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[epicfail48]

That looks like a lot of leverage to be putting on a trailer hitch to me, frankly id be worried about the first bump torquing the hitch receiver out of...

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Its been a long few weeks, but im slowly and surely getting stuff put together, just taking it slow and doing a few steps at a time when i get home from...

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The powder and the part to be coated are both electrically charged, and the charge pulls the powder into a uniformly thick layer. As a really, really...

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Its mostly for people who cast their own bullets, the powder coat keeps the bare lead from fouling up barrels quite as fast. Not nearly as good as jacketed...

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The second link looks a lot like the first vise i tried when i got my mill. I was... not a fan. Ended up replacing it with a 4" screwless vise, which...

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https://www.harborfreight.com/10-30-...tem-94244.html

Stick the bullets on a wire mesh sheet, clip the lead to the mesh,...

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Id go 12 gauge, just cause overkill is underrated. Plus, the thicker cables are generally a bit more durable. Price doesnt differ much either, McMaster...

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It does, given sufficient oxygen. Thats actually partially how flame cutting steel works...

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I dunno that I'd recommend the machine for a primary machine for someone who knows what they're doing and is welding day in and day out, but as a secondary...

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Yes, because thats what everybody who is in so much pain that killing themselves seems like a good option should hear, "but think of how much a burden...

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Wasn't difficult really, there's a lot out there in terms of introductory, hobby grade stuff. Wont be the last welder I'll ever buy by any means, but...

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Building a centerless grinder?

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O1 wont get to full hardness with an air quench, and soldering temperatures are right on the edge of austenization temperature so theres only a 50/50...

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[QUOTE=loose nut;n1953335]Sometimes it will do that anyway, not very often but there doesn't seem to be any reason., 5 or 10 times it prints OK and then...

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That is an interesting one, and i think youre right, too much retraction in one spot just wore out the filament. Cura should have a setting to limit how...

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A certain amount of infill is needed on most parts to give the top skin some support to print on, without the infill is there if you have something like...

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Hour and a half in Fusion and this is what ive got for the overall table. Absolutely nothing fancy, and i did rip off the...

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Ill confess that when i originally read "trolley jack" i pictured the wrong kind of jack. I realize now that youre referring to what ive always...

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Bit o grinding and it looks... slightly less bad i guess? Maybe in the future ill get bored, go back in and fill in the craters. For now,...

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I mean, I actually don't own a trolley jack, but moving the table isn't the issue. The problem is raising the table top to adjust the height of the table....