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OT: when to shoot back

Hypothetical situation: Let's assume you've got a glock in your pocket at a public hearing and you won't pull it out un...
77 comments posted 18yrs
posted by karltownsend.NOT
77 comments posted 18yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

bridgeport HELP PLEASE!!

Hi Friends, I'm trying to help my Italian friend sort out an electrical problem with his Bridgeport mill. Please excuse...
17 comments posted 18yrs
posted by dmcrisp
17 comments posted 18yrs posted by dmcrisp

OT: adding water to fuel

Anyone have a look at these water & fuel hybrid retrofits? The idea is that you use electrolysis to separate water into...
54 comments posted 18yrs
posted by doc
54 comments posted 18yrs posted by doc

-metal- universal indexer to BP

Thinking about gearing a universal indexer to the x axis of my BP to do spiral cuts. Several pitches needed, thus need s...
5 comments posted 18yrs
posted by soundadv
5 comments posted 18yrs posted by soundadv

substitute for plywood needed

Any plastic guru's here? Looking to replace a peice of 3/4" plywood with some type of plastic. Application is in a heat...
15 comments posted 18yrs
posted by rbraun333
15 comments posted 18yrs posted by rbraun333

Rotary Table Suggestions

Customer has small parts to perform multiple functions on. Probably a total of three steps. Load, drill, tap, unload. O...
4 comments posted 18yrs
posted by bob
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by bob

What is it? CCXXIII

Just posted set number 223: http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/ Rob
3 comments posted 18yrs
posted by rhvp67
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by rhvp67

Carbon fiber can so break!

Americas Cub 1995 Australia One http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/media/08/0310/
29 comments posted 18yrs
posted by cavelamb
29 comments posted 18yrs posted by cavelamb

QUICK!

I put an ad for a used welder. An old gentleman just called me with a Lincoln SA 200 with trailer and a Victor torch se...
7 comments posted 18yrs
posted by WeBMorfin
7 comments posted 18yrs posted by WeBMorfin

New Invetion: "Oops Tape"

Tape that you can wrap around an electrical connection, then heat shrink, AFTER you soldered the joint. I don't know wh...
15 comments posted 18yrs
posted by ivan
15 comments posted 18yrs posted by ivan

Transporting 2 tons in a 1 ton pickup truck

I think that it is insane and would not do it or approve of it. Here's the story. There is a guy who wants to transport...
48 comments posted 18yrs
posted by ignoramus25581
48 comments posted 18yrs posted by ignoramus25581

What do you call this angled groove slide?

Looks like this from the side: / \ . It is fixed to the table. You slide in a slightly smaller piece and it slides witho...
4 comments posted 18yrs
posted by stu
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by stu

Great articles on high strength fasteners

http://www.unbrako.com/facts.htm Very nicely presented information about high strength fasteners, clamping force, etc....
2 comments posted 18yrs
posted by ignoramus11215
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by ignoramus11215

Sort of OT - 2D/3D CNC die cutters? (Cricut)

So, the wife wants a "Cricut" computer controlled die cutter, for making scrapbooking stuff. Looks cool enough, basical...
4 comments posted 18yrs
posted by DaveHinz
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by DaveHinz

Rec Crafts Politics

Since the NG has been taken over by people who have no clue that it is supposed to be RCM not RCP I shall no longer was...
25 comments posted 18yrs
posted by wbbright
25 comments posted 18yrs posted by wbbright