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Columbian Bench Press - The Jim Wilkins Special
Okay, my little Columbian isn't even in the same league, but I thought you might enjoy seeing what kind of clamping force can be achieved with a premium vise. found it interesting that I saw a lot of...
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career hustle LI - made possible by recent Contact Form
Copy of "hustling" message on "LinkedIn". The elevation of my perspective and the confidence on my feet/ foundations has gone rapid upwards recently. I had a lot of confidence knocked out of me by a...
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Fairbanks Morse D38 engine
Hi all You are folks of many interests and much knowledge. The "Fukushima" mess-up had my thoughts inconclusively jump to "D38". I heard the entire engine could be passed through the service hatch of...
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Reactivity of Steel At Elevated Temperatures
Most of us know If you dump a ton of oxygen, heat, and fuel on steel it can burn. Burn may be technically arguable but a very violent reaction resulting in loss of material in its original form...
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Teflon Runners
Technically PTFE as Teflon (tm) is a trade name and tends to cost a bit more. In casting and injection I make primarily aluminum molds. I do some steel press dies, and other things, but mostly I make...
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Spindle Spider: Buy vs. Make
I'm thinking of buying a spindle spider for my mini-lathe, but I was also considering making one, which I've not done before. I wanted to ask if it was recommended that I make it a do-it-yourself...
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WW1 memoir
This must be shared: https://dn790003.ca.archive.org/0/items/ErnstJngerTheStormOfSteel/Ernst_J%C3%BCnger_The_Storm_of_Steel.pdf...
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Virtue Signaling Vises
I recently posted a picture of a successful very high hold milling operation in a grinder vise on one of those machinist groups. It was a no-name import I am sure. I got a little respect and a little...
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OT: I Fixed It With Trash
Growing up having a country grocery store 60 miles from town we often couldn't get a professional anything out to fix stuff. On the rare occasions when we could the mileage charges and extra time cost...
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Wind/Solar Generate RECORD Power World Wide In 2022 (CNBC) - got it?
‘Entering the clean power era’: Wind and solar generated a record amount of global power in 2022 CNBC - April 12, 2023 - "We are entering the clean power era," said MaÅgorzata Wiatros-Motyka,...
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Take a _______ And Go ________ Some ________!
I'm headed out to the shop to make a small production run of molds, but I can only sing the same song so many times. Lets hear what you did today. (The last week or to is fine.)
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Rolling Metal
So, did any of you guys ever get sucked into Rolling Metal's videos. "Well this is what I did last time and I'm not happy with it. So here we are scrapping metal in a circular motion for 30 minutes...
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Short Back Set Entry Lock Bolts
I want to replace two entry lock sets on my shop to match the interior doors, but the steel doors have a much shorter backset from the jamb than the "normal" lockset. What do I look for? Where do I...
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Another interesting project
I got a call the other day from a guy that builds banjos ... yes , he's a banjo builder . Anyway , he builds up the body band with 3 layers of wood , apparently steamed wood to get it to bend that...
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Metal content - 27 year old Ford Ranger
Working on cars doesn't get any easier as we age - - - When I bought this old Ranger 11 years ago with 307000Km on it I paid to have the clutch replaced - $300 parts and $600 labor. (quote now is $900...
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