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1 in 10 mortgages delinquent or in foreclosure
Even as the Fed reduced its benchmark interest rate to 1 percent, the White House was weighing a plan to slow the foreclosure epidemic in the housing market.
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Moving machinery
I had the riggers come in and rearrange all the machine tools in the lab: two manual lathes, 2 Bridgeports, Haas toolroom mill and lathe, Haas VF-0, a Haas turning center, and an Injection molder....
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Pictures -- was Can a hard bearing ball be welded to mild steel
Here's the end result with TIG.
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Another newbie lathe question
I've been reading a few things (mainly catalogs) to select some cutting tools. I'm particularly interested in sets of carbide insert tool holders. Does anyone have any links to resources for various...
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Can a hard bearing ball be welded to mild steel
The application is to make a turning handle for a vise, of a mild steel rod 9/16 in diameter, and two hard bearing balls 1" in diameter. Obviously, this is not a critical weld and strength...
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how are u all?
Nice meeting you online?
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Sizing a vent?
Hello, I have a box that needs to be force vented. I have a woodwork dust extractor and I want to size the vent for 450cfm throughput. I have no idea of the speed of the air flow with the extractor...
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Macho keyboards
It is certainly "entertaining" to see such "real" Macho guys standing there keyboard to keyboard and saying things that they couldn't say face-to-face. Especially on a "metalworking" NG. It takes me...
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Moving heavy machines
Since there seems to be alot on this subject lately, I'll add this, spent the weekend moving machines around my shop. Bought a set of these machine skates from ebay Item number: 350099092584 About 1/4...
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Another Defective Metal Product
Dave ItemFix - Social Video Factory
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Too good to be true?
This is the cheapest milling machine I have seen so far: anyone got some experience with it? Any comments on the specs? I suspect someone will recognize it as an equivalent of a similar piece of...
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Pinging Tom Gardner
Tom, Send an e-mail to your company looking for a recommendation for a brush.... maybe you can help me out in selecting what I need. Thanks. Ken.
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Need wire mesh rounds in Stainless Steel
I'm looking for a quote on mesh wire rounds of the the size below for a business acquaintance. They're looking at an inital purchase of 1,000 or 2,000 pieces. 3.25 inch diameter mesh rounds 40x40 mesh...
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OT: The US export business
OT: Columbia exports cocaine, Afghanistan exports opium. The US exports derivatives...... Why the "troubled assets" [CDOs] in TARP may *NEVER* recover. [PS - The Ponzi bonds didn't either.]...
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OT: How you are taking it in the shorts at the state and local level
They're gaining on us.... OT: How you are most likely also taking it in the shorts at the state and local level via interst rate swap derivatives. While the bailout at the national level by the...
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