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    Where to start

    Well, yeah, if you want to do metalworking. Since he didn't specify, i just listed what I would want as basics.
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    Where to start

    Lathe and mill. Maybe a shaper if you want.
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    Acetylene torch bad practice?

    Umm-that really depends on what the metal is, what it's current state of heat treatment is, and how hot you get it......
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    Who's going first? New HF Inverter Generator!

    Re: Who's going first? New HF Invertor Gennerator! Default Re: Who's going first? New HF Invertor Gennerator! Quote: Originally Posted by gte718p View Post Six dB is twice as loud. They are at 5dB so almost twice as loud. Quote: Originally Posted by rlitman View Post 3dB is twice as loud...
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    The most GIANT pliers ever!

    Thanks, I tried to figure it out, but I guess I should have tried saying it out loud a couple of times...
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    The most GIANT pliers ever!

    What are "3/4 & 1 ton aliments"?
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    The VISES of Garage Journal

    http://books.google.com/books?id=T7jmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PT329&lpg=PT329&dq=fuller+foot+vise&source=bl&ots=fd0sJmIh5r&sig=Mi7WTfXhZ0ffd3LX-GHkB1hG2pY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RjPjUJvpK6mw2gWY5IHICA&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=fuller%20foot%20vise&f=false
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    Tap and Die sets

    There are hex rethreading dies, as well as hex threading dies. They are not one and the same.
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    C02 Cartrages "food" vs BB gun is there a difference?

    PS: Whipped Cream uses Nitrous Oxide(whippets), NOT CO2
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    C02 Cartrages "food" vs BB gun is there a difference?

    Back when soda siphons were more popular, the "food grade" cartridges were cheaper than the Crosman ones. I used to buy them at Caldor; I think the price was less than 1/4 of what an identical amount of CO2 would have cost in the Crosman cartridges. My Daisy BB pistol came with an adapter to...
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    US General 56" box - Harbor Freight FAIL

    That's a spelling error, NOT a grammar error.:lol:
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    The VISES of Garage Journal

    Mount it however it fits best. You want to mount it on a corner, and such that long work can overhang the edge of the cabinet when the vise is pointing to the front, and also to the side.
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    Tips for drilling steel

    You should be spinning the drill at somewhere between 300-450RPM, and advance it at about 3" per minute-so the 3/8" should take about 8 seconds or so. Make sure you use a quality drill-I am not so confident in DeWalt drills.
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    What are these craftsman sockets?

    Looks like you could use them in a ratcheting box end wrench.... Are the drive ends the same size, or are they as marked?
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    Forney C4 Welder

    What do you want to know? It is a basic 180A AC arc welder, but with the added feature of current-limiting; it will only draw something like 56 amps from the AC line if there is a dead short between welding leads. You can use it with a carbon arc torch as well, and even a soldering iron if you...
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