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Starter set of end mills?

What would you say would be a goot set of endmills to play with, with a 1 HP bridgeport. I am not thinking of buying ne...
9 comments posted 19yrs
posted by ignoramus29741
9 comments posted 19yrs posted by ignoramus29741

cut open-ended slot with ironworker

Hello everyone How would I make these packing strips with an ironworker? | _____________ ______________ v | | | | | \_/...
5 comments posted 19yrs
posted by r0d1s3
5 comments posted 19yrs posted by r0d1s3

OT flying in Asia

http://www.weirdasianews.com/2007/03/31/japanese-fly-with-water-jet-pack/ Cool.. John
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by eaotis
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by eaotis

cold saw blades TPI?

Now that I have a cold saw which came with one rusty-ass blade, I need to understand how many teeth per inch to order o...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by grant
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by grant

Green LEDS? Who needed em?

Sigh..I found em again. Still want them? Ill stick em in a padded envelope and you only pay the shipping Gunner "I don'...
23 comments posted 19yrs
posted by gunner
23 comments posted 19yrs posted by gunner

VFD question

I would like to speed up my 1940's LeBlonde 13" lathe. Right now it is 500 RPM maximum. I run it on real 3 phase (suppl...
79 comments posted 19yrs
posted by ivan
79 comments posted 19yrs posted by ivan

Coolant Pumps - Revisited

Son of a gun~! I was cleaning up the mess from having cobbled together and tried so many different things from trying t...
3 comments posted 19yrs
posted by weyland
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by weyland

molding knife profile

Having recently acquired an EDM machine, and having a RBI 816 molder, the idea struck me is if it is possible to create...
6 comments posted 19yrs
posted by cyberzl1
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by cyberzl1

Determining/Defining metal toughness

Awl-- Recently saw sumpn on cable regarding nylon, kevlar, spider's silk, etc. and heard a nice quasi-mathematical desc...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by entropic3.14decay
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by entropic3.14decay

Anyone got a hardness tester?

I have a little test I want to do involving steel and hardness; if there's someone who would be willing to test some sma...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by jtayNOSPAMlor
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by jtayNOSPAMlor

Annealing

If I wanted to soften a bit of steel, could I do so in a kitchen oven? I know it does not get very hot, but maybe it cou...
7 comments posted 19yrs
posted by jtayNOSPAMlor
7 comments posted 19yrs posted by jtayNOSPAMlor

Cutting thin hard material

Awl-- The specific application here is cutting up existing knifeblades (in particular thin-bladed cleavers), and re-fas...
11 comments posted 19yrs
posted by entropic3.14decay
11 comments posted 19yrs posted by entropic3.14decay

Miller Spectrum 250d Plasma Cutter

Bought a non-working one today. I am not familiar with this or any other plasma cutter. If I get this working, does anyo...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by jbleaux
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by jbleaux

Drill press depth stop

My Delta not-Rockwell drill press has a collar on the down feed spindle that can be rotationally adjusted to set a dept...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by bobengelhardt
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by bobengelhardt