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Food safe kinda low temp solder

The little grease catch pan on our electric griddle broke. Rather than being sensible and trying to buy another catch p...
26 comments posted 17yrs
posted by tim
26 comments posted 17yrs posted by tim

OT malware protection

I got some sort of malicious software trying to open a window on this machine constantly... My protection software reco...
25 comments posted 17yrs
posted by karltownsend.NOT
25 comments posted 17yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

Anyone going to WESTEC?

--Gonna do the whirlwind tour Monday, looking for lathes. Anyone else going? What fer?
6 comments posted 17yrs
posted by steamer
6 comments posted 17yrs posted by steamer

smashing lathe

http://www.backyardmetalcasting.com/scrapiron03.html
11 comments posted 17yrs
posted by poppaclutch
11 comments posted 17yrs posted by poppaclutch

Ring roller drawings and such

As someone requested in an earlier thread I've posted a couple of drawings and some assembly instructions for my ring r...
18 comments posted 17yrs
posted by tooladdict
18 comments posted 17yrs posted by tooladdict

Rewired my compressor for continuous run today

I have added two switches to my compressor so that it can work in several modes. I will describe what one switch does,...
0 comments posted 17yrs
posted by ignoramus24834
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by ignoramus24834

Hi freq welders and Plasma cutters

They are lower cost and lower waste . Commonly the transistors are in a wasteful configuration and can easily be switch...
0 comments posted 17yrs
posted by kc7cc
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by kc7cc

Grinding a slot

I bought a vertical slotter a while back. The sliding head is REALLY worn. Grinding the two sides and bottom should be...
4 comments posted 17yrs
posted by karltownsend.NOT
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

Help identify change gears

I have some unknown origin metric change gears. They all have "Z-XX" stamped on them, where "XX" is the number of teeth...
0 comments posted 17yrs
posted by notme
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by notme

The three dial repeater of set 277

Re: The three dial repeater of set 277: I guess I just don't understand this. The three dials set the number of bells t...
0 comments posted 17yrs
posted by j.bergstrom
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by j.bergstrom

FS -- 1968 Quincy 390 compressor

This compressor seems to have a 20 HP motor. Nameplate on the motor is erased, but what I know is that my phase convert...
2 comments posted 17yrs
posted by ignoramus20021
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by ignoramus20021

leveling lathe

I'm trying to get my lathe level and the instructions call for "along the length of the tracks, error
25 comments posted 17yrs
posted by no where just yet
25 comments posted 17yrs posted by no where just yet

Getting paint off aluminum

Someone painted the console of my Lund. Then didn't mask it off, and some of the spray got on the inside side of the bo...
10 comments posted 17yrs
posted by oldfart
10 comments posted 17yrs posted by oldfart