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Powder paint question
I just bought one of these harbor freight powder guns and some of their coating. Have never done this before and was wondering how much overspray can I expect with this? I want to build a nice, small...
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fasten planks to frame
When the horrible heat breaks, I need to put a new wood deck on my old truck. I found the steel frame on the dump bed to be really rusted and replaced most of the cross members with a heavier channel...
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What is it? Set 448
This week's set has been posted: Rob
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July 4
Lifted from Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you Jesus Christ and the American GI One died for your soul, the other for your freedom You might want to pass this on ... as many...
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What would a real machinist do?
I was prototyping a part which required two 0.125" slots milled 0.520" apart, .250" deep, symmetrical about a centre of a cylinder 1.125" diameter: result was not quite symmetrical. I started by...
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Cern announces Higgs
Cern's LHC facility announced today a 5-sigma confidence in their having discovered the Higgs boson. Given that, they ferried the 83 year-old Higgs across the sea to Switzerland for the announcement....
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OT- Small engine problem
The unit under test is a Troy-Bilt chipper made in the late 80's. Engine is an 8 HP Briggs. It appears to have very low hours. The engine starts easily, runs well for about 20 minutes, then begins to...
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OT - no metal content -- womens advice
I liked this: TinyURL was created! The following URL: a length of 112 characters and resulted in the following TinyURL which has a length of 26 characters: in new window] Christopher A. Young Learn...
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Eaton Compressor purchase
I needed not to be down more than a couple of hours, so instead of pulling and _hoping_ my old compressor pump was in good enough condition to rebuild, I bought a 2-stage pump from Eaton "Polar"...
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OT Auto Insurance
Last year I bought my daughter a car and put her on my insurance to help her out with college, a student doesn't need to be bogged down with transportation difficulties. Now she is married and has...
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Grizzly rebar
Personally, I would probably go with 6011. Better penetration and it won't matter as much if there is rust, mill-scale, or other contaminants in the weld areas. I would wonder about the stresses...
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weld this to that
Will the loads be anywhere close to the working load rating of the shackle? If not, I personally would not worry too much. i
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Eyeballing angles test/training- intereting little game
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Homebrew coolant
Anyone know of a cheap homebrew water soluble coolant for general milling and turning?
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Making a micrometer stop for a Clausing lathe
Recently, I was in the bidding for a micrometer stop for a Clausing 12" lathe. I dropped out when the price soared well above $200. Why? Because I was thinking that for that kind of money, I can buy a...
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