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They seem to have just recently changed/started enforcing new rules about images on 3rd party sites (like this one). Now they want you to pay for a...

These will support a new scoreboard at the local stadium. IT'S NOT MY WELDING OR MY DESIGN. Yeah, they're about one inch out of...

I have lived on three beautiful acres for 40 years. I cut my own grass .I have never sharpened a lawn mower blade .every six or seven years when I...

I recently told the wife that we are at the upper limits as to the number of horses we have for the amount of pasture we have. That in fact we could...

I am getting a yen to machine something, but not an engine. I am somewhat intrigued by mechanisms that have an "automatic reverse" function to them....

Hey folks. I need to weld a nut over a rounded oil drain plug. Any advice as to where to place the ground clamp? Can I put it on the oil pan or...

I use wooden 100mm diameter turned pressure treated fence posts on my farm. Sometimes it is not possible to get them in the ground exactly the...

Not to derail Wes's thread. There I was, driving home with my pizza and wings for the wife and I a couple of Saturdays ago, and there it was, a...

I'm thinking about adding a 2 axis DRO to the Millrite. I can't think of a good reason not to, but since I'm still pretty green, I figured I'd ask to...

Expecting a fedex package... I was no more than 30 feet from the door. No bell, no knock, next time I go past the door, I see a note..... The...

I've been doing more welding lately with a little flux core I picked up, just on the occasion but the uses are growing more and more. Using it on...

CNC is kind of always thought of as a production process. I bought a large CNC bed mill at work, but I have homebuilt CNC minimill size machine in my...

I recently purchased a Shars brand coaxial indicator to help center my spindle in a cylinder to be bored. I received it yesterday and it worked...

While on vacation we spent about 9 days in Wyoming. 85 octane gasoline was everywhere. What correctly burns 85 octane gasoline besides starting a...

So yeah, its an ebay question so IMHO its off topic. Its a kinda sales issue and that IS off limits. The deal is, I am in "no mans land" for used...

https://gun.deals/product/rws-2254855-steel-force-air-rifle-m4-style-select-fire-177-101 1/2 of Amazons price & legal everywhere as far as I know....

I just finished reading a very detailed and interesting book about the VW diesel emission cheating scandal.It cost VW billions of dollars in fines...

I need to move a Bridgeport-sized vertical mill. The seller can't lift it. I can't lift it onto a truck or trailer. Therefore I'm looking to hire a...

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/31/us/worlds-largest-airplane-rolled-out-paul-allen/?iid=ob_article_organicsidebar_expansion It just doesn't seem...

What would you say about someone who uses an end mill in a drill chuck on a Bridgeport milling machine? There was a rack of collets along with the...

I will be building a new shop in a two car garage. It's plain concrete now and I'm wondering about the epoxy floor coatings -- do they hold up? ...

Sorry gentlemen for the breach of etiquette!:eek: Although there was no intent of blatant advertising on my part, the post certainly would be...

I like this hope you do too. Alistair https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5S0IyNvWXg

With any luck I'll be putting my LMS mini mill up for sale soon, I came across a local guy who is moving and wants to sell his shop equipment. He's...

Im always trying to improve my bike and next on the list was my crankset, they seemed pretty antiquated and im sure there was some room for...

Ridgid, Milwaukee, Dewalt, or ??? seeking recommendations. My 18 year old 9.6v Dewalt 3/8 cordless drill still works but I am down to one CE...

Little electric motor on my portable compressor claims to be 6 hp. Little gas engine on my walk-behind lawn mower claims to be 6.75 hp. These are...

I often need to make a prototype PC board. In the past I have used a number of methods from hand drawing the circuit pattern with a Sharpie pen to...

Blows me away in this day and age we got easily predictable and avoidable things yet "engineers" that still don't know the very basics of fluid...

Your user name and info is right there anyway. Jigs :D