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[Bob La Londe]

With a title like that I'm giving you a great big you suck before I even look at the pictures.

[Bob La Londe]

Most of the lights I serviced had 6 volt cells until they switched to LEDs with the little lithium ion packs. Used hundreds and hundreds of 12V gel batteries...

[Bob La Londe]

Are you thinking vertical shear tool?...

[Bob La Londe]

The guys I know who do big lead castings (from 25oz to 25lbs from my molds) use a turkey fryer on a 20lb to 100lb bulk propane tank. If I wanted a bunch...

[Bob La Londe]

Is it big enough that you could cut a dovetail directly into the tool?...

[Bob La Londe]

Its a real treat. Before the regular thread milling was added we would use a circular interpolation drill routine, and manually edit the beginning and...

[Bob La Londe]

P.S. When I saw the title my first guess was you ordered something on-line recently and they actually shipped it. LOL....

[Bob La Londe]

I had an air riveter from HF, and it never worked well for me. I'm glad yours did. Instead I use this one which works very well. I have three of them...

[Bob La Londe]

Really. Dell finally learned that loading malware like Weathebug and that game system (I forget the name) was costing them repeat business. Good for them....

[Bob La Londe]

FYI: When looking for a CAD/CAM computer for power... look at gaming machines as RB11 alluded to. Every machine I found that was marketed for CAD was...

[Bob La Londe]

I've asked around a couple times if the Grizzly South Bend machines are really several thousand dollars "better" than other machines, and not...

[Bob La Londe]

I thought investment castings were baked out before they were poured. One of the most common being something like a wax master that is coated in plaster...

[Bob La Londe]

Yep. I read the same accounts, but since I generate lots of 6061 scrap I searched and searched. There are a couple videos that say they are casting 6061,...

[Bob La Londe]

Does your lathe have lift points? My import 1440 has holes I can slide a straight bar through that appear to serve no other useful purpose. (I use a...

[Bob La Londe]

FYI. My arched aluminum vehicle ramps were bent to shape. Not segmented welds. Probably in a tubing roller with square dies....

[Bob La Londe]

A simple shallow arch with a stringers is amazingly strong. While not as long as your bridge I bought some aluminum arched ramps many years ago. They...

[Bob La Londe]

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Loosen clamps, hold downs, or vise. Lift or crane aluminum from table....

[Bob La Londe]

7018 (baked if necessary) runs fine on AC. If you are welding ok, and then your are not then your buzz box is getting to hot. Go get a cup of coffee,...

[Bob La Londe]

How are you dealing with shrinkage? Calculate for it and leave enough tolerance so any further doesn't matter?...

[Bob La Londe]

I'm totally indifferent about dirty hands... except in the kitchen or at the dinner table. Dirty hands means clean money....