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Brake question
I have a brake question. I have a 1996 chevy Silverado. I have had it for about 4-5 years. I bought it from my dad. It has 315,000 miles on it. It has always had a soft spongy pedal. Brakes seem to...
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PING Don Foreman
Wasn't it you that did all the research on the effects of welding and magnetic field effects on a defib device ? A good friend of a good friend has a defib , and is unsure about how safe it is to mig...
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GLOAT: I'm tired
Went to an auction yesterday. Big one with two rings. Right when one ring moved to the power tools, the other ring moved across the place to the steel room. The auctioneer started offering choice...
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OT: Atten: Gunner and other Linux players
Mint 9 is out. My emachine's mouse isn't working on the mouse port so haven't tried it on that. There can be a usb mouse problem also but I haven't tried yet. Works well on my HP Pavilion tx2510us...
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compressed-air drills
SWMBO wants me to build a small deck. Of course, every new project requires a new tool, right? And my trusty Bosch cordless drill is showing its age a bit, or to be more precise, the batteries are...
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OT: sutibility of M16
I thought some one else would have posted this by now. rifles not suited to warfare in Afghan hills By SLOBODAN LEKIC (AP) ? 1 day ago KABUL, Afghanistan ? The U.S. military's workhorse rifle ? used...
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OT - Gold Shoots To a Record As Europeans Seek Safety
The question is if those safety-seeking Europeans are rational or not. From The Wall Street Journal, 12 May 2010, page C1. ====================================================== By CAROLYN CUI And...
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Tool review - Harbor Freight
(Cross posted to and rec.woodworking) Bought a mobile base for some of my power tools. $ 34.99 at my local store. (Compare to circa $90 elsewhere) After assembly and try-out, I went back and bought 4...
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OT: range report
Got a last minute email from Todd last evening, might I be available for a shoot today. I was. It turned out to be a very, very interesting range date. Todd has been working with an electrical...
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repair pin holder
When you buy old equipment you always buy a repair job... An 1-1/2" pin holds the hoe on the tractor with two 1/2" steel plates 3" apart. The pin is shot and these two plates have a hole that is now...
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Any lathe motor / clutch experts in here?
Evening all, nice out, isn't it? I'm hoping to pick some brains, I recently acquired an ancient and abused [1] Challenger lathe[2], mainly for the tooling and motor that came with it, and I think I'd...
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Does non flux coated wire go bad?
I have got a small hobart welder. (MIG). For some reason I could not get the machien to weld right, like it did not have enough power. I put new wire on and it worked fine. But, several weeks later...
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TIG
I have a Bobcat 225 welder I just aquired. I have always want to learn to tig. What is the minimum I need to buy to practice tig with this machine? Thanks!
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tractor data
I had found a tractor data website some time ago. Danged if I can find it tonight. IIRC, you put in manufacturer and model, and it would say specs on tractor, years made, etc. Anyway, I'm trying to...
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5/8 - 20 nut
Maybe I didn't use the right words at McMaster-Carr, but I didn't spot a 5/8-20 nut there. I need one for my tool and cutter grinder. I suppose if I have to I can make one on my lathe, but it would be...
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