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I have 2 sawmills. 3 if you could a chainsaw 'Beam Machine' rides a 2x4 ( might be great in Alaska if you need something to take in a bush plane.)...

-Worked? Define "worked". A quick Google: London in 2009: 240 shootings in six months. 1,400 shots fired, 29 dead, 700+ injured in 2014. Lower...

Everyone's got some great points, not a pissing contest here you guys have been good. needless to say im still scratching my head on what's the...

Ummm actually you did. From the last debate about guns This is you replying to me.

"Failed state" I'm calling BS on that 16,000 out of 340,000,000 isn't a significant number to begin with. You are also ignoring the fact that the...

I've got a 36V nicad battery powered mower. Pretty good power and it'll cut for about 45-60 minutes. The best thing about it? My wife is willing...

Firearms have been part of Americas history from the start. Semi autos have been around for nearly 100 years. Rural people on farms have had guns in...

No disagreement on that one Doc, there's nothing worse than having it all right in front of you only to let it all slip through your fingers.. ...

-This, right here. You wonder why we have so many school shootings? Because we've made schools into widely publicized soft targets. The shooters know...

A quick little repair. I went out to check the oil in the Impala and noticed one of the latches holding the air filter box was broken off and...

-Fully agree. That's almost exactly what happened in all too many of these cases. The Virginia Tech shooter, as I recall, had a clean record and...

UK 0.92 or 594 US 4.88 or 15,696 Napkin math says 2556 more people in the UK will have to get murdered in a year to get into the same...

I've been getting small quantity 6061 from Stoner Metals (Colorado) ;) on Amazon and Low Cost Metals on Ebay. Both are reasonable with included...

I have lots to say on this subject, but unfortunately this machinist's forum isn't really the place. I will however, point out that the 'gun...

plenty of L0 tooling out there, same as my Colchester student!

if you look on youtube at Turnwright machine works, keith fenner, he uses heat and then rapic cooling to straigten shafting up to 2 1/2 dia! he goes...

It's been trending up in the UK for several years,this year will mark a greater increase than the last two. ...

During the high solar activity in the 70s it was not uncommon to shoot skip halfway around the world. My dad (Arizona) exchanged QSL cards with...

No real work going on today. I'm just dicking around to see how I'll hold these flywheels to turn them. I think that I can assume that the spokes are...

on my Shars cheapy the fixed jaw screws were really short and the key didn't fit very well. Adding longer screws and shimming the key helped alot...

I thought you were talking about Citizen Band radios. :D My 8-watt base station has been packed away since I moved from my X-wife's house in Ohio...

I have a Ryobi 40V lithium battery powered mower and love it to bits, though I have a fairly small garden. I've never found petrol engined mowers to...

Do you think it would be hard to find 2 comparable cities where the US rate was significantly higher than the UK city? I mean, I'm not even going to...

I had one of those Jacobs chucks on a Logan, back in the day. I'd buy it in a heartbeat if it would fit my lathe's D1-4 spindle nose.

I'd guess USA from the spelling of Al. I get small quantities from eBay. Also, if there is a suitable metal supplier locally, ask if they have...

6061dude on Ebay has been great for what I've needed.

I would not have thought of using the large bearing outers for tramming, (8",I checked) because the museum's mill is only a drill mill.

If I was walking down the road and a knife fight started on the other side, I'd be very worried. If it was a gun fight, I'd **** myself.

If you have a Bridgeport Mill, keep the 1/4-32 tap. You might have to chase the threads for the R8 collet pin. :) I got tired of paying $14+ each...

Funny how the Vegas shooter was able & legal to buy full auto machine guns & didn't. Funny how the pics of the room showed no "bump stock" & non of...