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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...

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,...

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 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 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 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'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...

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...

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...

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...

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?

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

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...

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...

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...

The dogs got hold of a short piece of 1/2" PEX: They tried, but did not puncture it. Uponor, the PEX maker shows how a kinked PEX tube can be...

Just for fun ,I follow the bitcoin mania. The two top pumpers seem to be coindesk and ccn,at least they allways come up on top in a google search. In...

Okay, I freely admit, the world gets stranger and stranger as I get older and older. For the last 3 years I have worked 3 days a week designing...