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05-16-2013,
09:50 AM
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Anvil
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Rigid outsourced the Peddinghaus anvils to Kanca in Turkey. They're a pale shadow compared to the real German Peddinghaus anvils. Ditto for the...
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05-16-2013,
09:38 AM
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That's Peddinghaus! Arguably the finest anvils ever made! Then Rigid Tool Company bought them, and put them out of business.
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05-15-2013,
03:15 PM
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Personally, I don't like an anvil much below 120lbs. Too much bounce, even for bladesmithing.
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05-15-2013,
10:36 AM
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Do It Yourselfers / Backyard Inventors in China - interesting photos
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Agreed, but when you hear the comments that pollution controls are what are making the US uncompetitive with China (which is laughable), consider...
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05-15-2013,
10:25 AM
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Where to buy a good straightedge
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Any brick and mortar store is going to be a lot more expensive than you can buy it online.
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05-14-2013,
11:15 AM
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Geez... you Canadians piss off everyone.
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This latest Internet Sales Tax (A.K.A. the "Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013") has broad bi-partisan support: it was sponsored by 20 Democrats and 9...
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05-14-2013,
09:52 AM
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Do It Yourselfers / Backyard Inventors in China - interesting photos
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The cannister gas mask for the bicycle was sad. They've industrialized their country -- at what cost?
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05-14-2013,
09:45 AM
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OT: NOOOOOOOoooooo!!!! (Say it isn't so!)
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+1 In this case, medical science has advanced enough to screen for a gene that makes it a very, very high probability that you'll get breast...
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05-14-2013,
03:38 AM
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Geez... you Canadians piss off everyone.
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Blame Amazon and the Texas and California Comptrollers. This is all because Texas and California singled-out Amazon for "dodging" state taxes. ...
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05-13-2013,
09:59 PM
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My welding/fixturing table arrived today!!!!!
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Wow, way too pretty to weld on! Oh, and you suck! :)
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05-13-2013,
05:28 PM
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Geez... you Canadians piss off everyone.
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There's a blanket exclusion for "small businesses" with out of state sales < $1,000,000 :eek:
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05-13-2013,
08:13 AM
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Geez... you Canadians piss off everyone.
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There's a max weight limit of 64 lbs on US Postal Service International Packages. I've been burned with UPS packages going to Canada. It's not...
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05-12-2013,
04:54 PM
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Firsat 3D printed gun fired, would you pull the trigger?
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To get your 15 minutes of fame.
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05-12-2013,
02:59 PM
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What a great post! If you haven't read The Register's article, it's highly recommended: Liberator': Proof that you CAN'T make a working gun in...
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05-11-2013,
01:06 PM
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Firsat 3D printed gun fired, would you pull the trigger?
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It's an interesting legal precedent: claiming that posting the Iges files for a 3D printable gun is exporting munitions. Cody is a UT law student,...
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05-10-2013,
07:20 PM
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Tungsten Round Stock Supplier (US)
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O-1 is one of the oldest tool steels. Great stuff, but only trace amounts of tungsten (.5%). I thought the point of tungsten tips was to move the...
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05-10-2013,
07:16 PM
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Firsat 3D printed gun fired, would you pull the trigger?
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LOL! That's what he wants -- he really wants to make a media event out of being raided by the ATF. But in this case, they got him on ITAR (munition...
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05-06-2013,
09:30 PM
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30% off ENCO
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FYI: the Machinist Calc Pro is $41 after the 30% off. http://www.use-enco.com/CGI/INSRIT?PARTPG=INLMKD&PMPXNO=36969179&
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05-06-2013,
08:52 PM
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Kinda OT if it weren't for the 30 million some odd posts...
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No, he does that for some reason -- his post count gets really high, really fast, and he IM's George to reset it for some reason. Wow, a...
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05-06-2013,
07:14 PM
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OT, Knife Sharpening Techniques
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Those blades are made from CPM S35VN, a modern SuperSteel which is pretty darn wear resistant (a lot Vanadium). I'd second B_M's advice and re-set...
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05-06-2013,
06:07 PM
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Firsat 3D printed gun fired, would you pull the trigger?
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Kurt Saxon -- LOL! "The Poor Man's James Bond" :D
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05-06-2013,
06:06 PM
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Metric Fixation
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LOL! -- that's the ultimate answer to standardization. As one of the Electronic Leadscrew packages advertised, you can thread in Inch, Metrich, or...
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05-06-2013,
05:27 PM
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Firsat 3D printed gun fired, would you pull the trigger?
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Like JC says, it's a .380 Good article about Cody on Forbes: ...
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05-06-2013,
10:45 AM
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Firsat 3D printed gun fired, would you pull the trigger?
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He's the crazy UT Austin Law student who's got a penchant for making hyperbolic headlines. He got Stratasys to donate a machine to him, and when...
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05-05-2013,
09:42 PM
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Metric Fixation
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Ah, very interesting! So couldn't you do the same setups with a V-block bolted onto a shop-made baseplate? You'd have to have tapped holes in the...
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05-05-2013,
06:09 PM
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That's interesting AB. The "Keats" block I posted is made by College Engineering, and has a long-standing tradition with Model Engineer/Model...
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05-05-2013,
03:26 PM
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05-05-2013,
03:09 PM
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The Keats block is a neat idea, but you could make one with a weldment in less than an hour, depending on how anal you were with the finish.
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05-04-2013,
05:01 PM
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cast iron definition
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15% seems almost insignificant though. That's the US Navy article on cast iron stress relief I've posted several times here and on PM, and that...
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05-04-2013,
02:26 PM
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Vertical shaper
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That's a beauty! They don't make 'em like that anymore :(
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