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Yesterday,
08:29 PM
vpt
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You guys might enjoy this steam video of an old operating business making boxes
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Very nice video, I well enjoyed that! Thanks for sharing!
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Yesterday,
04:22 PM
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Weld or Braze thin steel exhaust?
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Home Shop Welding
personally I would weld it but I have the equipment to do so. I would think not only the heat near the melting temp of the brass but then the...
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Yesterday,
07:13 AM
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QCTP for Unimat?
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Thats the tool post I was talking about with an easy height adjust. But like mentioned no where need the tool changing speed of a QCTP. But I am...
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Yesterday,
07:00 AM
vpt
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What did you weld today?
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Weight. It saved over 15 pounds over the stainless one next to it.
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05-16-2013,
08:39 PM
vpt
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QCTP for Unimat?
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Can't find the pictures now. Someone once posted a bolt split down the middle as a tool post and used a nut or something to adjust tool height. It...
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05-16-2013,
06:20 PM
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Sir Johns New Retirement Career, Great Help Needed!
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Thats awesome!
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05-16-2013,
05:41 PM
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is this too good to be true?
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I'd give it a shot but shipping would kill me.
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05-16-2013,
05:39 PM
vpt
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What would cause these nasty TIG (non)welds?
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Home Shop Welding
I was giving credit simply due to the machine used! Sure a guy in a temperature controlled aviation shop with medical cleanliness can lay out nice...
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45 replies | 1749 view(s)
05-16-2013,
06:47 AM
vpt
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Light on welding helmet?
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Good ol fixed lens!
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05-15-2013,
08:14 AM
vpt
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Polishing crankshaft journals?
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If it looks like that in the fuzzy video I wouldn't even want to see it in high def. It isn't even "polishing", they just show sanding the...
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21 replies | 1455 view(s)
05-15-2013,
07:15 AM
vpt
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Polishing crankshaft journals?
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Yikes is right! Honestly I wasn't to impressed with the finished "polish" either.
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05-14-2013,
08:12 PM
vpt
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What did you weld today?
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05-14-2013,
06:34 PM
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OT: NOOOOOOOoooooo!!!! (Say it isn't so!)
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All she needed was a pound of bacon a day to keep the cancer at bay.
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05-14-2013,
07:09 AM
vpt
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Polishing crankshaft journals?
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Pictured is the standard procedure now days at most shops. The crank in the picture looks to be honda.
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21 replies | 1455 view(s)
05-14-2013,
07:07 AM
vpt
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diy atomising nozzles
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I have played with more than a few nozzles in my life for cars from nitrous, myth/water, to fuel. The last meth ones I seen had a hole most of the...
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05-13-2013,
08:15 PM
vpt
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Tapping stand adapters, how do they hold the taps?
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Nice! The ones I have, have a rubber o-ring in them to hold the tap.
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05-13-2013,
08:12 PM
vpt
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Polishing crankshaft journals?
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I almost always use WD-40 or windex just so I don't get any build up and scratch the journal.
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05-13-2013,
08:11 PM
vpt
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What would cause these nasty TIG (non)welds?
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They did show up! I am actually impressed! Nice job!
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05-13-2013,
07:46 PM
vpt
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Polishing crankshaft journals?
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Like mentioned^ once down to super duper fine I flip the emery cloth around and use polishing/buffing compound.
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21 replies | 1455 view(s)
05-13-2013,
05:53 PM
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What would cause these nasty TIG (non)welds?
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I agree, I would think 10 posts would be enough to weed out the spammers.
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05-12-2013,
08:24 PM
vpt
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Gear grease for open gears - Logan 820 lathe
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Personally on my atlas I leave the bull gear and back gears dry. The leadscrew gears all get chain lube.
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05-12-2013,
07:41 PM
vpt
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What did you weld today?
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I wish my plasma table was up and running! Oxford that cart looks nice!
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05-12-2013,
06:06 PM
vpt
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I found the answer to my milling machine need!
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Not sure exactly which way is the better way but I do know routering one way leaves a smoother finish than the other. I do know it is from left to...
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05-12-2013,
06:02 PM
vpt
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What would cause these nasty TIG (non)welds?
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I'm waiting patiently. I believe at 25 posts your stuff starts going threw instantly. I could be wrong though. I as well hope you stick around and...
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05-12-2013,
06:32 AM
vpt
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I found the answer to my milling machine need!
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Didn't they use more of a shaper technique back in the day? I actually did use my router a couple weeks ago for a metal job, when I get it done I...
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05-12-2013,
06:26 AM
vpt
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What would cause these nasty TIG (non)welds?
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What was the problem?
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05-11-2013,
08:14 PM
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I found the answer to my milling machine need!
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I guess I am no longer looking for a tree mill! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YQr-jDIFDE
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05-11-2013,
08:07 PM
vpt
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Will a Delrin idler gear make things much more quieter ?
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I would think a delrin gear could be ran tight (no clearance) which would cut down on noise? Also if a guy was to get or cut special gears I would...
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23 replies | 1487 view(s)
05-11-2013,
08:19 AM
vpt
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Vertical radius cutter (video and pic)
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That is cool stuff! Some day I need to make up some sort of ball turner. Kind of glad I don't have the time so I can see all these neat ideas! An...
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05-11-2013,
08:09 AM
vpt
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What is the purpose of this screw and locking nut
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Looks very familiar to an internal "cross feed stop" or the like.
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10 replies | 1086 view(s)
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