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Recent content by phaxtris

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    Shop Table top crane

    How far away from the mill table are you trying to grab things from ? You could just mount a pulley to the roof joists run your cable down to a convenient location for the winch. Winch the part up, drift it over with one hand and winch down with the other. The more cable you have from the...
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    Shop Table top crane

    The welds might be ugly, but they look burned in hot and i dont see anywhere with lack of fusion. From what can be seen in the picture i doubt you will have any problems with them, stick has no real issue burning through one or two layers of paint
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    Drilling a crown gear for a differential

    I assume you mean the ring gear ? I would give it a try with what you have, good chance only the tooth side is hardened
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    Shoulder check

    you guys have to try driving in Mexico, Turn signals dont mean the same thing down there, not even sure if getting a license is a thing for them (i know it is....but is it....)
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    Shoulder check

    I always shoulder check, although its pretty moot in my welding truck, the view is so limited by the deck you can only see someone in a shoulder check if they are right beside your window. I have to be extra careful with the mirrors (bobbing my head around like an idiot to get different angles)...
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    Tool David's 2x48 grinder build

    Nice! I have that same vfd on my lathe, i dont think it is sealed, might want to put some kind of filter material over the ?ports?vents? All that electrically conductive dust youll be making might find its way in and burn the vfd out
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    Newbie gear cutting question

    Im not an expert, but i have cut several gears on my Chinese dividing head....enough to know that if i can buy the gear (or one that can made to work in some fashion), i will buy it, every time. you will need to buy the correct module cutter for the tooth range, like @Arbutus said there is not...
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    Shop Table top crane

    you dont normally change the radius under load by telescoping a boom, a simple jack to raise and lower the angle of the boom is the preferred method, in a real crane, and a tailgate crane. hey if you want to run the moment go ahead, your essentially using the shock body and attached boom as a...
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    Shop Table top crane

    Well I can see the convience, but I don't think it's a great idea. Best to keep the boom real short and the loads real light, the moment force that little threaded section will see is going to be huge. Best hope its not so hard as to snap rather then bend. its also nice to have some way to...
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    Shop Table top crane

    Are you turning the shaft inside the cylinder ? There is a glad nut on the bottom and top with ?rubber? O rings, that's where the friction comes from But you will have a fair bit of leverage with the boom, so it may not be that big of a concern, assuming your turning the shaft
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    Shop Table top crane

    Well there isn't actually a bearing in there, it's just turning on the seals, when it's fully extended like that there is only an inch or two into the cylinder, doesn't take much bending moment to bend that joint, and they don't normally stay fully extended with any kind of load, a new shock has...
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    Shop Table top crane

    your going to use the shock as a pivot?
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    Shop Table top crane

    You use the bottle jack to adjust the radius What the heck are you going to use the shock for ?
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    2x72 grinder discussion

    Looks mint!
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    4140 crankshaft modifications - propeller hub build

    i think your referring to this "AD 82-07-02, Subject: Rapid loss of engine oil caused by ice obstruction of engine crankcase breather", oil wasn't being siphoned out, but the breather tube freezing over and causing excess crank case pressure, blowing out the front seal, the solution was a vent...
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