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hammers

Which is better(tougher), a forged hammer or one machined from a single piece and heat treated(hardened and drawn)?
2 comments posted 18yrs
posted by awl2
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by awl2

OT: Auto Service Creeper

I bought a 'Bone' creeper a couple weeks ago. http://www.bonecreeper.com/bone.php3 It's a great product and a dream to...
0 comments posted 18yrs
posted by Winston
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by Winston

Alternatives to aluminum tube

More design questions: I need a stick-like thing, about 30 inches long, to go from a pivot point to a little electric m...
21 comments posted 18yrs
posted by tim
21 comments posted 18yrs posted by tim

Machine shop type stuff for sale

Hi all... Spring is finally coming around (I hope) and I think it's time to clean out the garage. I've got a ton of mac...
8 comments posted 18yrs
posted by awiecek
8 comments posted 18yrs posted by awiecek

Clarke 130EN

A little while ago, I had a question about life-span of fluxcore wire, and mentioned that I had a MIG welder I'd gotten...
29 comments posted 18yrs
posted by pfeiffer
29 comments posted 18yrs posted by pfeiffer

More Sheetmetal Pricing Angst

Is there a website or some other reference that I could use for guidelines of what will and won't cost a lot of money a...
7 comments posted 18yrs
posted by tim
7 comments posted 18yrs posted by tim

Belt tensioner for lathe motor

I added a tensioner for the motor belt on my lathe. Details at: http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/BeltTensioner.pdf
0 comments posted 18yrs
posted by bobengelhardt
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by bobengelhardt

Tinning copper bar

I have some lengths of cooper bar - 1 inc x 1/2 inch x 5 inch - used as interconnectors on 2v battery cells. I wish to...
13 comments posted 18yrs
posted by colinstone
13 comments posted 18yrs posted by colinstone

reducing the cost of labor

It comes about by reducing the cost of labor, and this comes about by transferring production facilities to that part o...
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posted by mwron
98 comments posted 18yrs posted by mwron

Henry Ford

In 1914, Henry Ford made a "bet the company" decision. Conventional thinkers thought he was insane. Those without Ford'...
2 comments posted 18yrs
posted by mwron
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by mwron

OT: Is this drug use?

Thought I'd ask you guys, because you seem to be about the best informed newsgroup I've run across. Being too old to be...
5 comments posted 18yrs
posted by bsa441
5 comments posted 18yrs posted by bsa441

looking for foundry for one-off aluminum casting

Howdy folks, Anybody know of a small shop for this?. It would basically be a bowl shape 12" diameter and 4" deep with 3...
4 comments posted 18yrs
posted by sheltech
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by sheltech

Gage Block calculator

There is a gent that has a bunch of metalworking programs on the web, one of which is a gage block stack calculation pro...
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posted by clutch
7 comments posted 18yrs posted by clutch