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Hobby Machining Manufacturing Business?

Due to underemployment I like to do challenging hobby projects at home mostly because I enjoy it, but it's nice to make...
12 comments posted 17yrs
posted by regor
12 comments posted 17yrs posted by regor

Laser sights help senior eyes

http://members.goldengate.net/dforeman/sig-laser/
1 comments posted 17yrs
posted by dforeman
1 comments posted 17yrs posted by dforeman

Ammonia smell from a motor

So I have a buyer coming to inspect the Hardinge UM I'm selling and plug it in for the first time in months just to be...
6 comments posted 17yrs
posted by GeoLane at PTD dot NET
6 comments posted 17yrs posted by GeoLane at PTD dot NET

simple metal working at its best

got to do this again - it's is gratifying to have a simple fix for a $$$ problem http://www.wbnoble.com/cars/924-944_slo...
0 comments posted 17yrs
posted by nobody
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by nobody

Sandblaster 100 feet from compressor

I came across a smallish sized Trinco sandblaster today (24 inch wide with front door only), with dust collector. I am...
3 comments posted 17yrs
posted by ignoramus32252
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by ignoramus32252

S&P 500 gains since 1966

S&P 500 in 1966: 93.3 S&P 500 in 2009: 756 CPI Deflator in 1966: 31 CPI Deflator in 2009: 211 S&P 500 annualized capital...
21 comments posted 17yrs
posted by ignoramus32252
21 comments posted 17yrs posted by ignoramus32252

Q about Aluminum pricing

at my favorite on-line metal dealer, I can get Aluminum 6061-T6 Extruded Flat Rod .375" x 6" x 12" for $14.43 Sheet .37...
3 comments posted 17yrs
posted by ndrez
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by ndrez

Aluminum-Boron Composite?

One of my clients is working on a new mechanism that's going to require a high performance control system. Whenever thi...
10 comments posted 17yrs
posted by tim
10 comments posted 17yrs posted by tim

OT connecting TV "rabbit ears" to LCD flatscreen

Friend wants to dump the 13" portable tv that is connected to the rabbit ears, this is if it's possible to get the "ove...
5 comments posted 17yrs
posted by gary556
5 comments posted 17yrs posted by gary556

Solder cracks on circuit board

I get a little bunch of laptop cast-offs for one reason or another. Often, if they are current enough to be useful, I'l...
20 comments posted 17yrs
posted by Buerste
20 comments posted 17yrs posted by Buerste

Anyone ever use ice to pop dents out of tubing?

Won the battle to remove motorcycle header pipes from the "slip-on" (yeah right) 2-1 collector - multiple applications...
8 comments posted 17yrs
posted by jtayNOSPAMlor
8 comments posted 17yrs posted by jtayNOSPAMlor

Electric motor shafts

In an effort to educate myself and hopefully gain a 3/4" shaft in the process I attacked an electric motor I bought for...
23 comments posted 17yrs
posted by mkoblic
23 comments posted 17yrs posted by mkoblic

HF auto darkening helmet

This was kicked around a year or so, but I don't remember the consensus. What does everyone think of them. My main conce...
40 comments posted 17yrs
posted by pilgrim
40 comments posted 17yrs posted by pilgrim

Holding small parts

I volunteered to fix a bunch of older Vemco drafting machines (elbow type) for the local high school. A frequent fault...
12 comments posted 17yrs
posted by ivan
12 comments posted 17yrs posted by ivan