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Align keyway to tooth

I am manufacturing a matched gear set where the keyways must be symmetrically oriented across the mesh plane. What meth...
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posted by Nguyenghong
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I Bought Six Vises Brand New Full Price

My CNC machines have limited work envelopes. As a result I have modified a number of screwless vises to maximize use of...
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posted by none
24 comments posted 9mos posted by none

Metal roofing

[ cheating a little on the topic, please indulge me 8-) ] Does anybody have experience with steel roofing? I'm in need...
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posted by bp
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Ooops , bent it !

I was installing some turnbuckle/chain sway control on the 3 point hitch on my "new" tractor , and I was inattentive (I...
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posted by Snag_one
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7075 Vs Steel

I've machined 7075 before using speed and feed calculations on one of the CNC mills, and it machined just great. The ot...
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posted by none
6 comments posted 9mos posted by none

Who Has a Ring Roller ?

Thinking about Jim's question about wheels for his saw mill, and my simplistic replies for brute forcing a solution it...
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posted by none
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Fein Slugger - A Few Months Out

Now that I have been running the Fein Slugger for a few months I have to say I like it a lot. I can see why so many sho...
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posted by none
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Somebody Make Something

Yeah I'm talking to me too. I took almost two weeks off from customer jobs around the holidays. At first because I wasn...
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posted by none
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Found my lifter tick !

It was an exhaust gasket . -- Snag I appreciated foreign cultures more when they stayed foreign ...
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posted by Snag_one
7 comments posted 9mos posted by Snag_one

UK rental - okay with auto?!

Hello all. Don't know if this is worth a chortle. Given a lot of you in North America. Here in the UK, getting a hire-c...
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posted by null
22 comments posted 9mos posted by null

Dealing with Aluminum

Humor. https://youtube.com/shorts/SiXkHgTQII8?si=mU9I9rTwLK6_aloY<
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posted by tonys
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Remission

In my Christmas message I noted I wasn't going to make any molds in the shop until after the start of the New Year in s...
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Make Shift Bead Breaker

If you hung around shops and work spaces at any time I'm sure you have seen and heard all kinds of things. Yes split ri...
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posted by none
8 comments posted 10mos posted by none

Re: Cops & Robbers (Totally OT)

Fantasy Role Play. As kids some of us probably played cops & robbers, cowboys & Indians, soldier, and other things like...
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posted by muratlanne
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