Striker Recommendation

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There are a lot of control rooms in the US that look like that, even today. From particle accelerators to steel shredders to nuclear power plants, many...

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Indeed!

Thanks Bob Engelhardt for posting about those. I picked them up today. I've been meaning to upgrade my RPC for a while now. I thought...

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On average, I probably design and order about a dozen new boards a year at my current job. They range from simple 2-layer boards to 10 layer boards carrying...

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I've heard "machine green" is the same as "vista green" (common on Bridgeports) and very close to "OSHA green". I bet if...

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Box end wrench on the nut and pipe wrench on the caster....

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A2 is an air-hardening tool steel. I'd be very surprised if that is what they were using for PTO shafts. It doesn't look like A2, either, but how steel...

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The sad thing is, jr45acp would have gotten better info on PM: https://www.practicalmachinist.com/v...g-tool-373334/

Wish I could help, jr45acp,...

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Oh man! That was a blast from the past. I had one of those blue Fisher Price jig saw toys and loved the heck out of that thing. It came with plastic 2x4s...

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I don't think I've seen it mentioned so I'll bring up another option: Formica. I know you said cost isn't at the top of the list, but sometimes you can...

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Yep. Durabar makes the most beautiful little pile of "9" curls. Super easy to clean up and a beauty to machine....

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CCDs work by generating an electric current when exposed to photons. Unfortunately, as they get hot, they also generate current through the production...

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I've seen those but never used one. Are you happy with it?...

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I'll give that one a try! That was the style of the old one that I lost. I have several new ones including the three flint variety and the round well...

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Sounds like a hydrostatic bearing, not hydrodynamic - i.e. not "self-acting". Not surprising given the application....

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Roger that on getting used to it. I've got full leathers I use inside tight spaces or during the winter time but the rest of my life I've been welding...

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Take a look at Figure 3 here: https://www.machinerylubrication.com...ng-lubrication

If the rotation of the shaft was clockwise (instead of...

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This is silly but recently I've been really annoyed with my strikers. I've got a handful of ones that have accumulated over the years and typically my...

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Oh I got a good chuckle out of several of those. I will print this out and circulate it among my techs and engineers tomorrow....

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Yep. Plain bearings were once much more common than they are today and even once ball bearings were in production, the cost difference between ball bearings...