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Re-post heads-up for USA-ians living close to BC

Busy-Bee Tools has the asian 10x18 lathe on sale for $888 CDN. With the exchange at todays rate of under 80 cents it is...
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posted by jtayNOSPAMlor
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by jtayNOSPAMlor

Fireplace doesn't burn very well

I have a fireplace in my CT home and am having a problem getting it to burn well. I can get it started nicely and it dr...
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posted by sirjbean
10 comments posted 18yrs posted by sirjbean

UNEF Thead form

I need a reality check. I constructed this 7/8-20 UNEF Class 2A thread from the data I found in the Machinery's Handboo...
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posted by jstewart
22 comments posted 18yrs posted by jstewart

Neat tool idea/ simple and it works!

I may be one of the last ones to come across this idea because some people I've told about say they have been doing it...
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posted by dixon263
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by dixon263

Where do all those funny 'standards' come from

We got into a discussion of all the metalworking and related standards: a mile is 1000 Roman Soldier paces, standard tr...
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posted by spamless
23 comments posted 18yrs posted by spamless

OT-Circuit City in Deadpool ?

Might be a good idea to avoid shopping at circuit city, returning or exchanging defective items will be a problem if th...
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posted by azotic
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by azotic

Boyer Schultz Surface Grinder

Anybody know where there's a manual for a Boyer Schultz 612 surface grinder on line? Are there any discussion groups fo...
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posted by GeoLane at PTD dot NET
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by GeoLane at PTD dot NET

Snob appeal pecking order of milling machines

As I research machine tools I'm seeing other names than "Bridgeport" although this is the name that I routinely associa...
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posted by vtuck
15 comments posted 18yrs posted by vtuck

mitutoyo squares

the other day i dropped my mitutoyo square and the threaded part that snugs the blade to the square head broke(sheared...
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posted by changbah
5 comments posted 18yrs posted by changbah

Metalwork on wood lathe

I suspect many existing members of this group will have an apoplexy reading this but I shall ask anyway: Has anyone don...
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posted by mkoblic
8 comments posted 18yrs posted by mkoblic

Help! Bridgeport slide kaput

It got to the end of the stroke with the power feed & jumped the track in there so that it no longer moves left to righ...
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posted by plh_member
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by plh_member

cutting cast iron

So a friend's Levittown house has a 3" dia. drain in the utility room. Alas, it's less than useful as the cast iron bel...
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posted by wb8foz
10 comments posted 18yrs posted by wb8foz

OT-Blatant Plug - Spinal Cord Injuury Book

My middle son and his wife just had a jointly authored book published. It's about spinal cord injuries and how victims...
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posted by jwisnia
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by jwisnia

OT: SWAT team visits neighbor

Two years ago, one of the buildings in our little industrial park was sold to a "plumbing supply outfit". Its 3 story a...
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posted by Buerste
7 comments posted 18yrs posted by Buerste

George McDuffee

Fitch thinks that housing prices have another 10% to go down. This is a more mild number than my guess of 15-20%. Very...
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posted by ignoramus24384
23 comments posted 18yrs posted by ignoramus24384