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collet holder

A friend who owned a machine shop that went belly up gave me 26 5C colletts from 1/16 to 1-1/16". I would like to make...
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posted by engineman1
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by engineman1

FREE - MIG cart

Home ... er, "custom" made MIG cart, for Lincoln SP135: http://home.comcast.net/~bobengelhardt/mig_cart.jpgexcepting th...
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posted by bobengelhardt
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Stinky kerosene?

In a recent thread, the smell of kerosene or diesel fuel was mentioned. I think I read somewhere that they deoderize ke...
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posted by spaco
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gas producer

Here's the guy's website: http://www.inetlink.ca/a31ford/cgcmb/ Love, Dad
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posted by spaco
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by spaco

Cleaning solvent

I got some parts I need to clean. I have gas and acetone, and a quart or so of mineral spirits. What's a good solvent f...
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posted by pittmanpirate
110 comments posted 18yrs posted by pittmanpirate

Logan Change gear whine

Nope, wrong kind of whine. I was working on my little Logan 200 with loose change gears, needed to do a .010" feed, whi...
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posted by spamless
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by spamless

protecting small OD tubing

I am making a few trinkets that use 5/64 (.078) OD .006 wall brass tubing. I bought the tubing and the bender from K&S....
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posted by rbce2003
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by rbce2003

De-arching leaf springs ?

Anyone know the mystery art of getting some of the arch out of some used leaf springs ? I thought it had to do with hea...
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posted by grumtac
5 comments posted 18yrs posted by grumtac

Gloat!

Snagged a good deal from work the other day. We were stripping out a building and there was a 10 HP 208/240 volt VFD ha...
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posted by goo1959SPAM
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HSS vs Coated Tooling RPMs

If a HSS bit can run at 1200 RPM, can coated TiN run at 1800 on average? Regards, Joe Agro, Jr. (800) 871-5022 01.908.5...
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posted by bob
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by bob

Thanks for the 3 phase help

Thanks to everyone that helped with the 3 phase info for my brother. Using what you guys said he's getting a rotary conv...
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posted by kfvorwerk
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Warning: Some metal content

[ READ THIS DESCRIPTION BEFORE WATCHING THE VIDEO!! Turn your sound on for this. This is really cool. Read this first,...
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posted by Clhuprich
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by Clhuprich

Recommendations for 3+ Ton Arbor Press?

I need an arbor press that is larger and better quality than the toyish 1/2-ton unit we have been using, and I would li...
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posted by westes-usc
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by westes-usc

OT HDPE/UHMW polyethylene?

I'm looking at 3/16" thick polyethylene sheets. Can it be bent 180° to an outer diameter of about 1 1/4"? HDPE http://w...
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posted by jdoe
10 comments posted 18yrs posted by jdoe

Ping Gunner

What is your website?
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posted by pittmanpirate
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by pittmanpirate