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[boslab]

Looks like a bakery my old man worked for a while, it’s the hats that do it.
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[boslab]

Threadmilling type of thing?
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[boslab]

Irrespective of humour black or otherwise please take care, there are nutters out there.
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[boslab]

I’ve used one of those, or damn close, it was German, wait....toolpost grinder, at least that what I’d do with it, nice, wonder how tight it is...

[boslab]

Think they might be shear rollers for mixing, think they are designed to slide across each other, one driven the other loose
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[boslab]

I chemically sharpened some, worked great but keep Hcl out of the shop, bloody chlorine eats everything, I like fileing, therapy, calming
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[boslab]

Stainless is electro polished, gets the oxide off, Matt finish though
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[boslab]

I found a little wild bee aka bumble type completely knackered by my door, felt sorry for the little thing so got a dab of honey out the kitchen (manuca)...

[boslab]

Beautiful, would not like to clean that lot of brass, I was looking in my scrap bin the other day when I found several lengths of old brass curtain rail,...

[boslab]

Apparently the biggest living creature on earth is a fungi in a North America woods, if I remember the researchers got over 6000 tons of one fungus, my...

[boslab]

If I remember right, ny cnc did a factory tour of starret, they were and had been using a mill for grinding,.. somthing I’d been told no to, but needs...

[boslab]

Ohhh, lab stool with a place to dangle your balls, must make one of those,
nice shop, mines a tip, now with some overly friendly bees, wild ones,...

[boslab]

Looks an easy home shop type project, worth a bit of effort to make, very basic metalworking, another project I suppose
thanks for posting, won’t...

[boslab]

I have a Nissan 3 ton mini excavator, an outstanding job is replace the cab and back lid, they have rusted away, seems corrosion is a lot worse these...

[boslab]

How about babbit, make a core and cast it
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[boslab]

I’m with mattiJ, phenolic plywood, one side is sort of dimples the other smooth, mines dark brown, called buffalo board over here, good stuff
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[boslab]

Impressive, I’d be tinkering with a pid controller and getting approximately nowhere, a place I seem to visit a lot!, well fabricobbled (learning ave)...

[boslab]

Majestic little thing, congratulations well made
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[boslab]

Pity it wasn’t pre nuclear lead, that stuff has a hefty price tag, honest, anyway somewhat off topic but interesting, there’s a lead firm or metals...