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Dimmer on an electric motor?

I want to put a low rpm motor on a pump to aid a thermosiphon device. It's for an outside shower, and I think the therm...
3 comments posted 19yrs
posted by deserttraveler
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by deserttraveler

drill bits

i in the middle of a project for my company ,but having small problem with drilling through 1/4 inch steel. my question...
7 comments posted 19yrs
posted by gtn193
7 comments posted 19yrs posted by gtn193

Metric Chuck Key?

I picked up a Chinese drill chuck cheap today at the flea market. The chuck is a 5mm-20mm. I thought that I had a suita...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by randallX
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by randallX

OT: Pressure washer winter storage

I need to store my recently acquired pressure washer in an unheated shed. The manual makes mention of filling the syste...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by aribertnospam
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by aribertnospam

Moving center drilled hole

Say you've laid out the end of a shaft for a center hole to take a dead center and the hole comes out a bit off center....
11 comments posted 19yrs
posted by pkangas
11 comments posted 19yrs posted by pkangas

Aluminum Extrusions

On occasions we have need of a small quantity of a custom extruded aluminum shape. For the very small quantities we mil...
3 comments posted 19yrs
posted by KThree
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by KThree

need 2 x 32" belts for sander

Various grits... for my belt sander. The last time I had a local place do a custom order for a bunch ranging from 60 gr...
3 comments posted 19yrs
posted by rbce2003
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by rbce2003

Barium Carbonate - Bed Side Reader

I just finished reading the "bullseye mixture" in the 2nd Machinists Bedside Reader and am interested in trying the col...
21 comments posted 19yrs
posted by clutch
21 comments posted 19yrs posted by clutch

Twin cities

I'm going there from Sep. 14 t0 21.for a reunion. Can anyone tell me about places or events within a radius of about 20...
6 comments posted 19yrs
posted by engineman1
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by engineman1

can someone identify this mill

found it on craigslist, didnt buy it ($500.00 asking price), but I was interested to see if anyone had ever seen one li...
8 comments posted 19yrs
posted by rbelisle1
8 comments posted 19yrs posted by rbelisle1

Hobbie Cad/CNC software recommendations

I'm going to be building a simple and small cnc machine based off the design located at http://www.instructables.com/id...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by wpflumus
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by wpflumus

Hello carfter how about?

Carve but give up half way, even a decayed piece of wood will not break; carve without stop, even metal and stone can b...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by stonehong8
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by stonehong8

DRIVE GEAR & WORM question

I'm restoring and old small tractor... http://user.pa.net/~kbeitz/New%20old%20tractor/What%20is%20it%20JPG I need to ma...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by kbeitz
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by kbeitz

Need some scrap 8X8 10' NEMA-12 wireway

I have to make two conduit carriers for my truck, and the factory made ones are either too small, too expensive, or not...
3 comments posted 19yrs
posted by blnospambergman
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by blnospambergman