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Reloading press update

I think I have a buyer for my Lee 1000 but I will keep my Lyman single stage press. I've decided on the Dillon 650 beca...
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posted by Buerste
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by Buerste

Machine start/stop buttons colors

I got a few heavy duty control panel push buttons at the dump. They're big (1" or so diam), with internal lights. I hoo...
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posted by bobengelhardt
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by bobengelhardt

Hard disks as a source of aluminium for casting?

I've got a few projects that could usefully start from aluminium castings. I also currently have 120 ex-server hard dis...
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posted by randm
16 comments posted 17yrs posted by randm

Woodruff key questions

I managed to weld up the clutch basket / shaft for the lathe I am repairing okay fine. Didn't damage the threaded secti...
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posted by clutch
8 comments posted 17yrs posted by clutch

Mitutoyo reader head

Got a sweet Leblond Tool & Diemaker lathe last week from HGR Surplus in Euclid, Ohio. The Mitutoyo y axis scale reader...
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posted by syoung
13 comments posted 17yrs posted by syoung

Cleaning Stainless Steel

I have a thin stainless steel that has smudges on it and I cannot get them cleaned off. What is a good cleaner to use f...
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posted by persistentone
10 comments posted 17yrs posted by persistentone

OT - Judeo-Christian nation?"

Congressman Forbes asks the questions "Did America ever consider itself a Judeo-Christian nation?" and "If America was...
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posted by cavelamb
40 comments posted 17yrs posted by cavelamb

small o/a torch preferences?

Hello; There's 3 commonly available torches on the north american market that are meant to be used for the smaller jobs...
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posted by patm31751
8 comments posted 17yrs posted by patm31751

Reloading press upgrade?

I have a Lee 1000 that is OK but nowhere near as robust as some of the other offerings. I'm attracted to a Dillon 650....
11 comments posted 17yrs
posted by Buerste
11 comments posted 17yrs posted by Buerste

Need Hardinge Mill pulley

I am looking for the pulley that is inside the column which powers the table feed. This pulley is approx. 6" dia. and a...
0 comments posted 17yrs
posted by gjrepesh
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by gjrepesh

HF new Wireless Inspection Camera

Just saw this new item in the latest flyer, "Wireless Inspection Camera with 2.4" Color LCD Monitor". See: http://www.h...
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posted by lfisk
14 comments posted 17yrs posted by lfisk

Britain's answer to the Space Shuttle

"Reliant Robin"-based space travel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b4WzWFKQ20
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posted by speffSNIP
9 comments posted 17yrs posted by speffSNIP