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I have spent enough hours this summer frittering away my shop hours on flame-sucker engines, Sterling engines, and clutches. My plan for the coming...

Did not want to derail another thread, but my Taig CNC mill pretty damn quickly opened my mind about things. I want a serious discussion on this. ...

I paid $75 for this box new in 1972. It was wrapped in heavy gage plastic and in a Gerstner-labeled cardboard box....

And in this case, I mean threads here on the board, not cut threads. :D At the moment, the "What Did You Machine Today?" thread is 121 pages long,...

I hope people in Cali are not being terribly affected by the wildfires. We hear about them a lot on the East Coast but I guess we don't really stop...

Anyone catch the last 60 minutes episode? Watched it the other night and was astounded at their special coverage on "plastics" and all what were...

I want to make one, would be nice to see some pics of yours and maybe if someone has drawings too.:confused: because I'm weak in that area.thanks...

There is an attitude with some members here that some pieces of equipment, usually imported from China or other western Pacific countries, are not...

So I'm in the throws of making up a few wooden Christmas presents and while going through my collection of wood I came across some really fine slow...

I was watching a You tube video about a guy explaining the current situation regarding how good or bad passwords are. Most people's are very bad!...

Maybe I should have worded that do any people around you suffer from your 'ADHS or Assbergers? Doozer made me think about writing this as he...

Looking through the American Rotary website, i saw the option to buy just the panel and add a motor. I got to looking online at surplus 3ph motors...

I have an idea for packaging up a line tools. I figured I would give the idea to Victor and called them. Sales guy answers and I tell him I...

Except for the awesome builds by Brian Rupnow, is anyone else on here doing any machining? I used to get some great inspiration and practical tips...

Who else goes through this around halloween? you buy candy for the kids just in case any show because god forbid you sure don't want to be that...

I swear that the Box stores are stocking according to the "fact" that "nobody fixes anything anymore". Looking for glue recently at Lowes, I...

Hello everyone, I'm starting my first home machine shop (hobby purposes only) and I'm starting from ground zero. You see I wasn't a machinist in my...

I have a running debate on another board about the feasibility and wisdom of installing a helicoil into a spark plug hole without disassembling the...

Listen to this..... My phone rang a couple weeks ago one morning. The CID said McMaster. I figured it was robo call or spam caller using their number...

Over the past year I've noticed several lathes on Craigslist that sat around awhile and were relisted yet weren't at high prices, didn't appear to be...

This idea has been beating around here for years, and drives me crazy. IMO it's a classic example of people with no concept of engineering pulling...

Hey all, I am new to machining and could use some opinions. I am trying to justify purchasing a lathe for my hobbies, mainly building classic...

I just saw this lathe on craigslist, and am wondering what you guys would pay for it? I think that since it's almost 20 years old, and even with...

Ok, I called Taig this morning and found out some things... The ball screw taig CNC comes with everything except for a computer for 2995. Another...

In 2004 I bought my first house with a 0 down, 30 yr VA loan. 10 years later, having about 20% equity, I refinanced it with a conventional 15 yr...

I know that the newer cars have been coming through with LED head lights for some time now but lately some of these newer head lights are blinding....

Since we have a 3 jaw chuck thread going and it sounds they aren't accurate. So do you folks use a 4 jaw everyday ( like Adam Booth) and indicate...

I love cleaning stubborn grease/grime and stains with acetone. Is there something just as effective that won't strip/bubble-up machine paint? ...

I have a number of IRA and 401k accounts and, being retired, need to take money from them from time to time. Every time I do this, they tell me that...

I tryed out a 8" x 1/2" x 28T HSS that I got at a garage sale.I was Machiniing a 1-5/8 sqaure stock I think it hot roll,it came from a hitch...