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What is the steel in hydraulic pistons?

I was asking recently about the HF 12" slip rolls (1" diam rolls). The replies led me to believe that they would be too...
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posted by bobengelhardt
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by bobengelhardt

FS: 12x36 Atlas/Clausing lathe

12x36 Atlas/Clausing, $159,900 No fuss with shipping or pickup, since it comes preinstalled in its own basement:...
4 comments posted 17yrs
posted by steve
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by steve

plow design

I would like to make a small plow to break up the sod at the edge of a dirt road that I am trying to grade and crown. I...
14 comments posted 17yrs
posted by notme
14 comments posted 17yrs posted by notme

Enco BS-0 dividing head question

Does anyone have one of these? It would be handy for making a few details in a project I'm working on. I know I'm looki...
19 comments posted 17yrs
posted by clutch
19 comments posted 17yrs posted by clutch

roll tap lubricant

What lubricant should I used to roll tap extruded aluminum in the 4-40 to 1/4-20 range? Thanks in advance. Chuck P.
1 comments posted 17yrs
posted by pilgrim
1 comments posted 17yrs posted by pilgrim

Lathes

--Hoping to get something a little larger than my Myford Super 7 and this one caught my eye; more for price than anythi...
15 comments posted 17yrs
posted by steamer
15 comments posted 17yrs posted by steamer

OT-Automobile alternator rotation direction

I'm thinking that all else left alone, it probably doesn't matter which way the shaft of an automobile alternator is ro...
86 comments posted 17yrs
posted by jwisnia
86 comments posted 17yrs posted by jwisnia

Searching for "old heavy iron" vertical mill

Hi all, In search of a Kerney and Trecker 2CHL vertical type mill or other heavy iron mill in the #2 size: Cincinnati,...
6 comments posted 17yrs
posted by americansun
6 comments posted 17yrs posted by americansun

OT: Ping EE's: Connecting to The Grid

Awl -- Suppose I have my own home-grown generator -- wind, solar, etc -- that I want to connect to The Grid. The first...
26 comments posted 17yrs
posted by UNfitcat
26 comments posted 17yrs posted by UNfitcat

Tailstock Turret

Stopped by a local used machinery dealer today, couldn't find what I was really after, ( a compound for a Clausing 1300...
1 comments posted 17yrs
posted by msmith5242
1 comments posted 17yrs posted by msmith5242

Internet Tough Guy Magazine

http://forums.righteouswrath.com/index.php?topic=5179.0
0 comments posted 17yrs
posted by waxwingslain
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by waxwingslain

55 Gallon Drums

I bought a drum of methanol and it came in a plastic drum. Since this should last me for a while and I want to keep wat...
4 comments posted 17yrs
posted by regor
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by regor

Commercial Soft Jaw Turning Ring Fixtures

It didn't take much google to find this: Dorian appears to resell Taiki stuff as well. And a US source: Huron Machine Pr...
1 comments posted 17yrs
posted by joegwinn
1 comments posted 17yrs posted by joegwinn

More marketing baloney

I see that some retailers are selling lawn mowers with their engines labeled in foot-pounds of torque instead of horsep...
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posted by Dan_Thomas_nospam
6 comments posted 17yrs posted by Dan_Thomas_nospam

Fixture for boring soft jaws on a lathe

I recently bought a set of three soft jaws for the 8" Pratt-Burned chuck on the Clausing 5914. I used these jaws to hol...
12 comments posted 17yrs
posted by joegwinn
12 comments posted 17yrs posted by joegwinn