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    Chipmaster outboard support bushing for stock in spindle tube

    Quick little part I made after work yesterday. I have a project for the house (custom and cabinet pulls in the kitchen) where I intend to be making a bunch of parts off of of relatively long (3 feet or so), floppy (3/8" or so) stock through the spindle tube in the lathe. Pre-cutting the stock...
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    Making a massive gear from scrapped zipper tabs and bottlecaps in Pakistan

    Okay, so this is a YouTube video of some fascinating work being done to produce a fairly large gear under some very austere conditions. I just spent the last half hour with my mouth hanging open and having trouble blinking in awe of this 3rd world capital undertaking. The science of health...
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    Safety glasses for those who need reading glasses

    Some have probably already figured this out, but they actually make safety reading glasses. I started needing reading glasses a few years ago and it was becoming a problem when using the lathe, reading the dials and such with safety glasses so I'd have to go back and forth between the readers...
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