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I ordered up the newest Jan Ridder flame-eater design, and have modeled it all this morning. I have changed metric plate and shaft sizes to the...

I know this is off topic, but you all helped my greatly the last time I had engine problems & I am not really sure what forum to post in. The...

Fatalities are involved: https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/15/us/miami-bridge-collapse/index.html

As explained (maybe) here: https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-autopilot-why-crash-radar/

Ordered it with DRO, micrometer carriage stop, work light, coolant system, heavier CI stand, etc. Should be here in a week, hopefully. Tried to go...

Okay guys, I'm stumped here. I single point threaded a shaft to fit a "nut" with a known size and thread pitch (I made it, and used a drill and tap...

I just finished building the latest flame-licker engine designed by Jan Ridder, and my results were not what I hoped for. I did get it to run--long...

All my life, when I've wanted to join bits of steel together, I've used a stick welder. 99% of what I do is stuff like 2" to 4" box section, angle,...

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We're building a summer beach house off the Cape and I went down to look at the progress today and noticed the bulkhead for outside basement access...

I was just wondering about this. When I worked in a local factory I ran an old Brown & Sharpe surface grinder, don't remember the model. It was like...

I had my old 24" Toro supposedly tuned up a few years ago and it was totally crapping out on me today, I think the carb was flooding. Sadly, I'm not...

I've never seen any thing like this before. How does the dot change color ?? They are not cheap !!! $29 for a 1/2"-13 bolt. ...

Have to machine a bracket to mount the reader head to the apron for the DRO. Made the part in Fusion, and decided to print it out in PETG to see how...

We were just switched to telephone over the internet here. We had no choice it the matter. So now our telephone and internet come in on our DSL...

Hate to admit this, but I don’t have a decent micrometer. Was going to order one from Enco, but that’s no longer a choice. I would try Amazon, but...

I really, really, don't want to start another build right now. However--I have been researching all of the many different flamelicker engines, and...

I've been challenged by a young machinist from Germany on centering the tables of mills and surface grinders when they are not in use. I was...

Max. size of an "accessory building" in my area is 700 sq ft, 19 ft max height. Looking for opinions on best footprint size eg length and width,...

"...A normal rev limit of 21,500rpm – and another 500rpm still left for the last-lap dash to the line – an eight-speed gearbox and a race weight of...

There must be some pretty cool looking machines around- we've all seen at least some of them. For me it's probably the Unimat, which is where I...

https://www.reddit.com/r/Machinists/comments/7zkbhz/i_just_saw_a_good_machinist_of_over_40_years_lose/ I hope nobody feels condescended by this,...

The government is moving ahead with the tariffs. Has anyone given any thoughts on how this will effect our hobby?

Hello everyone,I'm Finnish car man.I do not have companies or stores, and I have no any contact with them. Do you thing this tool would be useful in...

Hi all. Wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction here. I've got a Sieg SC4 and started finding that the carriage had some points in...

I found this the other day. I think this is really cool. 20 min of light from a falling weight. I have a nephew who think you could build one for...

I just got an awesome voicemail message. :) http://www.bbssystem.com/pictures/voicemail-48.m4a EDIT: Here is the transcript: “We received a...

So I'm sweeping up chips and curlies after a bit of a job yesterday. For the 18,479'th time I curse the broom that seems to hold the curlies well...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8grHpQAB1jA Best parts are around 3-5 minutes timestamp ie: https://youtu.be/8grHpQAB1jA?t=187 HOLY crap. And...