OT: Makin' Money?

First, I apologize for another OT post. I did put "OT: " in the subject for all who do not wish to read OT posts. Some time back I stated that I expected the Dow to reach about $7500. Today it dropped $444.99 (5.56%) on top of its previous losses - to $7552.29, just $52.29 above that expected point. Of course, some nay sayer came right back and told everyone how stupid I... more » By Al Patrick  - 5:46am - 1 new of 1 message

Sleeves for putting hydraulic cylinders together.

I know this is a great metal working project and I've made couple of these things at work to get me by. When trying to put a shaft, as in hydraulic cylinder shaft, though a loaded oring lip seal, having either a nice bit of same diameter rod inserted from the easy side holding things open, or a hollow sleeve that will allow the externally threaded part to pass... more » By Wes  - 4:01am - 3 new of 3 messages

	Chuck Safety
	One our customers recently had an operator that left the chuck key in the chuck and started the spindle. They asked us to provide a solution and here is what it looks like. We have installed 20 of them in the last few weeks. Will not allow the spindle to start without the key in place and if removed of course the spindle stops.... more » By Dave B  - 2:26am - 10 new of 10 messages

	Bush snubbed
	[link] By Cliff  - 1:05am - 3 new of 3 messages

	Giving Up on God
	[link] [ As Republicans sort out the reasons for their defeat, they likely will overlook or dismiss the gorilla in the pulpit. .... I'm bathing in holy water as I type. To be more specific, the evangelical, right-wing, oogedy-boogedy branch of the... more » By Cliff  - Nov 20 - 18 new of 18 messages

	Very difficult
	[link] " .. many of the newly elected Democratic senators are fairly conservative .." By Cliff  - Nov 20 - 1 new of 1 message

	Recovery Watch 2009
	[link] By Cliff  - Nov 20 - 1 new of 1 message

	Have you lost your aggressivness...your drive?
	... Is this about Alaska again? By Cliff  - Nov 20 - 1 new of 1 message

	79 men load gun
	Here are some guys loading a gun, it is a large gun and should appeal to you machine types...... [link] By LLBrown  - Nov 20 - 3 new of 3 messages

SPI brand drill chuck

Enco has an SPI keyless drill chuck on sale that I'm interested in: [link] Anybody have any experience with SPI stuff? Thanks, Bob BTW - the tinyurl was created with the FireFox plugin. Quite neat: right click on the page that you want a tinyurl for, the popup menu has an entry "Create TinyURL for this page". Choosing that puts the tinyurl... more » By Bob Engelhardt  - Nov 20 - 4 new of 4 messages