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PICTURES of writing letters with 6013 welding rod
to all who made some helpful suggestions in the welding newsgroup. After burning a couple of dozen of E6013 welding rods, I finally made some progress in writing with 6013. I used approximately 80...
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whats the difference between an AC Ignition coil and a DC one?
Im puttering around with the 1974 Honda XL 350...and the coil puts out a weak spark...It may have something to do with the fact the lead wire to the plug is only held on with the internal wire..the...
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Simple Machines: three or six?
OK, the Kid Down The Street came to me with a project. He has to make something with all SIX(!) simple machines. So, I said to him, "There are only THREE simple machines. The lever, the wheel and the...
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Need Haas 5C Rotary Servo Controller Manual
I have a manual for an older Haas 5C Rotary Indexer (stepper controller) but need one for the newer 5C Servo Controller. Link shows excerpt from the manual I have and stitched photo of the controller...
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Rust removers
New Member here! Hello all! Anyone have a cheap (reasonable) recipe for a chemical rust remover that can be used in removing medium to heavy rust? I'm always restoring or reclying something that has...
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Obtaining 460v from a "480 -> 240" ACME Transformer
I have a plasma cutter that is slightly broken (Hypertherm 600 with cracked torch-to-machine plug). The plasma cutter is 460 v only. (no kidding). So it sat in my shed for a few years as I had no...
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DIY Coolant Pump For Milling
I've been playing with a Taig 2019 mini mill for a while now, and its fun, but for hogging out any real amounts of metal I need to keep a constant spray of oil on my cutter. WD-40 works pretty darn...
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HF 15% coupon 3 days
Harbor Freight buys their top quality tools from the same factories that supply our competitors. We cut out the middleman and pass the savings to you!
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Machining videos
of 10 videos, 30-40 minutes each. Beginner/novice level, but well done. Better than some of the DVD's at SmartFlix & free. Bob
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Welding positioner for the working poor
When I weld some things, such as especially pipes, but other things also, I often want to hold then relatively firmly in a certain way. The limit would be something like 10 lbs weight. What I want is...
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Mythbusters stuff
--Remember the time they tried to make an I.C. engine run on gunpowder? A bunch of us were talking about this the other day and we seemed to have vague memories of this actually working once, maybe in...
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how to accurately grind 60 degree lathe bits
Hi fellow home shop machinists, Can somebody please refer me to a link on how to accurately grind 60 degree lathe bits. Consistancy is what I'm looking for. I need to grind several single cut...
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Steve Lusardi
Your email is not working. I got a message from your mail server "cannot relay to "
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ENCO free-shipping code for November?
? Thanks, Bob
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MIG and Arc differences
Hi all - started my welding unit, first time with a MIG welder - WOW!!! what FANTASTIC machines. Only trouble is, my LCD helmet, with a fixed setting of DIN 13 goes so dark I cant see the weld line -...
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