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  1. Doggggboy

    Hardening brass

    So how much work does it actually take to work harden? Like, if I flex this tiny piece back and forth am I looking at 10 repetitions or 1000 repetitions before it hardens? I can't just hammer on it to harden it and then try forming again or it will just break again won't it?
  2. Doggggboy

    Hardening brass

    Probably. Not sure why they used copper or brass. The rotating magazine it advances is aluminum hub with a plastic housing.
  3. Doggggboy

    Hardening brass

    I am trying to use a small piece of brass 30.06 casing to fix an indexing post on an air rifle. Initially I cut a piece to fit but then it snapped when I was trying to bend it into the correct shape. A quick readup on annealing and now the replacement piece is soft and perfectly formable. The...
  4. Doggggboy

    Where to start...

    Sadly for most of us, shop size plays an all too important role in what machines we acquire. Bigger is almost always better, budget notwithstanding. This applies to both machines and shop space.
  5. Doggggboy

    One less John on the Forum

    Acquaintances are often mistaken for friends but once the sieves are adjusted properly only the friends remain. The sad part is how long that takes sometimes.
  6. Doggggboy

    New paper shredder

    Local govt surplus auction. Nobody shreds potential evidence like the govt.
  7. Doggggboy

    Calgary Library

    Meanwhile here in SK, Saskatoon had to temporarily close 2 of its libraries due to problems with addicts and violence and the main library in Regina is not a safe place for anyone. Fentanyl is awful stuff.
  8. Doggggboy

    Belt Sander Electrocution

    I get the crap blasted out of me with static from both the shop vac on its own and the blast cabinet with the shop vac attached. I have fried a couple of insulin pumps this way.
  9. Doggggboy

    Belt Sander Electrocution

    Maybe check the breaker panel to see if the ground connection came loose. Just because you have continuity to the plug doesn't mean you have it all the way back to the panel.
  10. Doggggboy

    Swinger Attachments

    If we can't talk politics or policy I would think that kink shaming would be too, no?
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