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05-03-2013, 10:49 PM

.RC. replied to a thread Practical Machinist site down? in General

Yes everyone should learn to hate everyone equally, rather then be biased about it..... :D

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04-12-2013, 01:53 AM

.RC. replied to a thread OT- FireFox Being Shunned? in General

Running no-script will block a lot of sites functionality. You have to manually allow them to work... Some sites when you allow them, then when the...

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04-09-2013, 06:18 PM

.RC. replied to a thread Shop Made Tools 2013 book. Just arrived!! in General

woo hoo is my ER32 simple dividing tool in it... :)

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04-09-2013, 06:05 PM

.RC. replied to a thread Shop Made Tools 2013 book. Just arrived!! in General

Do the contributors still get a free copy?

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04-04-2013, 12:58 AM

.RC. replied to a thread THIS is a machine shop in General

I am of the opinion that they have not changed much in a long time and in the end, eventually is it a recipe for disaster. By the video you get the...

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04-03-2013, 04:15 AM

.RC. replied to a thread THIS is a machine shop in General

They will value your land and property as part of a risk assessment though... Along with your balance sheet. I only mentioned bevel gears once as...

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04-03-2013, 02:47 AM

.RC. replied to a thread THIS is a machine shop in General

Who is belittling them? I am just saying their business model needs updating as the current one will eventually lead to no business.... As they say,...

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04-02-2013, 07:30 PM

.RC. replied to a thread THIS is a machine shop in General

Nope I am missing nothing... A lot of you are anticipating that for this shop the next forty years is going to be the same as the last forty years......

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04-02-2013, 04:32 PM

.RC. replied to a thread THIS is a machine shop in General

I was thinking more along the lines of a machining centre for a start... Someone brings in a busted gear from a modern machine.... "Can you make...

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04-02-2013, 06:07 AM

.RC. replied to a thread THIS is a machine shop in General

Not really, it is a classic example of where some in the US industry went so wrong at times except on a smaller scale... Think Bethlehem Steel and...

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04-01-2013, 11:25 PM

.RC. replied to a thread THIS is a machine shop in General

I pity the young bloke....Destined never to get ahead while such a business in run in such a backwards way... I know it sounds nasty, but in...

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03-25-2013, 12:41 AM

.RC. replied to a thread Osama lathe foot brake in General

I do not have an Osama bin laden lathe but my japanese design lathe has a brake that looks like this Damn, strike tags do not work on this...

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03-24-2013, 04:00 PM

.RC. replied to a thread Glacern vs Orange in General

I am not going there :D:D

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03-24-2013, 04:30 AM

.RC. replied to a thread Glacern vs Orange in General

But why, If there was never any need to it is just capitulating to bullying... Over at PM the "order" was ignored.

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03-18-2013, 08:36 PM

.RC. replied to a thread OT : my friend got 4 years in federal prison today in General

i dunno, on wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weev Auernheimer is a member of the group of computer experts known as "Goatse Security"...

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03-17-2013, 09:36 PM

.RC. replied to a thread OT! Heavy equipment hub assemblys in General

Can you wiggle the axle up and down? Not unusual for the outer axle to do that if the bush is runs on is worn... To bend the stub axle like that...

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03-14-2013, 01:38 AM

.RC. replied to a thread Clutch or Neutral in General

Happens to the best of us http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfVqIiwgous

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03-13-2013, 09:44 PM

.RC. replied to a thread CNC Zone an even worse waste of time now? in General

I can never navigate it anyway, way too many forums and sub forums on that site...

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03-12-2013, 04:05 PM

.RC. replied to a thread Guess what? bought a lathe! in General

Was it all done by hand scraping or did a Biax sneak it's way in there somewhere? Well done anyway, very nice work..

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03-09-2013, 05:43 AM

.RC. replied to a thread POS D Day and counting in General

ahh OK , that explain it then.. Lot of things you can not see just my looking at pictures in that model like the power knee, and the extra weight......

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03-08-2013, 07:57 PM

.RC. replied to a thread POS D Day and counting in General

The head looks very nearly identical..... I think we will soon be hearing about a POS Warco.... If a Bridgeport is not sturdy enough, then you...

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03-06-2013, 11:19 PM

.RC. replied to a thread Evaluating a surface plate in General

Here is the basic stuff I use.. Hand scraper is a Sandvik 620-25 http://www.greenwood-tools.co.uk/shopscr63.html It comes with one insert.... You...

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03-06-2013, 01:01 AM

.RC. replied to a thread Evaluating a surface plate in General

This is what ****s me off... Self proclaimed experts that have admitted they have never done it yet come in here telling everyone about what they...

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03-05-2013, 07:45 PM

.RC. replied to a thread Evaluating a surface plate in General

No you may have things a bit mixed up here... The OP wants a surface plate as a reference for tools for scraping a lathe back in.. There is a...

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03-05-2013, 06:35 AM

.RC. replied to a thread POS D Day and counting in General

John is your workshop the Tardis by any chance?

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03-04-2013, 04:50 PM

.RC. replied to a thread POS D Day and counting in General

I see what Sir John has been doing while waiting for the new mill to arrive ...

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03-04-2013, 04:54 AM

.RC. replied to a thread Evaluating a surface plate in General

Would not know about commercial shops, this is the "Home Shop Machinist" forum as such geared towards the home user who does this sort of stuff for...

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03-03-2013, 03:26 AM

.RC. replied to a thread Jokes & Stories . Keep it clean'ish folks in General

SCOTTISH COMPASSION A man was sitting on a blanket at the beach. He had no arms and no legs. Three women, from England , Wales...

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03-02-2013, 02:56 PM

.RC. replied to a thread POS D Day and counting in General

I hope you have a bin big enough to bin it all... :D

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