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Lathe set-up

My clausing lathe cuts tapers instead of straight cylinders. I am trying to set up my Clausing lathe in a way that elim...
26 comments posted 18yrs
posted by ignoramus3975
26 comments posted 18yrs posted by ignoramus3975

Please help identify a tool?

Does anyone know what this tool is called and what's it for? It's the first two pics on my Photobucket site, just click...
14 comments posted 18yrs
posted by kolesnik
14 comments posted 18yrs posted by kolesnik

the accidental plater

Here is what goes on.... I bend a thin wall brass tube to shape then I have to melt the bending medium out of the pipe...
35 comments posted 18yrs
posted by waldhorn
35 comments posted 18yrs posted by waldhorn

Strange fish-scale plastic needed

Imagine a sheet or strip of gauze cloth on a table. Imagine you have a block of wood with a plastic material that has c...
12 comments posted 18yrs
posted by Buerste
12 comments posted 18yrs posted by Buerste

OT: Photos of mystery revolver

I have placed photos of a six shot 6mm pocket revolver manufactured by the "Manufacture d'Armes et Cycles de Saint Etie...
0 comments posted 18yrs
posted by kevin
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by kevin

Metal project (sawmill)

cross posted RCM and RW Ck'n back in hoping the mind numbing election noise has died down a bit. I'm starting to build...
15 comments posted 18yrs
posted by AndrewV
15 comments posted 18yrs posted by AndrewV

WTB/WTT/WTBBS: 1996 FADAL 4020HT VMC Manuals

group: got in a new (to us) 1996 FADAL 4020HT w/ CNC88HS control; looking to purchase, trade, beg/borrow/steal manuals...
0 comments posted 18yrs
posted by btuttleman
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by btuttleman

Signed up for TIG class

Since I have this current "Welding 101" class under my belt, well almost, I am eligible for more advanced classes. I ch...
12 comments posted 18yrs
posted by ignoramus3975
12 comments posted 18yrs posted by ignoramus3975

OT - Filtering Google Group Postings in Agent?

I tried to filter by "Organization:", but Agent won't let me. Is there another way? I don't want to get rid of gmail, j...
9 comments posted 18yrs
posted by see_real_one
9 comments posted 18yrs posted by see_real_one

Brown and Shapre techmaster lives and grinds

After almost a year the "new" B & S grinder is in place. Found out you could stop the table with your hand and could no...
3 comments posted 18yrs
posted by rbraun333
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by rbraun333

OT: NRA special offers?

Is anybody else getting a load of spam offers from the NRA for wine collections ("Dear NRA Wine Lover...2005 The Acroba...
15 comments posted 18yrs
posted by huntres23
15 comments posted 18yrs posted by huntres23

Bridgeport installation

Gentlemen. The bridgeport mill is still sitting on the trailer behind its new home. Tomorrow I will cut a huge gaping h...
14 comments posted 18yrs
posted by vtuck
14 comments posted 18yrs posted by vtuck

Older Rong-Fu Mill Drill Question

Howdy, In a few days I will be looking at a mill drill for consideration of purchase, an older 2HP RF-30, and am hoping...
10 comments posted 18yrs
posted by jondanSPAMniken
10 comments posted 18yrs posted by jondanSPAMniken