A new project for Black Forest?

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Yeah, I was going to say, the "try a few" only works if it's a standard screw. good luck....

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"robot dog sheep herder?"

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-52762929/robot-dog-tries-to-herd-sheep

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BCRider - Thanks for the complement. I had spent all my shop time for the past few weeks on "machinery" type projects, and thought it would...

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You can improve on that. Chunk of 2x6 underneath, leftover 2x4 scraps cut on bandsaw - if you are careful to set the height you don't even have to lift...

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If your main drive is spinning rust, I'd think about swapping them so that you boot from the ssd and use the other for backup. One of the main advantages...

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The very word "plumbing" comes from the fact that the first metal pipes were lead. "Plumb" meaning "straight" derives from...

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It looks to me like the threading tool is simply allowed to continue cutting, forming its own 'recess'. How the half nut is automatically disengaged (assuming...

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I made a crane too, just the other day - not nearly as impressive, but maybe a little cuter?

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Absolutely. NO LUBE, dry for cast iron. Clean it up and start over.

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I see a "4 way" tool post. Did they have those in 1945? I would think "original equipment" for that would be a lantern type tool post....

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Guessing these mate with a female part that has a very similar taper to it - how do you make that? Or is it just a plain cylindrical hole, and the needle...

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We have moved waay too many times and renovated each house, often including removing all the rusting old plumbing and replacing it with plastic drain...

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Seems to me there is little to lose with the copper woodruff weld in place method. Worst case, it's not acceptable, you have to pull the axle anyway and...

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Second sentence in first post:


Then, in post #11


Sorry, friend, you are doomed....

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How many guitars and what type do you already have? Might make a difference.

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Different set of tools and issue, but Whoo boy, do I know this story!...

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Many years and half a dozen careers ago I had a music store. Even with the identical model from a reputed manufacturer there were usually noticeable differences...

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Title of the post has the word "buying". Implies "not free".

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I also bought them all many years ago, and M. Luatard did not strike me as the type to give his efforts away for free. Of course, times do change.

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That flower is gorgeous! Will spray clear acrylic of something keep it shiny?