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Bridgeport hole in the wall

Gentlemen. I am still in the process of covering up the gaping hole in the back bedroom wall after removing the studs a...
8 comments posted 17yrs
posted by vtuck
8 comments posted 17yrs posted by vtuck

Follow up on SPI drill chuck

A little while ago I inquired here about an SPI keyless chuck. Comments were favorable & I bought one. I just got aroun...
0 comments posted 17yrs
posted by bobengelhardt
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by bobengelhardt

BS Universal

I just posted a picture to the dropbox, (http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/bs_universal.JPG) I'm wondering if someone...
10 comments posted 17yrs
posted by cyberzl1
10 comments posted 17yrs posted by cyberzl1

OT: caulking how to?

Every time I get to caulking I run into the how to do it in a neat clean way. While back I had to re-seal an aquarium....
18 comments posted 17yrs
posted by doc
18 comments posted 17yrs posted by doc

Optical sensing- MIT/Olin DARPA car files

Of possible interest to those controlling things with sensors. MIT has put the movies, computer visualizations, and som...
0 comments posted 17yrs
posted by kevin
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by kevin

How to cut a 1/4" slot through a 1-1/4" rod?

Hi folks: I am trying to make a skeg-mount rudder for a lobsterboat. the rudder is made from a 1/4" thick piece of 316...
13 comments posted 17yrs
posted by ahall
13 comments posted 17yrs posted by ahall

Wire cable and pulley sizes

I had to repair a machine today that uses a static reel to counter balance a slide assembly that has a rotary encoder o...
3 comments posted 17yrs
posted by clutch
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by clutch

Chemical experiment not going well

With my 7 year old, I was trying to do a simple experiment, which is extraction of oxygen and hydrogen from water by me...
42 comments posted 17yrs
posted by ignoramus25884
42 comments posted 17yrs posted by ignoramus25884

Grinding a blank lathe tool for parting or cutoff

Ive used some 3/8 & 1/2 square tools that were factory ground to about 1/16 on the end for parting and cutoff. They wor...
43 comments posted 17yrs
posted by tucker
43 comments posted 17yrs posted by tucker

Topics on Electronics

Electronics is the field of manipulating electrical currents and voltages using passive and active components that are...
4 comments posted 17yrs
posted by swapnak01
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by swapnak01

Slighly OT: toilet spacer

So when I blinked, everyone else stepped back & I ended up volunteering to help a friend gut and rebuilt his bathroom....
28 comments posted 17yrs
posted by wb8foz
28 comments posted 17yrs posted by wb8foz

CABIN FEVER

It is not too early to make plans to attend CABIN FEVER EXPO. http://www.cabinfeverexpo.com/ Jan 17,18,&19. Any other R...
2 comments posted 17yrs
posted by flash60601
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by flash60601

steel bolts stuck in AL

My son just gave me a little job... I've got six aluminum pickup topper clamps that used steel bolts. They are all corr...
31 comments posted 17yrs
posted by karltownsend.NOT
31 comments posted 17yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

optical pattern tracers

how do those optical pattern tracers follow a line? I saw an old one back about 20 years ago. I don't think that it had...
25 comments posted 17yrs
posted by notme
25 comments posted 17yrs posted by notme

New Song Books

Yesterday, at the rotary club meeting, our president announced that we will be getting new song books. That's because "A...
2 comments posted 17yrs
posted by karltownsend.NOT
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT