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Milling machine

Started by lamestllama, 22nd Apr 2012 10:47 AM

2 Pages •: 1 2

Replies: 27
Views: 20,527

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st Jun 2019 06:02 PM; by lamestllama

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METALWORK GENERAL

So Where To Next, The Motor Rewinder?

Started by Anorak Bob, 5th Apr 2014 08:29 PM

10 Pages •: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

309404, alan, bob, c-47, capital, copper, cutter, dealt, dig, digging, grinder, housing, light, minus, motor, no.1, perth, postable, replace, rewinder, rewinders, rotor, simons, stuff, suggestions, sweetmans, tool, twine, unravel, wire

Replies: 146
Views: 79,609

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd Jan 2018 04:56 PM; by lamestllama

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METALWORK GENERAL

MAKING V-BLOCKS

Started by wheelinround, 29th Jun 2014 01:05 PM

3 Pages •: 1 2 3

4x6, approx, attachment, block, bottom, clamp, clamps, cut, cutting, deep, finish, hand, inclination/angled, lathe, limited, making, marked, mill, milling, ml7, mod, mount, rough, set, slots, suggestions, v-blocks, vblocks, vertical, vice

Replies: 30
Views: 24,740

Last Post By:: Last Post: 20th Feb 2016 02:46 PM; by wheelinround

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METALWORK GENERAL

Test Bar Suggestions

Started by Anorak Bob, 12th Jan 2015 11:55 AM

3 Pages •: 1 2 3

Replies: 35
Views: 13,949

Last Post By:: Last Post: 27th Jan 2015 11:30 AM; by Anorak Bob

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METALWORK GENERAL

Steel Block Needed

Started by DSEL74, 7th Aug 2014 01:52 PM

4 Pages •: 1 2 3 4

anvil, bashing, bisplate, block, break, drifted, fun, hammer, harder, hardie, hole, ideas, mild, mine, needed, program, punched, regular, repurposed, scrap, sledge, square, steel, strike, striker/strikers, striking, suggestions, suitable, tool, tools, usable, wayward

Replies: 49
Views: 33,612

Last Post By:: Last Post: 27th Dec 2014 12:03 PM; by mattm82

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METALWORK GENERAL

CNC lathe spindle suggestions sought.

Started by pippin88, 20th Nov 2014 08:27 PM

cnc, lathe, sought, spindle, suggestions

Replies: 14
Views: 7,506

Last Post By:: Last Post: 26th Nov 2014 03:32 PM; by RayG

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METALWORK GENERAL

Cutting A 6MM Wide 60 Degree Dovetail - Any Suggestions

Started by Anorak Bob, 29th Oct 2014 11:40 AM

3 Pages •: 1 2 3

6mm, cutting, degree, dovetail, suggestions, wide

Replies: 38
Views: 15,639

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th Nov 2014 12:00 PM; by Anorak Bob

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METALWORK GENERAL

Air Compressor Problem

Started by Oldneweng, 25th Aug 2013 03:58 PM

4 Pages •: 1 2 3 4

advice, ago, air, changed, clean, compressor, couple, dean, decided, direct, drain, drained, drive, expect, inside, lower, months, oil, problem, protective, question, run, rust, rusty, sludge, suggestions, time, tools, water, yesterday

Replies: 48
Views: 28,589

Last Post By:: Last Post: 29th Oct 2014 04:15 PM; by Legion

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METALWORK GENERAL

Suggestions for making 3 concentric axles

Started by bloodandsawdust, 21st Aug 2014 10:12 PM

Replies: 12
Views: 4,341

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th Aug 2014 07:09 PM; by bloodandsawdust

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METALWORK GENERAL

Drill Press Recommendations for a Budding Jeweller.

Started by Anorak Bob, 12th Aug 2014 07:14 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

awkward, benchtop, bob, bucks, budding, buying, cheap, daughter, drill, drills, ebay, experience, goldsmithing, heavy, hundred, jeweller, linked, lived, lug, melbourne, numerous, press, presses, reckon, recommendations, resides, send, suggestions, tough, waldown

Replies: 22
Views: 17,370

Last Post By:: Last Post: 16th Aug 2014 03:05 PM; by Anorak Bob

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METALWORK GENERAL

Digital Batteries

Started by wheelinround, 1st Aug 2014 06:04 PM

6 Pages •: 1 2 3 4 5 6

2nd, aaa, ages, analogue, appreciated, batteries, battery, button, buy, buying, devices, digital, excellent, greatly, hand, lasted, led, lights, measuring, months, original, recharge, shed, station, suggestions, torch, torch/light, type, vernier, wind

Replies: 81
Views: 45,033

Last Post By:: Last Post: 14th Aug 2014 10:40 AM; by Stustoys

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METALWORK GENERAL

Another Waldown Brought Back to Life (I Hope)

Started by Oldneweng, 27th May 2014 01:26 AM

5 Pages •: 1 2 3 4 5

63.46mm, 79.95mm, adaptor, awful, belt, bench, brisk, brought, column, comments, dean, diameter, drill, head, hope, life, measures, press, received, removed, rest, sitting, situ, sleeve, suggestions, taller, top, upside, waldon, waldown

Replies: 70
Views: 33,904

Last Post By:: Last Post: 27th Jul 2014 05:50 PM; by Oldneweng

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METALWORK GENERAL

Using Optical Flat to check Flatness of Granite Surface Plate

Started by electrosteam, 21st Jul 2014 06:41 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

1/2, acquired, check, effortlessly, flat, flatness, floats, fun, granite, inch, john, light, method, monochromatic, optical, physics, plate, price, remember, source, squirt, suggestions, suitable, surface, territory, thick, totally, university, unknown, wd40

Replies: 19
Views: 13,105

Last Post By:: Last Post: 26th Jul 2014 12:46 AM; by Pete F

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METALWORK GENERAL

Bench Grinders

Started by woodfast, 13th Jul 2014 05:31 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

Replies: 17
Views: 10,887

Last Post By:: Last Post: 17th Jul 2014 01:49 PM; by Ueee

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METALWORK GENERAL

Which Taps would you buy?

Started by ventureoverland, 29th Jun 2014 06:19 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

arvo, australian/english/usa, buy, cheap, chinese, finished, fortune, hand, happy, holes, job, jon, m12, moment, plug, quality, quickly, recommendations, replace, rubbish, snapped, spend, standard, suggestions, sunday, tap, taper, taps, thx, whilst

Replies: 29
Views: 15,687

Last Post By:: Last Post: 30th Jun 2014 08:32 PM; by Ueee

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METALWORK GENERAL

Protection close to sea

Started by nrb, 28th Jun 2014 06:29 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

afternoon, bay, close, cover, garage, lanolin, lathe, metal, metres, port, protection, sea, slides, son, spray, storing, suggestions, time, western

Replies: 25
Views: 12,725

Last Post By:: Last Post: 29th Jun 2014 09:44 PM; by variant22

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METALWORK GENERAL

Feed Screw mis aligned

Started by oohsam, 22nd Jun 2014 12:35 PM

317530, 317531, adjust, aligned, apron, bearing, block, drilling, feed, half, headstock, holes, inside, issue, larger, lever, lower, middle, mis, noticed, offer, screw, section, shimming, sits, smooth, solve, suggestions, tailstock, thou

Replies: 12
Views: 7,266

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd Jun 2014 07:25 PM; by simonl

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METALWORK GENERAL

Press fitted nylon bushes

Started by bob ward, 22nd Jun 2014 08:22 PM

.002, .003, .75, 1.25, 1.375, 1.5, 5/16, bush, bushes, car, column, fit, fitted, hudson, hudsons, ideally, nominal, nylon, piece, pinned, press, shaft, stay, steering, suggestions, thinking, tube, walls

Replies: 4
Views: 5,568

Last Post By:: Last Post: 22nd Jun 2014 10:39 PM; by azzrock

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METALWORK GENERAL

Hydraulic oil foaming in a pressbrake

Started by pcx, 19th Mar 2014 05:34 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

accumulation, air, bay, bit, bought, breather, bubbles, circuit, colour, contaminated, engineering, fair, foaming, foams/aerates, found, hydraulic, leak, minutes, night, normal, oil, pressbrake, quickly, reverts, settles, spraying, suggestions, tank, time, white

Replies: 20
Views: 13,007

Last Post By:: Last Post: 19th Jun 2014 08:07 AM; by simonl

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

T and C Grinder Workhead - Drive Motor Replacement.

Started by Anorak Bob, 17th Jun 2014 11:01 AM

1/4, alternative, battle, bob, bobs, chasing, conversion, delta, drive, ebay, efforts, grinder, horse, involved, motor, motors, original, perfectly, phase, photos, pole, powerful, replacement, rolleyes, star, suggestions, suit, vain, vfd, workhead

Replies: 11
Views: 7,739

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th Jun 2014 07:46 AM; by simonl

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METALWORK GENERAL

New Thread Title to Replace "today's tool gloat"

Started by Oldneweng, 3rd Jun 2014 01:27 PM

7 Pages •: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

accept, acquisition, arranged, count, dean, favourite, gloat, majority, period, poll, replace, set, suggested, suggestions, thread, title, today tool gloat, todays, tool, vote, weeks

Replies: 104
Views: 50,130

Last Post By:: Last Post: 7th Jun 2014 03:58 PM; by Big Shed

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

Compressor Non-return Valve

Started by electrosteam, 2nd Jun 2014 10:15 PM

1/4, advisable, air, appears, boiler, compressor, compressors, cylinder, high-pressure, internally, john, leaks, line, litre, model, non-return, nonreturn, normal, npt, output, oxygen, personal, psi, quickly, required, reservoir, suggestions, type, valve, venting

Replies: 11
Views: 9,395

Last Post By:: Last Post: 6th Jun 2014 11:45 AM; by nearnexus

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METALWORK GENERAL

Securing Loading Ramps

Started by RustyArc, 12th Apr 2014 12:53 PM

50x50, adding, angle, checkerplate, cross-piece, crossmember, cutting, easier, front, loading, nicer, option, pic, pics, ramps, rear, securing, sheet, shifting, slots, solution, suggestions, support, tek-screwed, thatd, trailer, underneath, underside, welding, wiring

Replies: 8
Views: 7,262

Last Post By:: Last Post: 14th Apr 2014 08:45 PM; by RustyArc

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TRAILERS & OTHER FABRICATED STUFF

Sheet metal Roller bearings

Started by BobL, 22nd Mar 2014 09:48 AM

bearings, bronze, crack, ideas, metal, occasional, roller, rollers, seeking, set, sheet, short, suffice, suggestions, thinking

Replies: 9
Views: 6,273

Last Post By:: Last Post: 26th Mar 2014 09:28 AM; by BobL

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METALWORK GENERAL

Where to buy scrap metal to practice on lathe?

Started by neevo, 18th Mar 2014 08:46 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

belt, book, buy, cheap, hercus, keen, lathe, metal, practice, reading, running, scrap, serpentine, suggestions, sydney, tonne, videos, wondering, youtube

Replies: 16
Views: 12,218

Last Post By:: Last Post: 19th Mar 2014 09:32 PM; by Simplicity

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METALWORK GENERAL

Another Arbor To Turn - Suggestions Welcome.

Started by Anorak Bob, 8th Jan 2014 04:15 PM

6 Pages •: 1 2 3 4 5 6

1045, arbor, arbors, bore, boring, challenge, considerable, ctc, diameter, dummy, existing, head, jaw, kaiser, lathe, metric, michael, mill, photo, projection, scan, stp, suggestions, suit, taper, tapering, thread, threading, turn, version

Replies: 84
Views: 42,452

Last Post By:: Last Post: 13th Mar 2014 04:01 PM; by PDW

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

Best way to round aluminium bar corners

Started by Dengue, 10th Mar 2014 02:12 PM

15mm, 3mm, aluminium, approximate, bar, belt, bench, clog, corners, curve, curves, cut, files, flat, grinder, hacksaw, linishing, metal, nice, radius, round, sander, semicircular, shape, smooth, suggestions, surface, understand, wheels, worker

Replies: 12
Views: 8,599

Last Post By:: Last Post: 11th Mar 2014 10:41 AM; by Karl Robbers

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

Reilang Oil Can - Another Swiss Delight

Started by Anorak Bob, 8th Mar 2013 09:48 PM

3 Pages •: 1 2 3

aid, aluminium, build, casting, caught, cleaned, collected, cylinder, delight, easy, encountered, exercise, expecting, gregory, head, inside, interior, layer, mechanism, no.3, oil, oily, pump, reilang, removal, rough, similar, suggestions, swiss, week

Replies: 32
Views: 24,701

Last Post By:: Last Post: 28th Feb 2014 12:21 AM; by Anorak Bob

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METALWORK GENERAL

Does Anyone Know the Function of Unusual Die for UB-100 Universal Bender ??

Started by icedvolvo, 21st Feb 2014 08:48 PM

304911, 304912, appreciated, attached, bender, block, cutout, cutout;, die, dies, eccentric, escapes, extra, function, greatly, handle, larger, offer, plate, pressure, purpose, rotating, served, similar, slimmer, suggestions, ub-100, ub100, universal, unusual

Replies: 2
Views: 6,326

Last Post By:: Last Post: 22nd Feb 2014 09:07 AM; by icedvolvo

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METALWORK GENERAL

Good lights for use over lathe and mill

Started by Jim Ferrous, 5th Nov 2013 09:50 AM

3 Pages •: 1 2 3

arm, bright, flexible, good, lathe, lighting, lights, mill, suggestions

Replies: 40
Views: 15,744

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th Feb 2014 12:50 PM; by Steamwhisperer

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

How do I....

Started by 2sheds, 29th Jan 2014 02:00 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

110mm, 125mm, 55mm, aluminium, approach, approx, bunnings, cut, depend, dia, drop, final, flashing, gentle, highly, line, local, nasty, peter, rip, roll, slow, strip, strips, suggestions, thinking, trained, wide, width, youth

Replies: 18
Views: 12,519

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th Feb 2014 03:07 AM; by BaronJ

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METALWORK GENERAL

What can I do about the noises in my head?

Started by Michael G, 9th Nov 2013 09:59 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

accessible, bearings, box, buried, changed, check, cutter, easily, expected, geared, grease, head, horizontal, lubrication, machine, michael, mill, noise, noises, noisier, noisy, packing, previously, relies, roughness, spindle, suggestions, surface, tear, vertical

Replies: 25
Views: 17,004

Last Post By:: Last Post: 18th Jan 2014 08:23 PM; by Ueee

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METALWORK GENERAL

Material selection help

Started by Lyle, 17th Jan 2014 12:14 PM

11mm, 35mm, 6mm, advice, alloy, arm, attaches, black, cables, dimensions, failed, gas, hole, lifter, material, metallic, mild, original, overthinking, plastic/nylon/teflon, pulley, roller, selection, shaft, solution, stay, steel, suggestions, wide, wider

Replies: 2
Views: 5,492

Last Post By:: Last Post: 17th Jan 2014 04:11 PM; by Oldneweng

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

Good vibrations .........maybe not

Started by morrisman, 1st Jan 2014 08:00 PM

400, arm, belt, bolted, bracket, directly, fix, good, headstock, idea, lathe, main, mike, motor, mounts, phase, rpm, rpms, rubber, sheraton, single, speed, spindle, suggestions, swing, tensions, vfd, vibration, vibrations, worse

Replies: 14
Views: 9,014

Last Post By:: Last Post: 10th Jan 2014 08:26 PM; by morrisman

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METALWORK GENERAL

Waldown Vice

Started by bwal74, 7th Oct 2013 05:49 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

appreciated, ben, bit, buy, buying, channel, cheers, damage, deeper, dimensions, drill, fix, handle, knobs, length, local, machine, markets, material, picked, required, resist, shorts, suggestions, underside, vice, waldown, weld, worth, yesterday

Replies: 19
Views: 14,501

Last Post By:: Last Post: 8th Jan 2014 10:41 AM; by eskimo

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

Jigs for Silver Soldering

Started by electrosteam, 5th Jan 2014 05:57 PM

adherent, alternatives, approach, atmosphere, ceramics, confirm, copper, green, heating, jig, jigs, john, kovar, layer, machinable, nickel, oxide, propane, resistant, silver, solder, soldering, stainless, suggestions, suitable, temperature, tightly, torch, type, workshop

Replies: 5
Views: 6,314

Last Post By:: Last Post: 6th Jan 2014 09:50 AM; by Gammaboy

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

Cross slide reconditioning

Started by argeng, 3rd Jan 2014 08:21 PM

addition, bruce, cash, cheers, cost, costs, cross, dovetails, extension, firm, gib, holiday, house, huge, machining, met, pace, plenty, reconditioning, required, rush, scraping, slide, suggestions, suits, surfaces, totally, transport, undertake, wrong

Replies: 4
Views: 6,334

Last Post By:: Last Post: 5th Jan 2014 07:46 PM; by argeng

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

Waldown Radial Arm Drill Press

Started by camoz, 31st Dec 2013 06:45 PM

299058299059, 8sn, approach, arm, bit, broken, camo, care, cheers, chuck, drill, fortunately, issue, list, main, months, morse, picked, press, question, radial, removed, shaft, slots, suggestions, taper, waldown, waldowns, wedge, wondering

Replies: 2
Views: 5,994

Last Post By:: Last Post: 31st Dec 2013 09:52 PM; by Ueee

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

Dixon toolholders

Started by Briangoldcoast, 18th Dec 2013 06:03 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

Replies: 15
Views: 11,379

Last Post By:: Last Post: 20th Dec 2013 04:17 PM; by LexD

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

Clearance Fit in Cast Iron Pulley Bore

Started by Oldneweng, 3rd Nov 2013 07:35 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

0.250, 1.0005, ability, absolute, answers, bore, cast, claim, clearance, dean, experience, fit, gauges, grub, identical, inexperienced, iron, key, keyway, measurement, measurements, motor, multiple, process, pulley, screw, slow, suggestions, taking, top

Replies: 15
Views: 10,998

Last Post By:: Last Post: 29th Nov 2013 08:28 PM; by Oldneweng

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METALWORK GENERAL

Making a Heat Treatment Oven

Started by Ueee, 20th Nov 2013 08:23 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

appreciated, biggest, bricks, burn, concern, easy, elements, finding, fire, fired, gather, heat, ideas, info, lined, lining, locally, making, mob, occasionally, oven, ovens, plenty, replaced, shinagawa, suggestions, thermocouples, treatment, type, wood

Replies: 24
Views: 13,837

Last Post By:: Last Post: 28th Nov 2013 02:47 PM; by RayG

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

Angled drill adaptor needed

Started by Oldneweng, 4th Jan 2013 06:50 PM

2 Pages •: 1 2

200mm, adaptor, angled, bark, call, ceiling/eaves, dean, diam, difficulty, drill, fit, frame, framed, house, inside, knowing, major, minor, needed, reason, screw, screwing, slightly, snap, space, spaces, stringy, suggestions, torture, wide

Replies: 21
Views: 13,614

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd Nov 2013 11:30 AM; by Oldneweng

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METALWORK GENERAL

how to fabricate old table saw mitre slot inserts?

Started by camoz, 21st Nov 2013 01:57 PM

1100mm, arc, base, chop, complete, cutting, disk, fabricate, fabrication, feeling, grinder, guys, honest, inserts, job, jobs, mention, metal, milling, mitre, shops, slot, slots, started, stop, suggestions, supply, table, tackle, talking

Replies: 3
Views: 5,843

Last Post By:: Last Post: 23rd Nov 2013 10:57 AM; by camoz

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METALWORK GENERAL

Flat Belting

Started by Oldneweng, 26th Oct 2013 09:01 PM

belting, belts, dean, flat, guess, inch, shaper, suggestions, wide

Replies: 3
Views: 4,151

Last Post By:: Last Post: 26th Oct 2013 10:51 PM; by Oldneweng

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

Forum get together

Started by tinkera, 7th Jul 2013 02:55 PM

4 Pages •: 1 2 3 4

arrange, aussie, barbeque, basically, bbq, bit, bring, city, discuss, eat, forum, forward, gathering, ideas, item, live, metal, mind, moderators, months, north, picnic, post, social, south, suggestions, tinkera, travel, world, yankalilla

Replies: 58
Views: 24,931

Last Post By:: Last Post: 21st Oct 2013 02:19 PM; by eskimo

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

Trunnions on small brass cannon

Started by Jim Ferrous, 27th Sep 2013 11:31 AM

brass, cannon, cannons, cast, decorative, drill, moulded, small, solder, suggestions, tap, trunnions

Replies: 10
Views: 5,931

Last Post By:: Last Post: 29th Sep 2013 10:22 AM; by eskimo

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

Dovetail Cutter - Fail..

Started by mahgnia, 23rd Sep 2013 01:48 AM

advice, andrew, appreciated, attached, attempt, bottom, caused, clearance, couple, cutter, cutting, dovetail, edge, fail, gents, harden, hardened, issues, machined, machining, mild, mill, oil, pictures, properly, quenched, suggestions, suspect, teeth, temperature

Replies: 13
Views: 9,408

Last Post By:: Last Post: 24th Sep 2013 12:57 AM; by mahgnia

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METALWORK GENERAL

Bending 2 inch gal Pipe.

Started by Timless Timber, 25th Jul 2013 05:17 AM

3 Pages •: 1 2 3

50mm, acetylene, ago, bend, bender, bending, bent, bought, don;t, equipment, fine, gal, gas, hand, heat, home, inch, kinking, lady, light, mum, oxy, pipe, primus, rails, steps, suggestions, template, type, water

Replies: 38
Views: 22,686

Last Post By:: Last Post: 20th Sep 2013 09:31 PM; by pench

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

Changing gears on new small lathe

Started by Jim Ferrous, 13th Sep 2013 05:34 PM

ago, al-50, al-60, bought, change, changing, create, feel, forbes, gears, hare, hassle, insides, keyed, lapping, lathe, noise, pita, remember, set, shafts, slightly, small, suggestions, tight, weeks, wobble, wondering, worried

Replies: 7
Views: 6,384

Last Post By:: Last Post: 15th Sep 2013 05:12 PM; by azzrock

Forum:
METALWORK GENERAL

mobile welder using generator

Started by spikeyfin, 6th Sep 2013 04:42 PM

2.5, 3.2, 5kva, appreciated, arc, cig, combined, comfortably, compact, driven, electrodes, gen, generator, generator/welders, k2706-3, limited, lincoln, mobile, run, service, set, setting, space, spikey, stick, suggestions, truck, turbo, unit, welder

Replies: 5
Views: 9,118

Last Post By:: Last Post: 7th Sep 2013 02:14 PM; by RustyArc

Forum:
WELDING

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