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A swell day

I had a swell day today which included a gunsmoke luncheon and social. Today it was the core trio of Brian, Todd and me...
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posted by dforeman
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by dforeman

For Gunner - Whitworth links

For Gunner and his Royal Enfield; a set of impact sockets could be reasonably cheap to post from the UK to wherever the...
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posted by jtayNOSPAMlor
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by jtayNOSPAMlor

Power Feed ?

I picked up a treadmill today , for free - well , OK , I got a couple gallons of gas invested . I know it's probably ov...
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posted by snagone
13 comments posted 17yrs posted by snagone

Standard radius for metal forms

Can anyone point me to a table with the standard radius for corners for different steel forms? I want to place 2x4 tubi...
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posted by tony_at_vse2pdf_dot_com
7 comments posted 17yrs posted by tony_at_vse2pdf_dot_com

Abrasive Cutoff Saw Issues

I'm having some issues cutting 1/8" thick angle iron with my HF cutoff saw (44829). When the blade is running at full s...
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posted by jondanSPAMniken
28 comments posted 17yrs posted by jondanSPAMniken

Happy Thanksgiving to All Our American Buddies

Hey All, Happy Thanksgiving to All !! And despite the recent monetary woes, there is still plenty to be thankful for......
9 comments posted 17yrs
posted by lawsonb
9 comments posted 17yrs posted by lawsonb

Bead blasting advice please

Greetings All, I have a customer who brought me some aluminum castings to repair that required welding. After welding u...
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posted by etpm
8 comments posted 17yrs posted by etpm

exact gear ratio

I'm setting up rigid tapping on my mill. The encoder is ahead of the backgear so I'm wanting the exact gear ratio. I se...
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posted by karltownsend.NOT
21 comments posted 17yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

A Christmas story

I was just in WalMart trying to do some Christmas shopping. Lot's of people, lot's of bad little kids running around th...
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posted by gmasterman
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by gmasterman

Problem with Hypertherm Powermax 380 plasma cutter

I'm getting a "Gas pressure" fault on my plasma cutter (Hypertherm Powermax 380). The PC monitors the gas (air in my ca...
2 comments posted 17yrs
posted by bobengelhardt
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by bobengelhardt

OT: Ballot challenge truce

You may recall my story about a lot of ballots being challenged by the democrats at our recount site... It turns out th...
15 comments posted 17yrs
posted by karltownsend.NOT
15 comments posted 17yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

Squaring a milling vise

The new vise arrived today. Eagerly I clamped it to the table and had at it with my indicator (NB - *not* a test indica...
39 comments posted 17yrs
posted by mkoblic
39 comments posted 17yrs posted by mkoblic