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Pressure Turning on a Chinesium Lathe

A while back I watched a video by Joe Pieczynski on pressure turning. I immediately thought, "Now that's something I'll...
5 comments posted 8yrs
posted by none
5 comments posted 8yrs posted by none

Machining Magnets

Hi guys. I need to machine away the corner of a neodymium magnet that needs to go into a hole in a mold. One of the pas...
5 comments posted 8yrs
posted by none
5 comments posted 8yrs posted by none

Removing zinc plating from aluminum screws

Hi there. I bought a bunch of big aluminum screws to help secure an aluminu m pergola I'm building (https://www.amazon....
7 comments posted 8yrs
posted by arjunsharma33
7 comments posted 8yrs posted by arjunsharma33

Most expensive steel

Quick question of curiousity here. What's the most expensive kind of steel you guys have ever seen, per pound? What's t...
12 comments posted 8yrs
posted by christopher.tidy
12 comments posted 8yrs posted by christopher.tidy

Anti-soldering flux?

I just broke a drawer pull on a family heirloom desk. The pull consists of a cast brass base with a tab sticking out. T...
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posted by bp
25 comments posted 8yrs posted by bp

RCM hits a new low

It's really shame. Out of 134 new posts only 3 made it past my kill filters. And of those 3 there was 1 that had to be...
51 comments posted 8yrs
posted by etpm
51 comments posted 8yrs posted by etpm

TIG and 309L ?

round hay bales . The highest stresses are on the round "spike" that pierces the bale . That's part of the failed struc...
15 comments posted 8yrs
posted by snag_one
15 comments posted 8yrs posted by snag_one

Linkage research

I have thought up a linkage than does straight-line motion. It's not (as far as I can tell) like any of the examples on...
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posted by me
8 comments posted 8yrs posted by me

How Do You Get The Darn Bucket Lid Off

I buy way oil and cutting lubricant in five gallon buckets. Recently I just got tired of picking up the buckets and pou...
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posted by none
3 comments posted 8yrs posted by none

OT: 50hp Diesel Outboard Motor

Yanmar is going to be putting out a neat little engine. http://newatlas.com/yanmar-dtorque-111-turbo-diesel-50hp-outboa...
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posted by ljaques
3 comments posted 8yrs posted by ljaques

Good advice

I read this in the local newspaper's personal advice column today: Never contradict a fool like Wieber - if you wait a b...
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posted by punk.jaques.again
1 comments posted 8yrs posted by punk.jaques.again

Alittle Gun History

A LITTLE GUN HISTORY In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents,...
12 comments posted 8yrs
posted by PPP
12 comments posted 8yrs posted by PPP

Anti chatter electronic device

https://hackaday.com/2017/10/06/fighting-machine-tool-chatter-with-a-555-timer/ I thought of this in the late 80's when...
0 comments posted 8yrs
posted by Imnot
0 comments posted 8yrs posted by Imnot

Opinions sought-most flexible air hose

I'm sure some folks here will agree on a particular brand, at least I hope so. I am looking for the most flexible and l...
6 comments posted 8yrs
posted by etpm
6 comments posted 8yrs posted by etpm