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Bridgeport spindle warming up

I would like to know if I am pushing my mill too far. I was making a part yesterday (an adapter for the T-Slot that cou...
25 comments posted 19yrs
posted by ignoramus8624
25 comments posted 19yrs posted by ignoramus8624

Quincy compressor

I just picked up a used compressor to replace the little hearing-destroying buzz bomb thing I have been using for small...
5 comments posted 19yrs
posted by notreally
5 comments posted 19yrs posted by notreally

Aloris Tool Post Lock Handle Postions?

My Aloris CXA tool post came with my used lathe and didn't come with any instructions, sorry if this is a stupid questi...
6 comments posted 19yrs
posted by regor
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by regor

7-1/2HP on single phase update

I bought a 10hp Hitachi inverter, $662 from driveswarehouse.com, to power my 7-1/2 lathe spindle motor from my single p...
17 comments posted 19yrs
posted by regor
17 comments posted 19yrs posted by regor

World's Ugliest Car

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2007-Chrysler-300-Tuxedo-Edition-Limo_W0QQitemZ280127010886QQihZ018QQcategoryZ7251QQrdZ1Q...
23 comments posted 19yrs
posted by junkjasonrnorth
23 comments posted 19yrs posted by junkjasonrnorth

Studs on an axle

I just r and r'ed four studs from an atv axle. Is it acceptable practice to pound new ones in, or should I take it to a...
12 comments posted 19yrs
posted by deserttraveler
12 comments posted 19yrs posted by deserttraveler

Reverse spot face

Need help figuring out how to spot face the tapered face of a rolled steel channel C10 x 40 Backgoround: A test fixture...
6 comments posted 19yrs
posted by rkazanjy
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by rkazanjy

What is the WW collet abreviation mean

I hear this a lot, and I have no idea what this means. The WW in ww collets...thanks for the help....
5 comments posted 19yrs
posted by pmaston
5 comments posted 19yrs posted by pmaston

OT: Fiberglass expert hekp needed

Here's the story: The Century fiberglass cap on my pickup is flaking. I'm familar with 'glass and have never seen this...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by carl.byrns
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by carl.byrns

How to mount 'Y' axis scale ?

I have just added an 'X' axis digital readout scale to my 'tabletop' mill:- http://s211.photobucket.com/albums/bb103/li...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by limeylew
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by limeylew

steel bolt and thread in aluminium

Hello all I wonder what bolt grade might match a thread tapped in aluminium, strenght wise? My (uneducated guess) is tha...
20 comments posted 19yrs
posted by ceramosb
20 comments posted 19yrs posted by ceramosb

Next question: Saddling pipe?

Hey, all, thank you for your help and suggestions on the question I had about cutting large pipe squarely. I constructe...
8 comments posted 19yrs
posted by hboothe
8 comments posted 19yrs posted by hboothe

Charmilles EDM model E110

I just picked up a Charmilles EDM machine model E110. Does anyone have any manuals for this machine that they can share?...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by tbriggs
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by tbriggs

Plastic torsion spring

Could anyone give me any links to images/sites/existing products that show how a lid can pop/spring open about a pivot...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by will_usher
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by will_usher