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Funny lathe ad
Found this on "Best of Craigslist". I wonder of it comes with patterns? best of craigslist: 1930s Lathe
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Abene Mill pictures
I got this the other day as part of a small sales commission. I dont have it home yet, but am working on getting it moved. Explore Gunner Asch’s 117 photos on Flickr!
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Looking for ball and socket joint
I have an idea for a tool for glassblowing and it could use a small ball and socket joint, ball maybe 8mm . The joint would need to be able to be tilted about 15 degrees max each way and rotated and...
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Fully metal - golf cart repair
I've got an old rheostat type EZ-Go cart. It's our "basic farm transportation" between the house and the barn. Now it's begun to slowly fold up in the middle -- rust on the main chassis rails, and...
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Quick Change Tool Post
Hi all - After a very long time I've picked up here again, and have a question - Does anyone know of a source for a drawing or how to build instructions for a quick change tool post a la Dickson...
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small job shop business software
Can anyone recommend simple to use, PC based,affordable software for a small job shop business (< 5 employees) for tracking orders through production? Preferably with barcode capability so that each...
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Metal Collecting Packrat Over Acheiver
I spent several hours on Friday and another several on Saturday at the ultimate metal collectors delight/horror. The man hauled in almost anything made of metal for 40 years. There is a huge, probably...
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$100 for a old 1/2 HP punch press
I am talking about an OBI style punch press, if I am not mistaken, with a BIG flywheel. It is powered with a 1/2 HP single phase motor. I would say it weighs 200-300 pounds. This is from a big pile of...
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my most recent project
i wanted to tell y'all about a project that i've been working on for the past few weeks. "tow brackets" for the front of my ford ranger pick up. (i'm not going to use them as tow brackets but as a...
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Polishing long parts with a tumbler
A while back I posted about the possibility of tumbling long parts in a mill to give them a finish. I've been experimenting with this recently, and so far it's worked pretty well. I went and got one...
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Lifting the rear of a pickup truck to level it out/Van Spare carrier
My new to me 2001 Supercab Ford Ranger has always sat a bit low in the rear even when empty. Now that Ive added a utility shell and my tools, it sags like an Okie dustbowl refugee on his way to...
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fa: very cool power deburring tool
here's the link didn't know these things existed - really tempted to keep it myself, but I don't do enough sheet metal work to justify the (small) space it takes up - here's your chance - good...
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RF 45 or Chinese Knee Mill
Hi, I am looking at adding a milling machine to my home shop. I can either buy a RF45 (Taiwanese Rong Fu, not a clone) or for slightly more a Chinese Knee mill with coolant and power feed. Both will...
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help with electric motor wiring
According to Bob in Phx : Look at the underside of the access plate. It should have information on how to wire it. If not that -- try information in the motor's data plate. Essentially, the other two...
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Vise for pipe threading
I had a chance to thread some 1/2 NPT pipes. The threader worked, however, the vise (Harbor Freight 4" vise) could not hold the pipe well, so the pipe would slip. I tightened the vise rather well....
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