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I used to build very high quality fishing boats back in the '70s. The shell plate joints were lap joints. Done right, they were watertight. So we did...
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I used to use automatic centerpunches a lot. I own a Starrett and a General. I have bought replacement tips for both. FYI I like the General better than...
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What kind of twist drill drills high speed steel?
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I built a dust trap from a 30 gallon drum once. My idea was to put it inline with my shop vac's suction hose. There was a shop vac port in the center...
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I didn't say Harris 355s are standalone flowmeters. I said you can attach them directly to cylinders i.e. they have their own regulators.
I understand...
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chipmaker4130, flowmeters exist and are used every day that you connect directly to a high pressure cylinder and can put out 20 cfh or even more. For...
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OK, I think I have it figured out. Victor gives a table of correction factors for various welding gases:
argon 0.85
CO2 0.81...
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welding gas question
Suppose I put a regulator on an argon bottle and regulate it to exactly 30 psi, and then run it through a flowmeter set to pass exactly 20 cfh.
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I have something to contribute. I have owned a 7" Atlas shaper and also a 12" Sheldon shaper. It was fun to grind up a tool, put a block into...
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Real MAPP hasn't been produced for several years now. If you look closely at the yellow cylinders sold today, it will say something like MAPP equivalent....
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Andy Lofquist (MLA) now sells a kit which is a taper attachment bit that bolts to the outer end of their tee slot cross-slide table. I got one of those...
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anyone use OpenSCAD to enter 3D model information?
My brother has a lab at USC and his students do a ton of 3D printing. I have never really considered 3D printing. He wrote to me the other day and pointed...
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If your lathe table is rectangular, that means you have space on the table behind the tailstock end of the lathe. So your AXA stand/rack/tree should go...
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As a matter of fact the last 2 blades I bought for my 7x12 were Bahco (made in Germany) and I think they cut great! I haven't had one installed long enough...Last edited by metalmagpie; 11-17-2019, 05:06 PM.
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It's easy to set the position where it's tight. Set the ball handle to where you want it and tighten the nut on the other end. Pull on the ball handle...Last edited by metalmagpie; 11-16-2019, 05:49 PM.
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belt tension clamp on step head BP?
Many of you will be very familiar with how you change the belt position on an old school step head Bridgeport. You grab the handle on the side and pull...Last edited by metalmagpie; 11-16-2019, 02:57 PM.
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