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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 ma...
16 comments posted 19yrs
posted by CATRUCKMAN
16 comments posted 19yrs posted by CATRUCKMAN

$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 sin...
41 comments posted 19yrs
posted by ignoramus9581
41 comments posted 19yrs posted by ignoramus9581

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 o...
3 comments posted 19yrs
posted by wwixon
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by wwixon

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 experimen...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by dpdphoto
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by dpdphoto

fa: very cool power deburring tool

here's the link http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300154479722 I didn't know these things existed - re...
6 comments posted 19yrs
posted by nobody
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by nobody

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)...
6 comments posted 19yrs
posted by machinamentum
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by machinamentum

help with electric motor wiring

I just received a GE 1/6th horsepower 115 volt 48 frame motor. I have a powered hacksaw that I would like to use it on....
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by rbelisle1
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by rbelisle1

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...
21 comments posted 19yrs
posted by ignoramus11107
21 comments posted 19yrs posted by ignoramus11107

Absolutely Amazing!

Yesterday, my BIL used his front end loader to crack a four inch irrigation supply line under pressure. It was quite a...
3 comments posted 19yrs
posted by deserttraveler
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by deserttraveler

FS - Bandsaw

Hi all, I have an older (Taiwan made) bandsaw. This is one of the ubiquitous asian 4X6 units. I have not used it in sev...
6 comments posted 19yrs
posted by alanganes
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by alanganes

OT FS Ebay surplus equip

The link to the stuff I am selling was crazy long so if you go to www.ebay.com and to advanced search, type in eurogreg...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by gregsagfg
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by gregsagfg

Sizing a fuse for 1/3 hp motor

I want to add a fuse for overloading protection to the motor I use on the Gingery lathe . The motor came from a very ol...
3 comments posted 19yrs
posted by ceramosb
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by ceramosb

Burying black iron pipe

I am laying a black iron pipe in a trench about 3' deep, that is a gas line for my NG grill. About 10' long. My questio...
47 comments posted 19yrs
posted by ignoramus11107
47 comments posted 19yrs posted by ignoramus11107