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Stainless polishing

Is anyone doing metal polishing (I'm interested in Stainless) and could give me some advice. I'm not going into the bus...
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posted by b*paige*125
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by b*paige*125

Some scraping-videos

Hi! I made 3 hand scraping related videos: Preparing the granite plate: Grinding the carbide plate: Scraping in a lathe'...
5 comments posted 18yrs
posted by muellernick
5 comments posted 18yrs posted by muellernick

Plastic Coat Your Cedar with EPL

Plastic Coat Your Cedar with EPL EPL is a clear thin polymer coat that will maintain the bright cedar wood look. Buy on...
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posted by 1024468
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by 1024468

Steel Slab weight

Can anyone tell me the weight of a steel slab that is 3/4" x 31.5" x 42" ? Thanks, Bill
18 comments posted 18yrs
posted by longyard
18 comments posted 18yrs posted by longyard

15 hp lathe

convert to DC drive motor or VFD . I can get a 10 Hp dc 180 volt motor and controller for about what i would pay for the...
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posted by williamhenry
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by williamhenry

Buying from Scrap yards?

The town where I live has started not letting you take anything from the scrap metal bin at the town dump. Apparently t...
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posted by scottb9411removethis
17 comments posted 18yrs posted by scottb9411removethis

Cold rolled vs hot rolled

Okay, I need an education. I do occasional minor metal fab (truck rack, welding cart etc.) and also some machining. All...
6 comments posted 18yrs
posted by ivan
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by ivan

Can I do it to Conduit?

I have some 4 inch, grey, electrical conduit and I need to run but some portions will need to have slight bends. They w...
47 comments posted 18yrs
posted by jbleaux
47 comments posted 18yrs posted by jbleaux

Clausing 5914 chatter -- solved at last

Well, I think I finally figured it out, although there is still a mystery. The problem has been that I could not cut a...
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posted by joegwinn
32 comments posted 18yrs posted by joegwinn

Cincinnati 1 1/2 universal milling machine

I saw an add for an "old milling machine" and took a little road trip yesterday. The add was not very descriptive but s...
6 comments posted 18yrs
posted by carlsboyd
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by carlsboyd

How to bend 1/4" steel strip

I'm making a bracket for my racing seat. I'm trying to use the original mounting holes in the car (a 96 Miata) which ar...
16 comments posted 18yrs
posted by freddielu
16 comments posted 18yrs posted by freddielu

Lettering on metal

This is an art type project. I have a 4" (1/4 inch thick) piece or art metal that I cut in the shape or a Lauburu. This...
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posted by ivan
24 comments posted 18yrs posted by ivan

Lathe update/questions

Hello all, It appears that my news server and reader were not happy with each other. Unless I miss my guess, Earthlink'...
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posted by bschwab
130 comments posted 18yrs posted by bschwab

Very interesting homemade trailer

http://cgi.ebay.com/UTILITY-TRAILER_W0QQitemZ290217745823QQihZ019QQcategoryZ95495QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem V...
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posted by ignoramus20845
29 comments posted 18yrs posted by ignoramus20845