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Industrial Plastic

I got a chance to do some "pickup" after the closing of a manufacturing plant locally. Found some industrial plastic ma...
17 comments posted 19yrs
posted by mlogical
17 comments posted 19yrs posted by mlogical

delicate finishing challenge

Hi, i'm attempting to come up with a low tech way of fettling a rightangle of two metal plates joined together with dou...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by voltimando
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by voltimando

Outta here for a while

After the TMT fiasco I'm gonna take a break from RCM for a while. I'll return.
49 comments posted 19yrs
posted by dforeman
49 comments posted 19yrs posted by dforeman

Tool grinding

I would like to learn the deep dark mysteries of tool grinding. Not just the angles but tool materials and what they ar...
7 comments posted 19yrs
posted by gmasterman
7 comments posted 19yrs posted by gmasterman

horn bells

Has anyone here ever worked as a brass instrument bell spinner? (I know, what are the odds.) LLB
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by waldhorn
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by waldhorn

Milling tube rolling dies

Lesson: If you see a photo of something you'd like to make while surfing, don't say to yourself, "I'll remember where I...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by here
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by here

The case of the $909 parking ticket

Greetings, I shall warn you this is a long and complex story, and those of you that are not interested in self defense...
48 comments posted 19yrs
posted by shoaf
48 comments posted 19yrs posted by shoaf

Would anyone be interested

Would anyone here be interested in a post about a $909 parking ticket and the DIY legal defense that now has the buggers...
9 comments posted 19yrs
posted by shoaf
9 comments posted 19yrs posted by shoaf

old - really old - cutting fluid?

I'm gradually emptying out the innards of a 1975 Kaltenbach cold saw. This is the kind of saw that has the blade inside...
11 comments posted 19yrs
posted by grant
11 comments posted 19yrs posted by grant

OT: Damn Lawn Tractor Won't Start

This is somewhat off topic, but I can?t get my lawn tractor to start. Yesterday it was running fine. It ran out of gas...
21 comments posted 19yrs
posted by randallX
21 comments posted 19yrs posted by randallX

fire 'pit' table plans?

Hey Folks, Apologies to those in sci.engr.joining.welding, i kind of manually cross-posted this... After my mom returne...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by bobrich
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by bobrich

OT - The continuing Wolfowitz saga

It's getting pretty down and dirty. From The Wall Street Journal: * World Bank Rolls -- Nearly 1,400 employees make mor...
15 comments posted 19yrs
posted by joegwinn
15 comments posted 19yrs posted by joegwinn

What is it? CLXVIII

Just posted the latest set: http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/ Rob
11 comments posted 19yrs
posted by rhvp67
11 comments posted 19yrs posted by rhvp67

CAW -- Carbon Arc Welding

I've been looking to purchase a welder for home use -- basically metal fence construction and various similar thickness...
16 comments posted 19yrs
posted by no-one
16 comments posted 19yrs posted by no-one