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Old Grob bandsaw.. no torque/ power

Hi all, our old bandsaw stopped working so well. It has no torque/ power and when you turn on the unloaded motor it som...
11 comments posted 7yrs
posted by ggherold
11 comments posted 7yrs posted by ggherold

Internal Retaining Ring Groove Tool

I can just grab a piece of tool steel and go stand in front of the grinder for a while, but I was wondering if there is...
10 comments posted 7yrs
posted by none
10 comments posted 7yrs posted by none

Air Pressure Regulators Revisited

Well, the IR regulator blew out again yesterday. Took me mere minutes to swap out to the new one I ordered from McMaste...
5 comments posted 7yrs
posted by none
5 comments posted 7yrs posted by none

Skate Bearings - Big Brother ???

Perhaps one of the absolute cheapest ball bearings assemblies is the infamous skate bearing. They're cheap enough I buy...
20 comments posted 7yrs
posted by none
20 comments posted 7yrs posted by none

Portable bandsaw for novice metal cutting

The Dewalt 371 is smaller than it looks, but not light as a drill. Seems it will make good for cutting small pieces of...
1 comments posted 7yrs
posted by always.look
1 comments posted 7yrs posted by always.look

Welding machine, point and squeeze the trigger?

As seen on YouTube... https://youtu.be/vBvb8ltntR8Point and squeeze the trigger. That's my kind of welding. One comment...
10 comments posted 7yrs
posted by always.look
10 comments posted 7yrs posted by always.look

Americans Order The UK Around?

Brexiteers Sacrifice Kim Darroch, Dignity to Trump Bloomberg - 3 days ago — https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/...
1 comments posted 7yrs
posted by bruce2bowser
1 comments posted 7yrs posted by bruce2bowser

The Color Red - Outdoors

As near as I can tell most paints are out. 10-20 years max, and any UV exposure reduces that dramatically. A north faci...
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posted by none
7 comments posted 7yrs posted by none

wood lathe chuck?

Has anyone successfully used a wood lathe chuck for light-duty metalworking? I'm looking for minimal height on a rotary...
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posted by muratlanne
6 comments posted 7yrs posted by muratlanne

Air Pressure Regulators

I seem to have the darnedest time with air pressure regulators. Particularly at the compressor. I have my compressor se...
6 comments posted 7yrs
posted by none
6 comments posted 7yrs posted by none

Search term need for Radial Arm Saw, table bolt.

Hi guys, I'm rebuilding my Radial Arm Saw, mostly the table, but need to purchase the part in this picture. What is it...
9 comments posted 7yrs
posted by nojunk
9 comments posted 7yrs posted by nojunk

Cast iron corn sheller

Recently bought a Black Hawk model 1903-A corn sheller at a flea market. Not particularly rare since they were widely s...
45 comments posted 7yrs
posted by use-other
45 comments posted 7yrs posted by use-other