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OT: OT: OT: solar power fron Germany
Interesting video clip [17 meg]. How is Germany cleaning our [US] clock with their much higher labor and materials costs and much higher environmental standards? "German solar technology firms...
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Clausing 1300 manual
Does anyone have a scanned copy of an operators manual or repair/parts manual or for a Clausing 1300 13" x 36"? I'm picking up a 1300 this weekend, at good price I think, but condition is somewhat...
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Cavelamb
Your Priority Mail package is on its way. They say two days. Steve
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After Thanksgiving Exercise Program
EXERCISE FOR PEOPLE OVER 50 1. Begin by standing on a comfortable surface, where you have plenty of room at each side. 2. With a 5-lb potato sack in each hand, extend your arms straight out from your...
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Spot welder question
I brought home a 5 kVa "Peer" spot welder. This is a stationary standup kind of spot welder, weighs about 250 lbs, and has a pedal. When I depress the pedal, the top electrode moves down, pushes the...
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TIG settings
Hi I'm trying out this Inverter AC/DC TIG with pulse. it's a China unit and the manual doesn't explain much. Can you please explain to me these settings... Up Slope (0 - 2S) - the manufacturer said...
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Arcs for bending on edge
Let's see if I can explain this -- I'm doing a drawing for an aluminum chassis and I want a 90 degree bend exactly on the edge of the material. (062 aluminum) Now, the way it's supposed to be done is...
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Square tubing finish options
Hello all, I am using 2 inch square Al tubing (0.125 thickness) as part of a frame for an experimental fixture. Part of me wants to flycut it to remove some dings, and part of me wants to leave well...
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Home-made lathe--enjoy! :)
pictures. How my home made lathe works by John K Wilson
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Drilling on a manual lathe
Awl-- Because the drill does not rotate in the tailstock, deep-hole drilling can be a *real* pita, esp. with coolant so difficult to apply. Typically a 3/8 drill, about 2" deep, in 6061 alum. Is there...
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harbor freight ball joint separating tool
just quick report: got a HF ball joint separator thinking it would work to separate a drill chuck from a damaged arbor - drilled a hole through the arbor, put a pin through it and clamped it down with...
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Mythbusters sighting
So after work, I drove out to the airport to do a little work on my airplane. I keep it at a rural airport that is small and quiet. As I'm driving up to my hanger, I see a guy walking up the road...
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Drill Press spindle bearing replacement
Should be pretty straightforward. What's the number etched into the outer race of the rumbly bearing?
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I guess I did a good thing
Good story Dave. I'm sure you get a lot of unexpressed gratitude what with the anxiety that accompanies a lot of what you do as EMT. Let's hope you keep on having lots of little old ladies and...
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milling a pocket in Al
I need to mill a pocket 1 x 2, 5/16 deep in a rectangular block of aluminum. Normally I'd try to get a slot going with an end mill. That's not easy as your cutting 3 sides at the same time. So I end...
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