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05-07-2013, 09:25 PM

Arcane replied to a thread Chemical question for EVAN the rocket scientist in General

Here's a list of gas stations claimed to sell ethanol free gas. http://pure-gas.org/

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05-02-2013, 08:04 PM

Arcane replied to a thread OT;Replacement dog/ in General

You have my heartfelt condolences, Sophiedoc.

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04-27-2013, 07:06 PM

Arcane replied to a thread Aluminum piston in cast iron cylinder in General

What's that on the edges of that gasket? It looks like melted gasket material to me (hard to see on my monitor) or is it just an RTV "gasket sealer"?...

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04-23-2013, 02:18 AM

Arcane replied to a thread What did you machine today? in General

I made a small pin to drive an oil slinger on the crank of a friend's John Deere A. It has a 0.300 inch long 0.250 square on one end and a 0.660 long...

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04-20-2013, 06:11 AM

Arcane replied to a thread Import Caster Weight Capacity? in General

Lots of cheap casters will support their rated weight right up to the point where you start to roll them across the floor. :D

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04-03-2013, 10:34 PM

Arcane replied to a thread Anyone else push their machines limits ? Or is it just me in General

Since you usually have your workpiece on top of your mill table I guess I can say I exceeded the normal capacity of my mill a few years back when a...

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03-28-2013, 12:36 PM

Arcane replied to a thread Boring and broaching a 4 belt pulley (sheave) in General

That would result in the center line of the KW being off center by over .009". Did you notice any trouble getting the key in when you fitted the...

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03-19-2013, 12:12 AM

Arcane started a thread Timesaver lapping compounds in General

I came across this site while surfing and thought it might be useful to some of you guys who do a bit of lapping. Does it work as advertised? No...

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03-18-2013, 01:39 PM

Arcane replied to a thread Basic milling question... in General

I can think of a couple of ways to set the angle, one is with a sine plate set to 2 degrees and the other is with an angle block. Here's an example...

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03-13-2013, 09:28 PM

Arcane replied to a thread Need help drilling holes in pipe in General

What equipment you have available?

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03-05-2013, 01:20 AM

Arcane replied to a thread Making a heat treating oven what is a good heating element in General

How would that happen?

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02-27-2013, 08:02 PM

Arcane replied to a thread Hand Tap Chamfer Specs? in General

http://www.threadtools.com/Files/Taps%20technical%20info.pdf

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02-25-2013, 08:17 PM

Arcane replied to a thread O T - Worth a Chuckle in General

Airbags won't deploy from a tap like that; they deploy based on accelerations experienced by the sensors.

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02-24-2013, 03:27 AM

Arcane replied to a thread OT - Any suggestions on a good quality wheelbarrow? in General

Depending on what you use the wheel barrow for and how often, sometimes a solid wheel makes more sense than a pneumatic one. I rarely use my wheel...

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02-24-2013, 03:13 AM

Arcane replied to a thread Cutting Bolts in the lathe. in General

Some time back I volunteered to make some new screws for a friend's wife's towel rack. I only needed to make 3 of them but they were a # 10 flathead...

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02-23-2013, 02:33 AM

Arcane replied to a thread Frozen door locks in General

I used to work for the provincial electrical utility and we would have to very regularly go into padlocked facilities, one of them being padmount...

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