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    Need a better oil free air compressors

    Friend of mine goes through about 1 schultz air compressor per year. 1hp 1750 rpm 2 cylinders, single stage, turns on at 70 psi off at 105, runs as much as 50% of the time. "Msv 6" is the number to google. Problems are the pistons fatigue, the metal springs (flat metal bent a little to expand...
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    550 pound anvil origin question.

    I have my grandpa's 550 pound anvil. Problem being the outer surfaces are too smooth for a cast steel anvil, my grandpa (deceased in 2005) bought it from a blacksmith shop that was closing in Fowler California around 70+ years ago. It appears to be wrought iron forged steel, with a wrought...
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    20 ton Liebherr hobber for free

    FREE MACHINE - Help me save this Liebherr hobber from the scrap yard! : Machinists its in Vancouver BC
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    Le Blond NC Lathe 40" swing (spokane)

    Le Blond NC Lathe 40" swing - tools - by owner - sale Fanuc 5 Control, 75 hp dc drive, spare motor, spare gear box, spare bed. -no affiliation.
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    all the forum features i want for christmas

    color coded search results by year of thread creation. if a thread was posted prior to a year ago.. make it a darker shade of pale, or some such. nothing worse than spending too much thought entropy trying to solve a problem that existed 12 years ago, only to find a solution by a spammer.
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    Lodge & Shipley 16" western washington, 5hp dc motor and "rheostat control"

    Lodge & Shipley 16" western washington, 5hp dc motor and "rheostat control" Lathe / yard art / boat anchor - tools - by owner - sale worth it just for the motor and variac alone, if you needed one.
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    question concerning stability of carriage regarding forces on the cutting tool.

    This question pertains not to the South Bend lathe specifically but it might be regarded as a problem only for small lathes. We know that negative rake tooling pushes the cutting tool away from the work piece being turned, but even when that is the case, at relatively small diameters, the force...
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    FS 42 inch south bend 9 lathe bed seattle.

    South Bend 42" Bed for a South Bend 9" Metal Lathe 110$, maple valley Seattle area. I'm thinking making two 42 inch straight edges myself but would rather see it remain virgin. no affiliation but i could be tempted to buy it. i suspect once its cut in half each half will be less than 70...
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    FS 22" Lodge and Shipley lathe - $500

    22" Lodge and Shipley lathe I would assume the location is Seattle, but the ad does not specify.
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    for sale Southbend 9 Redmond Wa. / Cincinnati No. 3 - Vertical Milling Machine seattl

    sb- metal lathe vintage south bend 9 inch 4 ft bed not affiliated of course. Cincinnati- Cincinnati No. 3 - Vertical Milling Machine Circ. 1942
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    Davidson D-638 autocollimator

    I picked up a used D-638 on ebay for very cheap. It is missing the beam splitter cube. I have a beam splitter cube, but its too large. That is a minor problem, compared to answering the question: where is the projection reticle. Usually the eyepiece and light source are interchangeable...
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    stretching a leadscrew.

    Hello, I have a length of all thread, 3/4-10, it has about 55 inches of available thread left after machining both ends for 6202 deep groove bearings. Two on one side for preloading, one on the other. My intent is to use it as the leadscrew for a lathe I am building. I want a minimum of 48...
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