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05-22-2013,
11:44 PM
Oldbrock
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My Apology to the forum!
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How could you do all that steeling, I'm totally discombobulated
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04-22-2013,
05:19 PM
Oldbrock
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Compression spring supplier in Canada ?
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Got mine from Acklands-Granger
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04-04-2013,
12:08 AM
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THIS is a machine shop
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RC. you seem to have formed the opinion that these good old boys are stuck in the backwoods and never saw a machinery handbook or a trade magazine....
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04-02-2013,
04:58 PM
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THIS is a machine shop
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So you keep a 200,000 dollar machine around in case something that never shows up anyway shows up. These guys have a niche market and are happy. ...
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04-01-2013,
10:25 PM
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THIS is a machine shop
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Zero, I don't quite understand the term " I am like" before "don't you see the relation" I hear some knuckle draggers use the term and it just does...
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03-29-2013,
01:49 PM
Oldbrock
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Pipe thread taper angle
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Leave 7 threads showing on the tap usually works for correct depth
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03-26-2013,
06:37 PM
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Used to have one of those, wonder what happened to it.
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03-23-2013,
06:15 PM
Oldbrock
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Where to get hard woods for cheap?
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Hockey sticks, keep your eyes open at yard sales for old furniture.
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03-22-2013,
07:25 PM
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How to produce ball ends on a rod ?
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http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj232/brockley1_bucket/formtools.jpg The diameter of the dremel stone will form a perfect radius, make sure you...
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03-22-2013,
06:42 PM
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How I got here from a new member
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Welcome to the forum, I was going to say nuthouse but we are not all crazy, just about machines. There lot of members on the West Coast, if you...
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03-21-2013,
04:25 PM
Oldbrock
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Large radius tube bender ideas
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The two bottom rollers are powered and the center one is adjusted down to decrease to the desired radius. You can't bend tube right to the end,...
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03-21-2013,
12:41 PM
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Large radius tube bender ideas
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Made this for a customer, rollers fit 1" and 1 1/4" tubing. The two bottom rollers are coupled by roller chain and powered by gearmotor not shown....
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03-10-2013,
07:00 PM
Oldbrock
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tutorial on bandsaw blade welding please
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For carbon blades, weld, grind, temper to blue. done
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03-08-2013,
08:11 PM
Oldbrock
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Drilling 1/2" Bolt Clearance Holes
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Cobalt split point at 600 to 640 rpm with coolant should work just fine, messy though with coolant and cuttings flying around the shop. peter
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03-08-2013,
02:21 PM
Oldbrock
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O.T. Gravity hurts.
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Falls don't hurt, it's that sudden stop that terminates the fall that hurts. Ask me how I know, took a dive off a 20' high crane rail a few decades...
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03-08-2013,
12:30 PM
Oldbrock
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OT: My first lottery scam, finally.
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Had the same pay pal email as Jaakko, Me and about 15 brock........ sent more than $7,000.00 to some unknown party. Joke was that the bank account...
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May 7, 1932 (81)
About Oldbrock
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came from Wales, machinist in Edmonton. Taught machine shop in high school Stettler AB
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Castlegar BC Canada
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still machining own shop
Occupation:
retired
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The difficult done right away. the impossible takes a little time.
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