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Large swing/bore CNC lathe recommendations?

My friend is looking into getting a large swing and big bore CNC lathe. He is interested in the Haas TL-3, but it doesn...
8 comments posted 19yrs
posted by rpseguin
8 comments posted 19yrs posted by rpseguin

Pins in tubing: surface finishing

Awl-- OK... Pretty much have the direction of my assembly strategy, much thanks for the earlier discussion. So now I ba...
5 comments posted 19yrs
posted by entropic3.14decay
5 comments posted 19yrs posted by entropic3.14decay

Help with identification?

Wonder if anybody is familiar with the item in photo and can clue me in -- purpose, what it would be used in, anything...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by jerryb44
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by jerryb44

Heads UP Drills

Looks like a good deal for USA made drills http://cgi.ebay.com/6pcs-HIGH-SPEED-NUMBER-JOBBER-DRILLS-360-PCS_W0QQitemZ180...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by azotic
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by azotic

Very small right angle grinders

My work is becoming smaller and finer. I am looking for a very small right angle grinder, like the common Makita four i...
5 comments posted 19yrs
posted by oldfart
5 comments posted 19yrs posted by oldfart

galvanizing

I would like to learn toreplace the zinc that has been remove from galvanized stell during a welding process. Pieces ar...
6 comments posted 19yrs
posted by GFENDER
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by GFENDER

Rust Control

I live near Cleveland, Ohio and I've got my lathe and mill in my attached and insulated garage. In the winter I heat th...
20 comments posted 19yrs
posted by lot664
20 comments posted 19yrs posted by lot664

Circuit amperage question

Hi people, Phew it is hot in Northern AZ. Decided to bite the bullet and get an air conditioner for the living room. En...
36 comments posted 19yrs
posted by Jenny3kids
36 comments posted 19yrs posted by Jenny3kids

Lincoln Precision 185 PC Board Problem

Hello I am using a Lincoln Precision 185 TIG / Stick welder , am having a problem setting the Amperage Control , once t...
5 comments posted 19yrs
posted by pdl
5 comments posted 19yrs posted by pdl

FREE -- Yale Hoist Hook

Assuming it fits a priority mail flat rate box, which I think it will, this item is offered for FREE plus $9.50 shippin...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by ignoramus6542
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by ignoramus6542

Messages expiring?

Inyone getting the hatched line through messages, no longer available? I've NEVER seen this before, and today, must be m...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by entropic3.14decay
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by entropic3.14decay

Lead (Pb) price continues skyrocketing

http://www.kitcometals.com/charts/lead_historical.html What's going on here? Too many greens buying storage batteries?
12 comments posted 19yrs
posted by kinch
12 comments posted 19yrs posted by kinch

Aluminium Flywheel

I'm making an aluminium flywheel for a friend's race car. I need to put in a steel insert for the clutch to work agains...
14 comments posted 19yrs
posted by asr
14 comments posted 19yrs posted by asr

THE NEW "LOOK" OF SUPER CONDUCTIVITY

Ames Laboratory Discovery Sheds New Light on 70 Years of Textbook Physics. I got the info from http://theanalystmagazine...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by jerryhuge
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by jerryhuge

Advice on Grinders

Been looking at getting a bench grinder for a specific project I'm working on, but also envisage finding other future u...
13 comments posted 19yrs
posted by david
13 comments posted 19yrs posted by david