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Ping Gunner

I didn't make it to work today to gather you engine-work brushes, instead I had a minor surgical procedure...and got a...
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posted by tom(spamless)
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by tom(spamless)

Tying down a lathe

I would transport the lathe in my trailer. It is 13x36, about 1,500 lbs. The lathe will be on cart, which I could raise...
19 comments posted 18yrs
posted by ignoramus27232
19 comments posted 18yrs posted by ignoramus27232

DIY heat treating oven video

Not the prettiest looking one but it's been getting the job done for a couple of years: http://www.viddler.com/explore/r...
2 comments posted 18yrs
posted by rashid.karimov
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by rashid.karimov

9x20 common mods video

A video I did on common mods for the "controversial" 9x20. http://www.viddler.com/explore/rashid11/videos/2/
2 comments posted 18yrs
posted by rashid.karimov
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by rashid.karimov

Thanks Guys - Cuting Aluminum

I have tried to stay off the river during this extended amateur night going on during the holidays. Last holiday I fish...
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posted by nospam
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by nospam

Anyone playing with brl-cad?

Someone I chat with suggested that this would be an free way to play a bit. The solid modeler http://brlcad.org/wiki/Do...
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posted by clutch
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by clutch

I need some shaft coupling ideas

Folks, I am wanting to couple a square shaft (~.310inches) to a pulley of ~ 2 to 4 inches in diameter with ~ .500 or .6...
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posted by jbleaux
7 comments posted 18yrs posted by jbleaux

Machining Copper

Are there any special tricks to machining copper ? I need to bore out some half inch sock x mt adapters to add pipe to t...
3 comments posted 18yrs
posted by anywhere
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by anywhere

Lathe bed regrinding

Has anyone tried to take a lathe bed for regrinding? What was the procedure , what did you have to take off and how muc...
12 comments posted 18yrs
posted by ignoramus11230
12 comments posted 18yrs posted by ignoramus11230

Ballscrew rework

I've got an 'Acupath mill' ( Taiwanese import mill vintage 80's) with a trashed X axis ball screw. The move crew took i...
8 comments posted 18yrs
posted by spamless
8 comments posted 18yrs posted by spamless

Benchmaster Mill on craigslist

Looks like a good deal. http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/tls/743695728.html Best Regards Tom.
0 comments posted 18yrs
posted by azotic
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by azotic

pressure switch wire

My well is located 400+ feet from the storage tanks and pressure switch in the basement. I buried a 12-2 romex with the...
20 comments posted 18yrs
posted by karltownsend.NOT
20 comments posted 18yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

Shotgun chamber D reamer?

Picked up a 16ga SxS hammer gun yesterday. Steel (not damascus) barrels. Nothing fancy, made by Crescent but it's in gr...
11 comments posted 18yrs
posted by billmarrs
11 comments posted 18yrs posted by billmarrs