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Ever wonder who...

...is walking away with (y)our money? http://www.documentairenet.nl/review/i-am-fishead/ Best regards, Dirk
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posted by df.ganzinga
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Red vs green dremeloid grinding wheels ?

Hi, I need to grind a TiN coated HSS milling cutter down a bit. I think I can make the shape I want by hand but wondere...
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posted by reply_to_group_not_me
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The answer to a gear-hobbing maiden's prayer?

Download this at your peril (no connection with me), but I've just taken the beta 2.0 exe for windows and it seems to w...
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posted by no.spam
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ML4 rack pinion

I've been restoring a rather ill treated ML4 lathe (it seemed that it didn't get much lubrication in its previous life)...
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posted by alanb+news
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Projects in Metal magazine

Does anybody have a copy of the Projects in Metal magazine for April 1989 that I could buy for a reasonable sum? Altern...
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posted by harriscamley
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Hobbing a rack?

I wonder if anyone here has worked out how to produce a rack using a gear hob? Presumably you have toarrange for the li...
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posted by no.spam
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Gib position

Can anybody cast some light on a query about a modification made to a lathe that I have. On most lathes the crosslide g...
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posted by harriscamley
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Ins

G'day, In Ivan Law's book "Gears and gear cutting", p.114, is a table that gives sizes for "D" Ins, etc. What does "Ins"...
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posted by df.ganzinga
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Sinker EDM

Does anyone have any good references for sinker EDM? I don't know much of anything about it, so a beginner book would b...
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posted by zenadsl6186
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Oil points

What do you call the little brass oling points in lathes etc with a ball bearing in them and where do you get them?
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posted by haggisz
11 comments posted 13yrs posted by haggisz

double horse 9101

Hi,my problem is when i strike it up there is a pause then blades spin but keep stop starting and the tail blade does s...
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posted by Kevinski17.5opgso
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Why I never buy from J&L

Recently discovered my duMont broach set had been stolen.So had a look on the net to see the current prices. Looked at...
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posted by mark
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3 phase testing refresher needed please

My workshop seems to have lost its 3 phase supply, all 3 Bridgeport's are showing nothing on the CNC screens, as oppose...
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posted by emimec.19
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rubber belting

At the exhibitions are sold some form of rubber or plastic belting, of the sort that you heat the ends of to join up. (...
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posted by no.spam
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Mystery object

Any ideas what this is used for? http://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/post738217.html#p738217 Bob
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posted by bob.minchinREMOVE
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