Anyone have any experience filling a void in a fixture with helium to reduce the load the operator must lift when handling the fixture? Just a stupid Idea I had, anyone know for sure that it will, or will not work?
Anyone know a trick that will alow me to set the precision on my Hole Callouts in a drawing? For example, if I want my tap drill hole to be called out as a two place decimal for diameter and depth.
Last night during a bench racing session, some friends and I discussed a concept that was new to us. I assume that it has been tried somewhere by someone (as almost everything has thanks to Smokey). Anyone please speak up, as this is probably tragically flawed.
There is a class that limits...
I am planning on machining a new Cylinder Head for my son's Pulling Garden Tractor over the winter. It is a single cylinder Kohler Flathead engine. Any thoughts on what is the best location for the Spark Plug? I know some people say it needs to be directly over the Exhaust Valve, some say...
Hi all. I want to make a smart component of an 80/20 Anchor Fitting (Banjo). It is just a blind hole near the end of an extrusion. I've got a handle on how to do this, but the sticky part is, I would like to drag the 'smart' banjo into the assembly (so the B.O.M. is correct) and have the...
Anyone know of a product or any good way to eliminate the septic tank smell from drifting around a customers back yard from the vent stack that comes thru the roof? The pipe has been extended up even with the ridge line and the natural downdraft still pushes it down into the Deck / back yard area.
Anyone in this forum know of any salvage yards that specilize in Garden Tractors. My kids have been bitten by the Garden Tractor Pulling bug, and we need lots of junk to keep the team alive.
O.K., I'm not en EE, but I have a question for you guys and I'm sure it goes way back to the basics for you but please bear with me. What would you need to do to generate Electricity from a passing metal object? Similar to the way a linear motor works, but in reverse. I know you can use a linear...
I need a very small gripper, capable of slipping over the end of a .010" wire and grabbing onto when pulled axially. It also needs to have a means of releasing, obviously.
