Craft Forum / Wood/Metal / Metalworking / July 2009

Been  using Motzarella for "alt.home.repair" and "alt.autos.Pontiac".  As of
three weeks ago I cannot access any of the postings.  Also tried RCM, it
loads but only up to 6/30/2009.  If you try to read a message you get
"Message is no longer available on the server".

http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE56T4MI20090731
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 Bonuses paid to executives at nine banks that received US government bailout
money in 2008 were greater than net income at some of the banks, the office of

I am looking at a Lagun FT-2 milling machine, and I can't find a
serial number.  Where is it located?
Jack Wills
jack@isi.edu

A friend is making a copper weather vane.  Basically a silhouette, but
with 2 sides, each of which will have some 3 dimensionality.  The 2
sides need to be joined at the edges.
He is talking about brazing, but I feel that for the effort & cost, it

Our "engineer" bought a bearing and bar of precision ground rod. It
easily slipped through the bearing and since it had screws to lock it
down all was  find untill. Untill i read the literature that came with
the bearing and it said to have a "Press Fit" if using their bearing

I ended up with some SB lathe stuff over the years, but do not have an
SB lathe. Descriptions are what I know about them. I'll do my best to
answer any questions. I can provide other pictures if you would like to
see something specific.

I bought a 20" Rockwell drill press with a broken return spring.
I uploaded a photo to the drop box.
http://metalworking.com/dropbox/10_Broken_spring_.JPG
The replacement spring is still available, but is really expensive.  I

Actual metalworking content...
Was drilling a hole with my ElCheapo brand floor model drill press and
the red plastic of the rocker switch popped out, never to be seen
again.  Unscrewed the panel to the switch and lo-and-behold, there are

How do you get the steering wheel off an old CJ5 Jeep? I have a '74 CJ5
that I want to put a new steering wheel on. I have a wheel puller but it
doesn't work on steering wheels this old. I've tried to find out a
method for getting the wheel off when there are no holes in the ...

David Kaiser is a respected historian whose published works have
covered a broad range of topics, from European Warfare to American
League Baseball. Born in 1947, the son of a diplomat, Kaiser spent his
childhood in three capital cities: Washington D.C. , Albany , New York ,

Hope OK cross post r.c.m. and s.e.j.w.  Looking for help and
suggestions.
The problem I am finding now:
When doing technical information web-searches - eg. "winch" or

Relating to content in a recent thread:
http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/healthday/2009/07/27/tight-management-o
f-type-1-diabetes-worth-the.html
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By carefully controlling blood sugar levels and taking medications that lower

A friend's Audi sedan made some funky noises while braking.
Pulling the solid, one-piece, rear rotor revealed why. The outer surface
was fine, but the inner one showed the usual ~~smooth surface, and
several patches where the surface was anything but. It was as if the

Mixing cutting fluids may mess up any efforts to use a refractometer.
 But if you have samples of both you should be able to test various
mixing ratios to verify if this is the case in your specific instance.

I'm perplexed. How does one orient the boring tool in the horizontal
hole of a boring head? The normal relief angle does not seem to be
available...