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posted by jerryb44
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Be careful out there

It only takes a minute. http://tinyurl.com/3xnwfl Jon
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posted by jonREMOVETHISdanniken
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by jonREMOVETHISdanniken

1/2 X 8TPI Acme

Sometime in the future I will need to make a new crossfeed nut for my old Sheldon lathe. Didn't seem like a big deal un...
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posted by gmasterman
9 comments posted 19yrs posted by gmasterman

Worklight holder

As I was surfing through the 7x10 lathe sites yesterday, I saw a neat-o trouble light holder on a lathe. It had a magne...
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posted by ohland
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by ohland

What is it? CXCVIII

http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/ As I mentioned a couple weeks ago, please don't send any email to the account that I...
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posted by rhvp67
33 comments posted 19yrs posted by rhvp67

need advice: fair value of a CNC?

So I'm contemplating dipping my toes into the CNC world for the first time: I found a late 80's Shizuoka STN mill with...
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posted by joelrf600r
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by joelrf600r

Ames #2 hardness checker

I picked up an Ames hardness tester on Ebay. It seems to check out okay (within +/-2 Rc on the Rc25 and Rc 65 calibrati...
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posted by msmith5242
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by msmith5242

PC board drilling

I have a robotic vehicle control box that I farmed out to the EE boys. They designed it with some factory 'H' gate inte...
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posted by spamless
17 comments posted 19yrs posted by spamless

Compressor identification

A young fella at work brought in a compressor head that he picked up out of the junk. He wants advice and help on fixin...
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posted by dgriff23
10 comments posted 19yrs posted by dgriff23

FS Lathe chucks

I have the following for sale. They are located in San Francisco, CA. I don't want to get involved in shipping as they...
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posted by pilgrim
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by pilgrim

Worm Gear Size?

I need help in find a brass worm gear for an upright bass fiddle. The gear is brass and 1 3/8 inch diam. by little under...
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posted by drandall44
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by drandall44

What is wrong with this compressor?

I'm about ready to purchase a compressor for my power hammer and I'm going through the ones on MSC, and I see this: htt...
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posted by torin
12 comments posted 19yrs posted by torin

Using mandrels

I don't mean Barbara, either... How do you put a workpiece on an expanding mandrel? Specifically, the ones with a sleev...
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posted by ohland
7 comments posted 19yrs posted by ohland