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    04-28-2013, 05:23 PM
    I see no reason to believe it wasnt thrown there by the original collapse. I have a friend who is an electrician in NYC, and he had just finished...
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    04-26-2013, 05:06 PM
    In countries with good trades training programs, like Germany or Italy, manufacturers and the government work hand in hand to train the students for...
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    04-26-2013, 05:03 PM
    I try to avoid buying products from China as much as possible- but I do have one Chinese machine that is pretty high quality- my Anyang self...
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    04-26-2013, 01:50 PM
    Luckily, in my state, these schools never went away- the community college system has strong trades programs in many fields, and has been expanding,...
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    04-26-2013, 01:43 PM
    Ries replied to a thread Strong gardening fork in General
    google broadfork. Really, you should just buy one from Bob Powell, a machinist and engineer who makes one of the best ones. ...
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    04-15-2013, 11:44 AM
    On a related note, there is now, for the first time in 69 years, not a single US tank in Germany....
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    03-07-2013, 12:10 PM
    I think this is true to a large degree- for instance, on our local metalworker email group, somebody asked about new round belts for their engraving...
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    03-05-2013, 09:02 PM
    Looks great. But I gotta pile on- I built a 50 ton press, and it uses about 4 times the metal in pretty much every location. I used 1 1/2" pins to...
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    03-05-2013, 12:29 PM
    Ries replied to a thread Sandbagging in General
    I use steel shot. But I mainly use the bags for backup for sheet metal shaping- you know, pounding into them. Which means it was worth getting...
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    03-03-2013, 11:53 AM
    Ries replied to a thread Jet lathe part - what is it? in General
    I suppose thats possible- are the ways the same in the back as in the front? On my bigger Jet, they are not, so something that fits in front wont...
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    03-03-2013, 11:11 AM
    Ries replied to a thread Jet lathe part - what is it? in General
    I dont think thats a stock, original Jet part. I have the original catalog, from 1982, showing that exact lathe. Which I believe is a late 70's to...
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    03-02-2013, 02:53 PM
    Ries replied to a thread Lamp Shade Frames in General
    so, you dont own one. as I thought. I am not "bitter" in the slightest. But while I know next to nothing about writing software for drugstores,...
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    03-02-2013, 01:48 PM
    Ries replied to a thread Lamp Shade Frames in General
    Sorry Dennis, but thats what I would call "bench racing". Recommending a machine that you probably dont own, in all likelihood have never even seen...
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    02-27-2013, 06:56 PM
    Ries replied to a thread Lamp Shade Frames in General
    Everybody is different. I have actually built a bridge. In my shop....
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    02-27-2013, 03:59 PM
    Ries replied to a thread Lamp Shade Frames in General
    I dont think you are going to have much luck soldering 1/8" or 3/16" round bar, with a standard home electrical soldering iron. You could braze them...
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    02-27-2013, 01:39 PM
    Ries replied to a thread Lamp Shade Frames in General
    I have been doing stuff like this for a long long time. Decorative wire work of all kinds, in sizes from 1/8" up to 1" in diameter. I use a...
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