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Punch blanks
Brought home a few punch blanks, or raw materials, which are little round things the size of various rifle cartridges. They are made from some wonder steel, as I discovered when I tried putting one in...
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Dead die
I have been using a Mastercraft 6-32 die to cut thread on a 1/8 welding rod to use (a small section of) as a gnomon for a miniature sundial. No problems. Today I had the bright idea to use a diamond...
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Made a little brake die from some scrap laying around
to bend metal fine. One photo shows a bent metal bar.
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Clausing 5914 chatter -- update 2
Well, I measured the dovetails on the cross-slide, and they seem pretty good, no more than a thousandth of wear on the male slide on the carriage. The gib is visibly worn. While I had the cross-slide...
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Lincoln Tig 300 problems
I picked up a Lincoln tig 300 square wave machine a couple weeks ago. Code 9298-ff The guy claimed that the power couldnt be dialed down to anything less than about 150 amps. Ive receipts for a number...
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Reall good
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FS: Raycon sinker EDM
I have a chance to buy a CNC sinker EDM. I don't need two, so my Raycon will be surplus to my needs. The biggest feature I'll miss is this unit is set up to use both graphite and copper electrodes. I...
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Tool gloat
Went yard saling today. Three pairs of new welding gloves. A new hard hat. Two Stearns fishing vests. A Crescent spud wrench. A 7" Milwaukee grinder. Some hefty chisels. A MONDO screwdriver. A new...
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fs: bandsaw blades anyone?
I have quite a pile (several dozen) bandsaw blades 3/4 inch 11ft 6 inches long, 8 tpi, Raker set, as shown in the ebay auction below. If you would like some go to my web site and find my email and...
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Looking for used mill
I have a friend looking for a used Bridgeport vertical mill or something similar. Fargo, ND area or within reasonable distance, 500 miles for the right machine. No junk, must be useable. Greg
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Abene miller
As I mentioned some time in the past, I wound up with an Abene miller. The shop finally released it to me, and since I couldnt get it over the mountain and home, I put it in a friends machine shop....
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Diamond tools
In a pile of discarded punch blanks, I found a few "diamond tools". These are relatively short round shanks, roughly 1/2x2 inch, with a ~2mm diamond embedded in the end. I know that these are useful...
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Electricital question
I want to run a stun gun arc from the box about 25 feet. What would be the best wire to use? I want to use a two wire combo that is within one sheath, like a light cord. For that high voltage, should...
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Identifying axle
Is there a way to identify the pundage rating on one? I am going to an auction and saw they have one with the bubs and everythign on it. The spring centers are 6 feet. But how can I tell the poundage...
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Steel wire carrying twelve volts ?
Could I have some advice please. I need to get a twelve volt, 1/2 amp supply five hundred metres up a hill. I do have a fence a metre high made from wooden posts and seven runs of Num eight (4...
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