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Fastener advice needed

I'm installing a custom metal gate at my daughter's. It is about 8 feet tall, 40 inches wide and suppose it weighs abou...
8 comments posted 19yrs
posted by ivan
8 comments posted 19yrs posted by ivan

value of my miller spot welder?

I have a Miller spot welder, model WT1515 and need some idea of it's value to sell. It's 110 volts, has a separate spot...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by rjv494
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by rjv494

World's First Healthy Coffee

www.myganocoffee.net Healthy Coffee =B7 Delicious Brazilian Gourmet Coffee With. . . =B7 200 Nutritious Ingredients =B7...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by myganocoffee
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by myganocoffee

steel for small backhoe bucket pin?

My father-in-law, a retired Boeing engineer, borrowed a neighbor's (old) tractor which has a backhoe attachment. It has...
7 comments posted 19yrs
posted by grant
7 comments posted 19yrs posted by grant

Adding Z-axis feed to Sieg X3

A great mill, about the only issue I had with it was having to crank the Z-crank to raise/lower the head. Due to 1/2 re...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by rashid.karimov
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by rashid.karimov

Athol China

I saw a Chinese made, Starrett Dial Caliper yesterday and a chill went down my spine as I sensed yet another shift towar...
17 comments posted 19yrs
posted by awl2
17 comments posted 19yrs posted by awl2

Prussian Blue

While working on the bridgeport today, I was checking to make sure that the nose cap was actually pressing on the OR ve...
24 comments posted 19yrs
posted by clutch
24 comments posted 19yrs posted by clutch

Vermin control in a garage er shop

What strategies do you use to deal with mice and such that infiltrate one's shop and get into everthing? I've put out de...
32 comments posted 19yrs
posted by clutch
32 comments posted 19yrs posted by clutch

Cutting aluminum bars with saw designed for wood

What bad things will happen if I use this Stanley hand miter saw: http://www.stanleytools.com/default.asp?TYPE=PRODUCT&...
13 comments posted 19yrs
posted by look
13 comments posted 19yrs posted by look

Sherline odds and ends I don't need

I upgraded the Z-column on my Sherline 5000 vertical mill recently. The upgrade moves much more easily than the older d...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by clayton
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by clayton

triping circuit breaker

Drought here in cemtral MN... I'm running the irrigation well 24 hours a day. Its a 15 horse one phase unit and draws 6...
56 comments posted 19yrs
posted by karltownsend.NOT
56 comments posted 19yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

Shop Question

Hi guys. First time posting here, usually hang out at rec.woodworking. OK, looks like this could be the year I get a ga...
15 comments posted 19yrs
posted by Jakofalltrades
15 comments posted 19yrs posted by Jakofalltrades

Coolant sprayer for milling?

I've been using a real simple air-powered coolant mister to spray Rustlick WS-5050 soluble oil on the workpiece while m...
5 comments posted 19yrs
posted by joegwinn
5 comments posted 19yrs posted by joegwinn