item didn't s...
2 comments posted 6yrs
posted by none
2 comments posted 6yrs posted by none

wires are metal ...

   When I got my truck back from our son , lots of things that he just couldn't be bothered to fix . One thing is the r...
65 comments posted 6yrs
posted by snag_one
65 comments posted 6yrs posted by snag_one

Some stainless knives are hard to sharpen well

I sharpen knives on my bench grinder. I have a relatively fine hard wheel on one end and a polishing style non-vowen wh...
9 comments posted 6yrs
posted by ignoramus9254
9 comments posted 6yrs posted by ignoramus9254