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Healthcare question

You guys seem to know everything so maybe you can explain something to me. Why can't we repeal Obamacare but keep the AC...
3 comments posted 9yrs
posted by GunnerAsch
3 comments posted 9yrs posted by GunnerAsch

Re-sharpen bandsaw blade?

Using a fairly new very coarse bandsaw blade sawing some aluminum castings a few teeth were damaged. I think maybe a pi...
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posted by etpm
2 comments posted 9yrs posted by etpm

TIG welding question - how much heat?

I've never TIG welded - only amateur MIG & stick welding...... As part of an assembly process would the following be po...
5 comments posted 9yrs
posted by Trumble
5 comments posted 9yrs posted by Trumble

TrumpCare Deader Than Dead

> Game over, Man: > | > | My colleague @JerryMoran and I will not support the MTP to > | this version of BCRA #Healthca...
0 comments posted 9yrs
posted by bruce2bowser
0 comments posted 9yrs posted by bruce2bowser

Excellent flap disc

I compared a Pferd 40 grit flap disc made for stainless steel to a Cubitron II flap disc made by 3M. The Cubitron cuts...
3 comments posted 9yrs
posted by etpm
3 comments posted 9yrs posted by etpm

OT: Lightening up

"White House Denies Any Ties to United States" Tuesday, the White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, denied that any m...
16 comments posted 9yrs
posted by huntres23
16 comments posted 9yrs posted by huntres23

Lights dim with swamp cooler.

Hi, we recently installed a window version of a swamp cooler. As such, it plugs into a wall outlet in the lounge-room....
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posted by davenpete
18 comments posted 9yrs posted by davenpete

Press fit question

Hi. I make a product (http://basscapos.com/robpin.html) which uses lengths of SS hot formed tube 10mm OD x 8mm ID. Some...
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posted by robanzellotti
17 comments posted 9yrs posted by robanzellotti

Bubble Wrap - Its Metalworking Related Really

I ship machined aluminum molds all over the world now. Primarily by USPS Priority Mail. Since they are aluminum I am co...
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posted by none
13 comments posted 9yrs posted by none

Any Interest In some '60s/'70s PLATING Magazines?

anyone have any interest in 10 or 15 PLATING magazines from the 60s or 70s? these were monthly mags typical of the era;...
0 comments posted 9yrs
posted by barrytuttleman
0 comments posted 9yrs posted by barrytuttleman

YES!

Two nuts gas welded to two studs in the exhaust manifold. Studs that had probably been in place since the backhoe was m...
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posted by etpm
5 comments posted 9yrs posted by etpm

Like riding a bike

I learned how to gas weld 47 years ago. But for the last 20 or so years I hardly ever do any gas welding. TIG and MIG r...
6 comments posted 9yrs
posted by etpm
6 comments posted 9yrs posted by etpm