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Basic Machine Shop Manual available online - PDF

There is an online manual, "Fundamentals of Machine Tools" available for the newbies in the group. It's at: http://metal...
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posted by arp
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by arp

A hydraulics question

So lets say we have a cylinder with a piston in it. The area of the piston face is 1 square unit. The piston is mounted...
14 comments posted 19yrs
posted by etpm
14 comments posted 19yrs posted by etpm

Help-Want to automate the ringing of my gong

I have a large Gong and the best sound from it can be had from hitting it just so with a skate board wheel mounted on a...
10 comments posted 19yrs
posted by gome
10 comments posted 19yrs posted by gome

Marking on steel

Hi, Bob. Just came across this on a newsgroup: Question: >greetings, at the fab shop where i work we use prismacolor ve...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by spaco
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by spaco

marking steel

greetings, at the fab shop where i work we use prismacolor verithin ( silver )pencils to lay out dimensions on (mostly...
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posted by changbah
10 comments posted 19yrs posted by changbah

Lathe test bar

I would like to have a test bar for my lathe. A small local outfit near me has 2 ceneterless grinders (btw, both of the...
30 comments posted 19yrs
posted by ivan
30 comments posted 19yrs posted by ivan

OT Funny foamy story

from HSM - found on the net A friend of mine once built a canoe. He spent a long time on it and it was a work of art. A...
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posted by burkheimer
13 comments posted 19yrs posted by burkheimer

WTB/WTT/WTS: W&S #4 Lathe Parts

WTB: need a linkage piece for a collet closer for a W&S #4 Square-Head Lathe, and the ring w/ the two fingers mounted o...
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posted by btuttleman
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by btuttleman

RoHS just a thought

Hello I operate an industrial surplus reuse store site called reusestore.com. We deal with a lot of older obsolete part...
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posted by greenplanetsolutions
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by greenplanetsolutions

My new project

I have decided to extend the "Egyptian pyramid CNC" approach. I am writing a set of perl modules that would give simple...
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posted by ignoramus7101
20 comments posted 19yrs posted by ignoramus7101

Student Projects CNC

I am a teacher at a high school. We have a cnc machine that doesn't have very much power. I was wondering if anyone had...
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posted by kieranfleming47
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by kieranfleming47

Storage Battery question

Had to tip my riding lawn mower on its side for some repairs. Forgot about the battery also being on its side. Lost a s...
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posted by ivan
8 comments posted 19yrs posted by ivan