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Wiring for welder

I am busily moving into my new shop and need to do some serious wiring upgrades. I've thought about, sometime in the fu...
6 comments posted 19yrs
posted by jmfoster711NOSPAM
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by jmfoster711NOSPAM

Mike Henry

Check your email. Someine is selling a relatively crappy compressor, but for very sensible price. Could get you by for a...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by ignoramus10724
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by ignoramus10724

need outboard motor prop measurement

IT RAINED!!!!!!!! 2.8 INCHES. That means I now have time to do important stuff and not spend my life watching the irrig...
5 comments posted 19yrs
posted by karltownsend.NOT
5 comments posted 19yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

Sleeving a barrel

I'd like to experiment with sleeving a rifle barrel both for looks, to add weight and rigidity as well. My thought was...
9 comments posted 19yrs
posted by gspaff
9 comments posted 19yrs posted by gspaff

finally got it up

My new shop gantry, that is. I need a hoisting machine that can go down low enough to roll into my shop through a regul...
17 comments posted 19yrs
posted by grant
17 comments posted 19yrs posted by grant

Scraping reference surface

I have no connection to this company. http://www.machinerepair.com/scrapers.html If you scroll to the bottom of the pag...
19 comments posted 19yrs
posted by clutch
19 comments posted 19yrs posted by clutch

Perl Script to track UPS-Packages

For those people who like to track UPS packages from command line. Finally some relief. Example output: 1Z1467XF0346666...
25 comments posted 19yrs
posted by ignoramus22443
25 comments posted 19yrs posted by ignoramus22443

Securing 3/4" Threaded rod in Cement

I'm installing a 250 gallon oil tank for the shop furnace. For reasons I'm not gonna get into here I'm mounting it on t...
15 comments posted 19yrs
posted by howarde
15 comments posted 19yrs posted by howarde

Machining oilite

Any tips; I now have a lifetime supply (for me) of this stuff. The minimum purchase wasn't cheap...so I'd like not to wa...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by jtayNOSPAMlor
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by jtayNOSPAMlor

Cutting accurate tapers within OD

What kind of reasonable measuring gear would make the accurate cutting of an internal taper on a lathe with the least am...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by ohland
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by ohland

Reed Prentice on Craigslist (Taunton MA) $300

Boston area Craigslist {posted Wed): "I have a metal lathe I do not know much about it. It's a reed prentice maybe from...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by bobengelhardt
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by bobengelhardt

Shop cats update

It's so hot and humid lately that it's normal to see the two black cats draped atop a pallet of finished goods, they li...
33 comments posted 19yrs
posted by tom(nospam)
33 comments posted 19yrs posted by tom(nospam)