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Hardinge collet angles

Gentlemen I need to determine the collet angle on 5C and 3C collets. I have seen the 5C quoted as 20 degrees inclusive...
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posted by poundeater
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by poundeater

Electric motor under water

Had some flooding and my cement mixer got inundated. The water rose 6" above the top of the electric motor (1hp) and st...
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posted by ivan
13 comments posted 17yrs posted by ivan

Welding - actual metal working content!

I built a trailer years back (1996 in fact) to haul a small airplane (400 pounds). It started life as an 8' pop up camp...
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posted by cavelamb
20 comments posted 17yrs posted by cavelamb

Metal working DVD rental

Anyone rented Metalworking or gunsmithing DVD's from here? http://smartflix.com/How's their service? Karl
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posted by kfvorwerk
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by kfvorwerk

#OT# Cause of economic crisis identified

"Daddy Warbucks" aka "Bazooka" Paulson has identified the root cause of the current economic problems. It is all the fa...
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posted by gmcduffee
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by gmcduffee

Cobalt Drill Bits

Hello All, I had the occassion to drill through some very hard fasteners. Standard HSS bits were becoming dull in a ver...
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posted by a6mech
30 comments posted 17yrs posted by a6mech

How to make cutter discs for a food processor?

Hi I want to make my own disc for a foodprocessor. I could buy another model, where the dics, I am looking for, is stan...
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posted by peter900000
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by peter900000

Manufacturing our own spectacles?

Manufacturing our own spectacles? The price of lenses seems to have sky-rocketed in recent years and it seems to me tha...
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posted by invalid
50 comments posted 17yrs posted by invalid

Question about gearmotor power

Now I have a 1/2 hp , 247 in. lb torque, ac gearmotor that bogs down under the loads I need it for , and I need a bigge...
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posted by sheltech
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by sheltech

WAS CNC mill - now 3phase help

Ok... now I'm in a slight bind. I have a mill to arrive Monday. It isn't rated in HP, because the entire system is 3-ph...
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posted by lloydspinsidemindspring.com
10 comments posted 17yrs posted by lloydspinsidemindspring.com

Reassembling one shot oiler tubing

I took the table and saddle apart on my (new to me) Bridgeport to give them a good cleaning and had to pull out the two...
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posted by GeoLane at PTD dot NET
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by GeoLane at PTD dot NET

Ref:Hurco Encoders

A 1000 line quadrature encoder such as you have puts out 4000 lines per rev. The quadrature signal produced by incremen...
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posted by debco99
1 comments posted 17yrs posted by debco99

Update- Honda XL350 Milestone

More in the continuing saga of Gunner and 2 wheeled iron...... The 1974 Honda Xl 350 that Ive owned, but never started,...
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posted by gunner
14 comments posted 17yrs posted by gunner