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Free - Foundations of Mechanical Accuracy

If you know what this book is, you may know that it sells for $200 on Amazon ($150 from Moore Tool Co.). But the Intern...
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posted by huntres23
49 comments posted 8yrs posted by huntres23

Can't Win Some Days

I'm learning a lot... like you hardly need any torque on the thrust bearing retaining nut on this KMB1. I learned how t...
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posted by none
16 comments posted 8yrs posted by none

Making a 16-cyl Stirling engine

This is an especially nice video of machining and running a 16-cylinder Stirling engine. There's lots of very small-sca...
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posted by huntres23
1 comments posted 8yrs posted by huntres23

Pencil making photos

It's only pencils, but these photographs of one of America's last pencil-making factories and machinery are supurb: http...
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posted by huntres23
34 comments posted 8yrs posted by huntres23

Tight Job Market Aids Applicants Once Shunned

What will Wieber's excuse for his continued lack of employment be now? A rapidly tightening labor market is forcing com...
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posted by another.jaques.fuckwit
0 comments posted 8yrs posted by another.jaques.fuckwit

Raise a glass to Teenut.

It's a little belated, but it's time again to raise a glass. Hard to believe that it has been 17 years. Mourning his pa...
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posted by pkdickman
5 comments posted 8yrs posted by pkdickman

Re: Go back to your shithole newsgroup

>>> >> -- >> >> Ed Huntress from N.J. >> > >> >I hope you saved some money for a bottle of Summer's Eve, you >> >douche...
14 comments posted 8yrs
posted by huntres23
14 comments posted 8yrs posted by huntres23

Chuck Speeds

I recently got a good deal on a new old stock Bison 10" independent 4 jaw. Its the model with the FPJ logo instead of t...
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posted by none
5 comments posted 8yrs posted by none

Anybody know Bridgeport power feeds?

The power feed on my Bridgeport mill has started making a bad noise when moving in one direction. The mill and power fe...
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posted by etpm
4 comments posted 8yrs posted by etpm

Turning a taper between offset centers

After much adieu over nothing I suppose (since at the moment I only have one to do) I decided to turn a tapered mandrel...
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posted by none
12 comments posted 8yrs posted by none

ACBs for the KMB1

Anybody just happen to have a set of new old stock Fafnir MM9306WI2 DUH ACBs they'ld sell relatively cheap? I see one o...
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posted by none
4 comments posted 8yrs posted by none