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TrumpCare Deader Than Dead

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

Cool obituary

https://www.cherokeescout.com/obituaries/june-miller
11 comments posted 9yrs
posted by ignoramus9292
11 comments posted 9yrs posted by ignoramus9292

antiseize for brass in salt water?

Do I need/use anything for brass pipe threads (both pipe and fitting) that'll be in salt water a lot?
6 comments posted 9yrs
posted by me
6 comments posted 9yrs posted by me

Engine oil....help needed on choices

As long as we are doing vehicle advice ... Places have started advertising "deals" on semi-synthetic and synthetic oil/...
6 comments posted 9yrs
posted by invalid
6 comments posted 9yrs posted by invalid

Tires....help needed on choices

Moby the Truck is ready to go. Ive finished all the work on the E-350 and I need to put tires under her. She weighs alm...
28 comments posted 9yrs
posted by gunnerasch
28 comments posted 9yrs posted by gunnerasch