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MIG gas flow problem?

I was using my portable 110 v Century 135 MIG yesterday. The welder is about 10 years old and used infrequently (last u...
6 comments posted 19yrs
posted by aribert
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by aribert

3 Phase power (Was: What compressor)

Well, at the promptings of a few friends, I called my local power company today. Turns out they will have an engineer e...
35 comments posted 19yrs
posted by torin
35 comments posted 19yrs posted by torin

variac question?

I have a 20 amp variac. Yesterday I tried plugging it into a 20A circuit with its output voltage set to 30% of input vo...
55 comments posted 19yrs
posted by grant
55 comments posted 19yrs posted by grant

Magnesium Firestarters

I was watching a TV show a few nights ago (Survivorman I think) where the guy scrapes off some small pieces of magnesiu...
34 comments posted 19yrs
posted by bob
34 comments posted 19yrs posted by bob

Lathe advice

Hello all, I am considering adding a lathe to my growing collection of toys - make that tools, and want some guidance o...
14 comments posted 19yrs
posted by bschwab
14 comments posted 19yrs posted by bschwab

Best Brazing Flux & Metal Prep for Brazing

I did a brazing job on an old parlor rifle with a broken receiver today and used the brazing rod with the blue flux on...
3 comments posted 19yrs
posted by GeoLane at PTD dot NET
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by GeoLane at PTD dot NET

Built up crankshaft machining

Shortly I will be maching a builtup crankshaft for a model single cylinder engine. The suggested method in the prints i...
3 comments posted 19yrs
posted by jhayes
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by jhayes

hinged RJ45-8 connector

I have a ScanGuage(www.scangauge.com) that has 2 RJ45-8 sockets, both of which are in the wrong spot, and pointing in t...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by gary556
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by gary556

OT:Equipment Covers

I took over SWMBO's Singer last week and made an equipment cover for my wire welder. The cover is basically a rectangle...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by shiggins1
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by shiggins1

Supermagnet fun

A guy I know bid on an old non-working hard drive. It was big, something like ten inches by maybe 18 inches by three in...
13 comments posted 19yrs
posted by fake_email
13 comments posted 19yrs posted by fake_email

3 in 1 oil sucks

I just had another plastic "can" of 3 in 1 oil explode all over the place when trying to get the s***ty plastic red cap...
25 comments posted 19yrs
posted by presence
25 comments posted 19yrs posted by presence

New eBay fishing/scamming approach in the works

eBay recently implemented some changes aimed to thwart Romanian second chance offer scammers. (The last scammer that I...
13 comments posted 19yrs
posted by ignoramus3694
13 comments posted 19yrs posted by ignoramus3694

OT- Portable Nuclear Power Plants

An interesting russian concept. Solves the problem of NIMBY, out of sight out of mind. No CO2 emmisions to boot. I wond...
34 comments posted 19yrs
posted by azotic
34 comments posted 19yrs posted by azotic

European Threat Level Increased

From an Alert Email from a Snake Eater buddy of mine: "I have just been informed through the SF List that the Security...
12 comments posted 19yrs
posted by gunner
12 comments posted 19yrs posted by gunner

Need more motor help

Unfortunately I'm still having motor problems... I was told this motor had an internal wired capacitor, but when it sho...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by dpdphoto
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by dpdphoto