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OT ER metalworking

Metalworking in the ER. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7131532.stm Best Regards Tom.
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posted by azotic
5 comments posted 18yrs posted by azotic

Clausing 5914 has arrived

I now have possession of the lathe. It came with a 5C collet nose and Royal lever closer, plus something like 140 colle...
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posted by joegwinn
64 comments posted 18yrs posted by joegwinn

BUILD A SMALL STEAM CLEANER?

I need to clean some really caked on grease that is on an old engine in a machine. I was thinking of taking a tea kettl...
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posted by jbleaux
30 comments posted 18yrs posted by jbleaux

OT - Use a Mouse on a Portable GPS Unit?

Was wondering if it is possible to attach a mouse to the USB port of a portable GPS receiver (an Omnitech device). I'm...
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posted by laforbes
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by laforbes

12vt compressors?

My Christmas presents included a gift certificate to....Harbor Freight.. I was browsing the online catalog and came acr...
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posted by gunner
30 comments posted 18yrs posted by gunner

Handyman special <G>

"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire. Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)...
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posted by gunner
10 comments posted 18yrs posted by gunner

VFD or Static phase converter on Clausing 1301

I brought home a Clausing 1301 lathe not long ago as a new addtion to the home shop. It has a Doer 5hp 2 speed 208V 3ph...
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posted by msmith5242
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by msmith5242

Data needed

I want to put up eight three inch square by .120" thick posts twenty feet long, about two foot into concrete piers. Fou...
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posted by deserttraveler
13 comments posted 18yrs posted by deserttraveler

Nailgun education

http://www.4029tv.com/news/14585917/detail.html Gunner "Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire. Making sure ot...
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posted by gunner
10 comments posted 18yrs posted by gunner

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...
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posted by lyndell2
14 comments posted 18yrs posted by lyndell2

Ferrofluid

Kind of metal related, I made up a 1/2 litre of ferrofluid, in this case colloidial magnetite suspended in kerosene usi...
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posted by msmith5242
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by msmith5242

Looking for info on coining

Some years back someone on this group shared a document which described the process of coining, including some guidelin...
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posted by grimm_machine
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by grimm_machine

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...
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posted by marc.britten
5 comments posted 18yrs posted by marc.britten

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...
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posted by amoorcroft
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by amoorcroft