a place for 'how much is this worth' questions?

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My vertical Rockwell bandsaw has BOTH a 2-speed gearbox AND a Reeves drive. (As do most DoAlls.)...

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3 phase motors are easier to work on. OTOH vertical band saws are often rarely used and as such motor bearings can last several decades.

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Sure hope nobody decides to pass a law which prohibits air compressors from home shops!

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I did a lot of measuring and some CAD and had mine waterjet cut from 3/32" A2. The notch fits neatly. In several months of use it has worked fine....

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I buy and sell things strictly as a sideline to my shop work. Buy something, see if it works out in my shop, if not - sell it, that kind of thing. I read...

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Joe, have you ever seen an African thumb piano? It's got a bunch of flattened wires of various lengths that make certain tones. Anyway, when you're analyzing...

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Small rod shear?

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Buoys? Scuba tanks? Bollards set evenly all around a property?

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Most auctions around Seattle are done by Murphy Auctions. They will come auction a shop onsite if it's big enough.

I had a substantial shop...

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Sorry it wasn't clear. A muffin fan is like the fans used inside a desktop PC. By "shrouding" I'm talking about the sheet metal that fits around...

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Sealed bearings (with rubber visible on the sides) larger than 2" should be
heated to around 190-200°F. Shielded or...

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Moving to the main motor body, you will see a shell, an electrical wiring box,
and inside, windings. This part...

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Boy, you guys like to argue. Let's just say it's personal preference as to whether you mark the bells so you can put them back on the same way later....

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Lye will eat aluminum. Not to say acids won't, don't know....

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For doing the inside of holes, I have used bare carbon air/arc electrodes with machined bushings to ensure they don't touch the sides of the hole. With...

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A 5 gallon BBQ propane bottle, after you remove the valve, has a 3/4" NPT threaded hole. Use that for a portable air tank.

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My preferred method is to put a wooden stick over my bath (just lay it on the bucket) and to use 16 ga. steel wire to attach parts. Then I connect the...

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My comment on your excellent handwheel design is snarky: how on earth are you going to match that Chinese orange paint? LOL

As for the strap...

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In addition to metalworking I am also interested in cooking. Today I was reading an older Mexican cookbook. In the section where she described how to...

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OMG those must have been desperate times indeed to have to trust to a procedure like that! I can't even imagine working on a bomb like that, knowing that...