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OT hidden browsers/hostil work environment?

Seems like this came up here a while back but it wasn't relevant at the time. Friend is working at a desk with internet...
25 comments posted 19yrs
posted by burkheimer
25 comments posted 19yrs posted by burkheimer

Pretty good cutting fluid for aluminum

Some while ago Ernie mentioned that limonene is a really good cutting fluid for machining aluminum. Just for the heck o...
21 comments posted 19yrs
posted by dforeman
21 comments posted 19yrs posted by dforeman

military connector substitution

Hello, all, I just got a really nice servo motor on eBay, and it has military bayonet connectors on it, PT02E-14-18P an...
8 comments posted 19yrs
posted by elson
8 comments posted 19yrs posted by elson

Good experience with a good shop

I took my '97 Chevy pickup to Midas today for a badly-needed shutup job. I've done my own work for decades, have the to...
19 comments posted 19yrs
posted by dforeman
19 comments posted 19yrs posted by dforeman

[OT] Saturn Modchip

Has anyone here installed a Sega Saturn Modchip? Thanks.
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by mays4
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by mays4

fractured compound

I am running an old Bertram lathe and discovered that the pad under the compound slide fractured. One Tee bolt securing...
5 comments posted 19yrs
posted by m-delete
5 comments posted 19yrs posted by m-delete

Eyeglasses -- Zenni Optical comes through at last

Remember way back in early March when I posted that I had to return a pair of glasses to Zenni Optical because one lens...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by SEE_SIGNATURE
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by SEE_SIGNATURE

Need 4" Carbide disc or ring

Where would I get some carbide rings or discs? I would like to have 2 or more carbide rings or discs about 4" diameter....
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by rwatson767
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by rwatson767

The bug-free reading light redux

Warning: metal content. http://users.goldengate.net/~dforeman/buglight/
11 comments posted 19yrs
posted by dforeman
11 comments posted 19yrs posted by dforeman

Casting Specialties

Has anyone been in contact recently with Casting Specalites of Cedarburg WI? They produced a nice set of art metal stak...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by steve.hampson
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by steve.hampson

tailstock alignment

I just checked my tailstock alignment with my headstock and to my amazement, it is .006 to high. I could see it being a...
10 comments posted 19yrs
posted by dicky
10 comments posted 19yrs posted by dicky

OT commutator wear

hi, just got a Redi-Line inverter from eBay ("DA12L-1600-A-1") http://www.rediline.com/ i started removing the brush co...
24 comments posted 19yrs
posted by wwixon
24 comments posted 19yrs posted by wwixon

Trailer Risk Factors

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/uhaul/la-na-uhaul24jun24-sp,1,915549.special?coll=la-default-underdog&ct...
7 comments posted 19yrs
posted by waxwingslain
7 comments posted 19yrs posted by waxwingslain

Need a little help with control circuit

I'm building a device that uses a rotary actuator(RA) to rotate a part 180 degrees. I have a 5 port, 2 position air con...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by gjpostmanospam
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by gjpostmanospam