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    Boiler for putting around in small dinghy.

    If you get a good enough shot of zinc oxide id doesn't just sorta affect your liver - - - you get your funeral happening real quick. (Was an oft repeated warning in apprenticeship training!!! (the other was welding on something cleaned with brake cleaner - - - see phosgene (sp?))
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    What have you been doing today?

    I likes it!!!! My kind of place!!
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    Collet chuck build - a work in progress

    Grinding is not a simple topic - - - do you have the right stone with the right bond and at the right rpm for your project? I only know enough to know that for that job you would be rotating the piece slowly and the grinding is moving relatively quickly. Suggest that you contact a grinding...
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    First and Third Projection Symbols

    AIUI - - - that's what the original rationale was - - - except they found that it ain't quite so. (Seems that its about 4574.94 km at least according to www.distance.to )
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    The New Guy from Germany

    Guten Tag! Welche Richtung? Koenst du irgend etwas von metalbearbeitung? (Leider ist mein rechtscreibung - - echt - - - es schtinkt (sp?) - - - lol) Ciao
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    Threading and the compound angle.

    Which method you might use, there are others by the way, should at least, in part be determined by the rigidity of either or both your part and/or your machine.
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    My shop

    Your first statement above is true of all of us I believe. I have learned to accumulate things - - - they're what enables me to build and/or do things. (Those that call it hording are those that just don't do things or can't!) Not only is a clean shop safer it enables you to work more...
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    What Fillament, wall thickness and Fill Percentage for Patterns

    I hate finding answers to my own questions - - - - makes me do what I was taught (at a Scandihovian college) the Scandihovian shrug followed by the application of the heel of the hand to the forehead (that's why Scandihovians have slumped shoulders and a sloping forehead - - - or so I was taught...
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    Machining aluminum crankcases for model airplane engines questions

    You can get very low wander on your drill bits - - - the sharpening is the key (as me how I know!!!) Have drilled to something like 3' with a 1/4" bit - - - a long very tedious job that was! (Wander was quite low!) Re: boring your 0.219" bore - - - possible - - - but the way that you're...
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    My shop

    Love it - - - rotflmho (rolling on the floor laughing my head off!!!) The chocolate oes - - - priceless! Except - - - - I like to 'look' at tools. Ciao senor! (Mi itialiano molto arrugginito - - - lol)
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    My shop

    Curious about the 'tool rules' - - - grin. Beautiful shop by the way!!!
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    I need some guidance on building a steam powered pump for central heating.

    As the grid is eroding (we're already short of capacity in many areas and the new electric transportation is going to really aggravate this) I think it behooves those with the skills to develop solutions to live well. Steam boilers seem to create huge amounts of fear in most and yet my...
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    18 Cylinders Isotta Fraschini (straight six-cylinder x3 )

    That's going to be quite some interesting changes. You had shown your modeling planning in the past - - - hope you will also show that with these changes. Thanking you for a fascinating journey!!!
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    Model Engineering in the 21st Century

    Video didn't show - - - hope he wasn't injured!!! Major electrical power is nothing to be complacent about imo. Appreciate the anecdotes y'all are sharing!!! (Trying to learn without doing the hurtin')
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    Model Engineering in the 21st Century

    Remembering the instructors that I had there were enough of them that I would respect far less now than I was supposed to then. They had a paltry few years in the trade, likely at a quite high level, but it was clear that some almost 30 years later that they weren't keeping up with the changes...
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    Expand the "Home Foundry and Castings Section" ?

    I would second (or third or twentieth) the idea of have more sub-forums. Searching for things used to work great - - - in the early 2000s, now today - - - - anything even remotely relevant is dragged in and the noise level is normally so high that it can take days to filter through even a small...
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    Monotube Flash Boiler Design

    Not really - - - - just wondering what is used by the big boys - - anyone out there know of a way of finding out?
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    scaling for dummies?

    A captive aftermarket means more $$$$ for the builder - - - whenever did these companies say that they gave a rip about their buyers? (Its all about $$$ for me - - - NOT you - - - did you miss that memo (grin!!!)? - - - Welcome to capitalism - - - .)
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    Monotube Flash Boiler Design

    Ideas - - - man - - - more ideas - - - wonder what the longevity of that girl would be if it were running 24/7 - - - hmmmmm?
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