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OT-Building Collapse
A more complete set of photos of this June's Shanghai building collapse and diagrams explaining what happened and why. title: "Strength of Materials When There Isn't Enough." Jeff
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Coax and telephone question
Do you know anythign abotu how far telephone and coax can be ran? I have two options. 1st, run another conduit down the outside wall of the garage beside the one I will run for power and bring both...
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The WCS
"The WCS can be difficult to wrap your head around" He still does not quite get it ... "You're moving the view to the part." "The WCS you choose for a machining operation must represent how the part...
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Subpanel bonding (3-phase mains) question
Is it never allowed (US National Electrical Code) to bond the ground bus bar to the neutral bus bar? I opened a subpanel and found that both the ground bus bar and cabinet were bonded to the neutral...
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buy AR15
I'm shopping for my Xmass present. (Get yer own present - always git what u wunt) I'm looking for a hunting quality AR15. Not a match grade rifle, not a POS. Is this a great deal? other suggestions?...
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Stuck Up Site
Might prove handy some day, lots of data and links:
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Help with motor capacitor wiring
Picked up a "2.98 kW" (4 HP?) 60 gallon Speedaire compressor with a self described "bad motor" for $50. I am kinda hoping that the motor is not actually bad. Upon inspection, it seems that the motor...
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Dennis the cable guy
Sadly, wasn't Lary this time. Though, he must be a hoot in real life, whoever it is that plays Larry the cable guy. I had some trouble with my cable recentl. I called for a tech to come out, and...
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OT: FedEx recycling tracking numbers
Second time this week. Book a FedEx shipment, send the tracking number to your customer. Customer calls to say the tracking number is bad, coming up on the Web tracking as a shipment already delivered...
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Camillus knife
Picked up an interesting knife yesterday for a buck. All metal. Has Camillus 1960 on the base of the big blade. US on one side, with a stamped metal pattern. Screwdriver, blade, leather awl, bottle...
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"Das Panzerbike - a motorcycle with an engine from a tank"
someone on another group i follow posted this link. (scratch built "motorcycle" using a surplus russian T-55 tank engine, it's SICK.) (sounds awful though, not sure if it's simply because the camera...
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Amway
I have a friend from school days who joined Amway. He called me recently and told me some gibberish about how I can live a life full of expensive things without working if I join Amway. This is not...
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3-D prototyping printer?
I remember seeing a web page describing a process that deposited (sprayed?) material (plastic?) to build up a CAD design so that in the end you have a 3-D prototype of your design. Basically, a CNC...
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OT - Dodge Acronym
Ford: Fix or Repair Daily / Found on Road Dead GMC: Got Mechanic Coming. Is there one for Dodge?
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Lead casting
I haven't decided if I want to cast vast quantities of bullets. Lots of pros and cons here. Lead scares me and I would want to make sure it's extremely safe. But, it's cheap to get all the stuff...
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