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Nailgun education
Gunner "Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire. Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us) off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give them...
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Ping tom Gardner! OT how to cut nylon brush:-)
Tom, I am a refrigeration serviceman and this problem has come up a couple of times and each time we just muddled thru it and got a fair job of fixing it. Here it is. Some commercial walk-in-cooler...
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H8178 Table Power Feed for G0463/G0619 (Sieg X3 / Super X3)
found mine to work OK, except that the way it's mounted. There is no way to line up the motor shaft to the leadscrew in a way that keeps things lined up. The manual handwheel is harder to turn due to...
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Ferrofluid
Kind of metal related, I made up a 1/2 litre of ferrofluid, in this case colloidial magnetite suspended in kerosene using a recipe from: link Seems to work okay, but I think I need a stronger magnet...
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Looking for info on coining
Some years back someone on this group shared a document which described the process of coining, including some guidelines such as pressure required vs/ material and diameter. Does anyone have this? We...
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Can I save my bandsaw blade?
I had the feed set a little too high on my bandsaw. Next thing I know the blade jumped off the wheel. It looks a little wiggly in one area (the blade is kinda S shaped from side to side). Is there any...
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heat treatment tools
Hi I bought some wrenches at a fire-damaged sale. They were burnt in a fire at the tool store and were very cheap so I took the risk, but find that they are useless and bend very easily. Is it...
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OT: but with tool use!
You think YOU'VE had a bad day? No matter how bad your day is going, somebody out there has it worse.
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Pinging Harold & Susan
Hi Harold, I followed your thread regarding diamond vs. silicon wheels. One point of confusion. Steel should not be ground on diamond. How come the Drill Doctor and my el-cheepo knife sharpener use...
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Anyone know what this pipe is called?
Hi, I just picked up several sections of pipe from the junkyard, but I can't really peg what it is known as. The sections are about 4" long. It is a dark gray steel with a little bit of red rust. The...
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OT Repaired plastic gas tank
OT, all plastic but works with a metal engine. My lawnmower plastic gas tank sprung a small leak, amazing how much gas drips from a tiny leak. Here's what I did; Pressurized the tank to lung pressure....
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What is it? CCXII
Set number 212 has just been posted: Rob What is it?
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Allen Bradley 1305 VFD
I have a 460v 3 ph. 3 hp. Allen Bradley VFD. I would like to apply DC to the buss from a single phase power supply instead of a rotary converter. Any problems with this?
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Deck repair
Hi Joost, While you will get good responses here, you may also try For the job you are describing, you neednt be too accurate with the rolling. For a job like this, what we would usually do is just...
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Bench Grinder
I've just bought a diamond wheel-dresser which is a steel rod with a block of steel at the end with a 1.5" x 1/2" face with coarse diamonds stuck to it. Anyone know how the diamonds are attached? And...
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