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Pull Stud drawbar for B'port Erickson?

I have a Bridgeport with the Erickson Quick change 30 spindle. I was wondering if anyone here knows of a pull stud type...
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posted by regor
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by regor

Primer strength in various calibers?

Greetings Gundamentalists, Roger's question about a primer only load has me wondering about primer strength. In a .22 r...
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posted by etpm
11 comments posted 19yrs posted by etpm

Question for ex military types

I would like to get my late father's military records for the time he spent in the USAC in WWII. How would I go about th...
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posted by oldfart
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by oldfart

Armstrong QC Toolpost discontinued in 1997

I just talked with customer service from Danher, the Armstrong QC toolpost was discontinued back in 1997. I also told th...
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posted by ohland
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by ohland

Armstrong Tools site is whacked

http://www.armstrongtools.com/contact/index.jsp Won't send the message. Carrier pigeon?
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posted by ohland
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by ohland

QX for Gunner

Gunner, A friend brought me his Walther P-22. Said it won't reliably fire cheap bucket-o-bullets rounds. It won't. I ha...
15 comments posted 19yrs
posted by lloydsp
15 comments posted 19yrs posted by lloydsp

brass boring

trying to figure out where I'm going wrong... 1 3/8" brass hex stock chucked up nicely in the lathe, need to bore a 7/8...
10 comments posted 19yrs
posted by joelrf600r
10 comments posted 19yrs posted by joelrf600r

Drilling Through Iron

This may be a dumb question, but is it easy to drill through iron? I need to drill 2 x 3/16-inch holes through the cast...
17 comments posted 19yrs
posted by golemdanube
17 comments posted 19yrs posted by golemdanube

First KBC order

After some trepidation, things took off. I called, got a human operator, then to someone to give an order. I read off t...
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posted by ohland
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by ohland

Steam powered sawmill

Last night on RFDTV they had a program on the Hull-Oakes steam powered saw mill. This was better done (in my opinion) t...
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posted by billj
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by billj

Tubing notcher

I'm looking at a project to install 316L stainless hand rails on a 35 ft. power boat. The vertical stanchions will be 1...
13 comments posted 19yrs
posted by brucedpaige
13 comments posted 19yrs posted by brucedpaige

fixing small backhoe bucket teeth?

I finally got the little bucket from my father-in-law, the one I'm going to replace the hogged-out pin holes on, and I...
6 comments posted 19yrs
posted by grant
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by grant

the most inexpensive lead screw needed

I am on a very tight budget and so I need the most inexpensive lead screw I can find. Not only that, but I only need th...
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posted by dmehling
7 comments posted 19yrs posted by dmehling