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brazing/soldering pot metal (2025 Update)

I'm sure this has been covered a bunch of times already.... I fumbled my antique band saw getting it out if my truck. O...
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posted by powersupplyguy
2 comments posted 7yrs posted by powersupplyguy

chip breakers for plastics (2025 Update)

I am trying to help a guy who is opening a machine shop. Which is kind of comical since I have no experience in commerc...
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posted by dcaster
11 comments posted 7yrs posted by dcaster

Monarch series 61 lathe (2025 Update)

https://www.govdeals.com/index.cfm?fa=Main.Item&itemID=1376&acctID=7396 I'm not affiliated with the auction outfit in a...
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posted by lbfulton
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Stacked set screws? (2025 Update)

My home made sawmill uses L095 Lovejoy couplers to connect the engine to the transmission, and their set screws loosen...
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posted by muratlanne
7 comments posted 7yrs posted by muratlanne

Self Centering Vise - Cheap (2025 Update)

I asked about this sometime back and I seem to recall the cheap ones like this were not reported to repeat all that wel...
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posted by none
0 comments posted 7yrs posted by none

Ping Ed Huntress (2025 Update)

I have not been here in a LONG time. Sorry, just to much political BS for me. I am looking for Ed Huntress. Still around...
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posted by karltownsend
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Tompson Table (2025 Update)

I am considering making something like a Thompson table, but smaller, For use on a drill press or a Drill mill, And won...
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posted by dcaster
0 comments posted 7yrs posted by dcaster

DuMore 21-011 drill sharpener (2025 Update)

If anyone is interested in a DuMore drill sharpner at considerably less than the one listed on Ebay please contact me....
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posted by email
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Home Made Floating Reamer Holder (2025 Update)

I've found that for small chucking reamers they tend to flex enough that any tiny misalignment doesn't matter, but for...
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posted by none
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O-1 vs W-1 (2025 Update)

One of my guilty pleasures is watching "Forged in Fire." While I wish they'd put a lot less energy into attempting to c...
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posted by rangerssuck
5 comments posted 7yrs posted by rangerssuck