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SET UP for BROACHING?

Hi, I'm going to attempt to push a 5/8" square broach through a stack of .187" cr pieces and I was wondering if anyone...
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posted by planet10
10 comments posted 18yrs posted by planet10

custom aluminum radiator

need someone to fabricate a custom aluminum curved radiator, with integral oil cooler . Going to make 10 units any one ?
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posted by williamhenry
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by williamhenry

Plans for a real cone rolling machine

I am looking for plans for a real cone rolling machine like the frost model 479. You can see the model at the link belo...
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posted by info
10 comments posted 18yrs posted by info

deep hole drilling

Need to enlarge the bore on a pc of bronze stock fron 1/2" to 3/4" the length of the material is a bit over 12". any su...
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posted by ol3_m3
16 comments posted 18yrs posted by ol3_m3

Chainsaw sharpening redux

I got out my Craftsman chain saw sharpener and found out that my instructions had been fused into one stiff piece of ca...
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posted by deserttraveler
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by deserttraveler

solid state relay?

I'm still working on getting my idle control working on my old Miller gas-powered welder. (Kohler 16hp motor.) The idle...
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posted by grant
14 comments posted 18yrs posted by grant

FREE OFFER -- truing wheels

Could not sell, do not want to throw away, no charge on local pickup, $10 shipping. I will ship via priority mail flat...
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posted by ignoramus22759
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by ignoramus22759

c45

Is a set screw with a rockwell hardness of c45 too hard to turn down with a HSS bit? Or in other words what would be the...
4 comments posted 18yrs
posted by wayne1NOSPAM
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by wayne1NOSPAM

Sieg X3 Y axis snap ring is not 16mm

One of those things - while I was working on mounting the Y axis scale, I found that the Y axis leadscrew's snapring fe...
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posted by ohland
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by ohland

Removing frozen bolt

I have a very old turnbuckle. One rod came out, luckily the one that is threaded in the reverse direction of a common b...
45 comments posted 18yrs
posted by deserttraveler
45 comments posted 18yrs posted by deserttraveler

"squeezing" thin wall brass tubing

I have to replicate some brass tubes that are used in a carburetor. The tubes are .093 OD, and .015 wall. The original...
7 comments posted 18yrs
posted by rbce2003
7 comments posted 18yrs posted by rbce2003

OT-British Automation

Who says the brits have no sense of humor. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7145026.stm Best Regar...
5 comments posted 18yrs
posted by azotic
5 comments posted 18yrs posted by azotic

Reamers for ER40?

Are there reamers to clean up an ER40 collet holder?
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posted by ohland
12 comments posted 18yrs posted by ohland

Tapping aluminum (or tapping on wood?)

I got some work done on re-mounting my Y-axis scale on my Sieg X3. Instead of drilling into the cast iron, I'm mounting...
15 comments posted 18yrs
posted by ohland
15 comments posted 18yrs posted by ohland