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Who Uses Techniks?

Just had a customer call me up the other day and tell me Techniks could not sell direct to the public but that they had...
3 comments posted 19yrs
posted by bob
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by bob

OT?: Storing a window air conditioner?

Hi All, Not completely off topic, but I figured folks here would know, no luck on this from google :-(. The AC came out...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by nothanks
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by nothanks

Tooling supplier in Chicago area

Do any of you have suppliers for endmills, flycutter ends, etc. in the Chicago area that has a storefront. Grainger is...
9 comments posted 19yrs
posted by NT_Geek
9 comments posted 19yrs posted by NT_Geek

source for oddball arbor nuts?

I have a great collection of R8 horizontal arbors (for use with a Bridgeport horizontal milling setup) but 3 of my arbo...
6 comments posted 19yrs
posted by grant
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by grant

Making metal -- automotive trannie qx

My wife's 97 LeSabre custom with the 60-E trannie was making metal, so we had it re-built (before we got stranded on th...
15 comments posted 19yrs
posted by lloydspinsidemindspring.com
15 comments posted 19yrs posted by lloydspinsidemindspring.com

Metro wire mesh shelves- making posts

Metal shelves, so N.O.T., I hope. I have a bunch (13) of metro wire mesh shelves, no posts. Posts are $22 each. My plan...
19 comments posted 19yrs
posted by spamTHISbrp
19 comments posted 19yrs posted by spamTHISbrp

What is it? CC

As mentioned on the site, since five of the six are unidentified, the current set could be my most difficult yet. Wild...
28 comments posted 19yrs
posted by rhvp67
28 comments posted 19yrs posted by rhvp67

Straightening Ripper

My BIL's tractor has a bent ripper arm. The whole thing is 5/8" thick x 2.5" wide flat bar, and is about 17 inches long...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by deserttraveler
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by deserttraveler

Government Auction

Government auction - - - - what might this thing be worth? I know what I'd like to have one. http://cgi.govliquidation.c...
15 comments posted 19yrs
posted by flash60601
15 comments posted 19yrs posted by flash60601

What are they?

Several days ago I was on a trip and in a town called Sheldon Ca. I saw a collection of old machinery accumulated by a...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by engineman1
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by engineman1

Staple sizes: what do they mean?

Hi folks, Here's an interesting question. I have an office stapler which says it can take 24/6 and 26/6 staples. It's l...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by christopher.tidy
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by christopher.tidy

Which compressor?

Ok, after checking eBay and Craigslist and some other sources, I've decided I'd rather get a new compressor that is del...
31 comments posted 19yrs
posted by torin
31 comments posted 19yrs posted by torin

spin forming on air

Hi I need to build parabolic dishes of different shapes. I think that spin forming should be the ideal method but I no...
9 comments posted 19yrs
posted by billlab51
9 comments posted 19yrs posted by billlab51

tough paint/primer for wood

Looking for something that's solvent resistant. The last stuff I tried became pasty when diesel spilled on it. I don't...
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posted by DoNotSpamthegoat4
14 comments posted 19yrs posted by DoNotSpamthegoat4