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He Talks!

And on You Tube too! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUWZO2HVuBA Go check him out. I spent half the weekend drawing this...
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posted by cavelamb
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by cavelamb

ON topic (sorta?)

Bender Bending Rodriguez! He's a girder bending 'bot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUWZO2HVuBA
3 comments posted 18yrs
posted by cavelamb
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by cavelamb

Golden Calf

Cross posted to sci.engr.metallurgy In a discussion on another site, a metallurgy question came up. (Quoted on http://h...
3 comments posted 18yrs
posted by mkopinsky
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by mkopinsky

Green low-friction coating in Clausing Varidrives

Curious, I did some google research (on "low friction coating green"), and found the following: (200L looks promising)...
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posted by joegwinn
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by joegwinn

What kind of plating is this?

Just took this wheelnut off: http://www.mythic-beasts.com/~cdt22/wheelnut.jpg You can see the original plating inside,...
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posted by cdt22NOSPAM
11 comments posted 18yrs posted by cdt22NOSPAM

Clausing 5914 VariDrive Wobble - 1st update

After some careful hi-spotting and filing of the bunged-up end of the motor shaft, the pulley now slides onto the motor...
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posted by joegwinn
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by joegwinn

OT capping a tube of silicone caulk

just wondering, is there a good technique out there for capping a open tube of silicone caulk? i usually put on a coupl...
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posted by wwixon
15 comments posted 18yrs posted by wwixon

Patina on brass

SWMBO showed up with new curtain rods with solid brass supports in an antique brass finish. The supplied screws are too...
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posted by spamless
5 comments posted 18yrs posted by spamless

Black coating on cast iron cookware

Hi folks, I bought a small cast iron pestle and mortar today. It has a black finish which isn't paint. It looks thinner...
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posted by cdt22NOSPAM
14 comments posted 18yrs posted by cdt22NOSPAM

Clausing 5914 VariDrive Wobble

Well, I today took the bottom pulley assembly of the varidrive apart, the part that is attached to the motor shaft, and...
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posted by joegwinn
10 comments posted 18yrs posted by joegwinn

Looking for etched metal specimens

Hi folks, I'm looking for some etched specimens of common metals so that I can photograph them under a microscope. Most...
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posted by cdt22NOSPAM
10 comments posted 18yrs posted by cdt22NOSPAM

How not to wire the pool area

Simply shocking what some people do. http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a152/g8orbill/idots.jpg Best Regards Tom.
33 comments posted 18yrs
posted by azotic
33 comments posted 18yrs posted by azotic

New small lathe? Which one?

Just curious-if y'all had, say, $4K to spend on a new small lathe, what would you buy? Guidelines-11 to13 inch swing, 3...
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posted by gmasterman
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by gmasterman