Prop Shop Vietnam

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Well their latest vid explains it, they make both Aluminum and Bronze props-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3nRPenyN-0

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Hard to say, the manual, isn't the clearest. It's been 20 years since I had one apart, but I vaguely remember turning that stop collar and feeding the...

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I figure that's what the Aluminum cans are for, they are making their own alloy on the spot....

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New channel popped up in the sidebar awhile back, guy goes around visiting various boat yards and machine shops in Vietnam. No English translation, but...

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It can be done, with appropriate tooling and a reasonably tight machine. One thing that won't be done is producing that part in dead soft garbage mat...

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Yes, probably the screw that retains the end of the spring. If you unscrew the fluid coupler and look in the bottom of the hole, you should see the screw...

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I do, but figured somebody here might know already and save me potentially gluing two pieces of it together ...

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Good suggestions, but I have used anti-spatter spray for mould release which worked surprisingly well. Kinda stumbled on it by accident, I was moulding...

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I think it would work on the inside of a new tank, that was free of rust, dirt etc and also free of nooks and crannies where something thick like undercoating...

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I need to make some moulds for pressing some parts made from cloth impregnated with 2 part epoxy. Question is will typical 2 part epoxy stick to LDPE...

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The most expensive component in a compressor is the tank. A cheap compressor will by default have a cheap tank. I've cut up quite a few old tanks for...

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Only problem is, at the 40,000 level hoarding does take place, it's SOP infact-

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-m...inventories-ah...

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Tariffs are the unknown at this point. Given that the last three administrations applied them to import steel and given that the federal government never...

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Yes, looks like they spotted a problem just before the gimbal test....

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELHOXi2t3lk

Scheduled for this afternoon.

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I was asked yesterday by one vendor if we were planning on placing an order. Two second answer-nope, we are just buying only what we absolutely need....

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My steel vendors informed me this morning that steel has increased 25% accross the board and some Aluminum sections have increased 15% SO FAR.
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I bought the same sets several years back, they aren't bad for the money and work fine for hand work. The stocks that come with them aren't very good,...

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Once a year, maybe.

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Finally got the top plate drilled and mounting to the linear slide I started making-...