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Another DC motor question

Have a 3 HP permanent magnet DC motor I need to nurse back to life for three days. Opened it up and the glaringly obvio...
5 comments posted 18yrs
posted by use-other
5 comments posted 18yrs posted by use-other

Battery question

My grandkids have this ATV. It's plastic, and runs on a 12v 8AH battery that won't charge any more. I haven't priced th...
23 comments posted 18yrs
posted by toquerville
23 comments posted 18yrs posted by toquerville

Die lift table

Found a die lift table today, 1,000 lbs capacity, it has four threaded posts, similar to this lift: http://www.chdist.co...
9 comments posted 18yrs
posted by ignoramus8122
9 comments posted 18yrs posted by ignoramus8122

Fans of "How it's Made"

http://www.shopfloor.org/category/coolstuffbeingmade/ --Winston
17 comments posted 18yrs
posted by Winston
17 comments posted 18yrs posted by Winston

Frozen compressor

I attempted to post this earlier but it has not appeared. Hope it doesn't pop up twice. I recently bought a military su...
17 comments posted 18yrs
posted by vtuck
17 comments posted 18yrs posted by vtuck

Hydraulic motors

Hi All, I see hydraulic motors are rated in "inch ounces". I have no idea what that means in the real world. Can someon...
30 comments posted 18yrs
posted by rhbuxton
30 comments posted 18yrs posted by rhbuxton

cost of junk metal

I'm giving serious consideration to taking up gas welding/brazing to try my hand at metal sculpturing. Today I called a...
7 comments posted 18yrs
posted by Yumpin.Yimminie
7 comments posted 18yrs posted by Yumpin.Yimminie

Quality time with a son -- metal content

Met son Kevin at Cambridge range today about 1:30. Right on time even, that may be a first for him. We'd agreed to have...
2 comments posted 18yrs
posted by dforeman
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by dforeman

OT Warren Buffett interview on bailout

I have admired him since approximately 1996, and own a bunch of his company shares since 1997, in fact I have 96% of my...
11 comments posted 18yrs
posted by ignoramus26581
11 comments posted 18yrs posted by ignoramus26581

Bridgeport dimension

What's the height from the floor to the top of the ram on a Bridgeport J / 2J vertical mill? Reason I'm asking is to tr...
36 comments posted 18yrs
posted by GeoLane at PTD dot NET
36 comments posted 18yrs posted by GeoLane at PTD dot NET

Need a big cordless hammer drill?

Apparently Bosch is dumping their lithium-ion 36 V Brute Tough hammer drill. Bosch part number 18636-2 You can find it...
5 comments posted 18yrs
posted by jdoe
5 comments posted 18yrs posted by jdoe

"heating rod" for an arc welder

looking to heat up a pretty big chunk of steel, preferably near (or maybe even "at") red. my oxi-acet gas bottles are n...
9 comments posted 18yrs
posted by tool_box
9 comments posted 18yrs posted by tool_box

Flies in the shop!!

--We seem to be in the middle of a fly epidemic. Anyone got something more effective than flypaper? We put up 4 of them...
33 comments posted 18yrs
posted by steamer
33 comments posted 18yrs posted by steamer