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OT Too Mnay Tools?

Saw this one, and thought MM - is this OUR too many tools? http://www.funpic.hu/en.picview.php?id=29916&c=-1&s=dd&p=1&PH...
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posted by ablight
12 comments posted 20yrs posted by ablight

Lewis and Clark Sculpture pics

I wanted to share this with you all. I went down to Soulard (in St. Louis) to visit my friends Vlad and his son Misha V...
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posted by mlcorson
8 comments posted 20yrs posted by mlcorson

Weldor aka Egotist

Pride is knowing what you can do and not having to say anything. Ego is having to tell everyone what you can do, but no...
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posted by boozoochavez
31 comments posted 20yrs posted by boozoochavez

OT: car problem?

My friends car puts out a cloud of white smoke. I quote: 2000 toyota solara - a large globe 8 foot diameter cloud on sta...
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posted by kfvorwerk
14 comments posted 20yrs posted by kfvorwerk

Steps for installing a transfer switch

I would like to install a real transfer switch like this one http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Item...
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posted by ignoramus16089
112 comments posted 20yrs posted by ignoramus16089

drill pointer

Have just acquired an SRD mod. DG76M drill pointer. Does anyone have any info on this machine? Any nad all info much app...
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posted by cutler
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Composition astm a 307 grade a

Anyone can help me telling the composition (For example how musch carbonium there's in it) of this type of steel: astm a...
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posted by federicogferrari
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Welding forklift forks

My new (to me) forklift has 36" long forks. This isn't working, they need to be 42" or 44". I'm thinking of welding a 1...
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posted by karltownsend.NOT
32 comments posted 20yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

What is this?

The ID is 1/4", it's 2" long. I think that it fits on a 1/4" rod and its springy-ness hold it. But what's it used for? B...
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posted by bobengelhardt
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Fix for binding in 3-jaw chuck?

I have a Cushman 6" 3-jaw that I got at the dump. It fits a 10" Atlas. It had some superficial rust, so I broke it down...
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posted by bobengelhardt
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frozen bearing race

Hello all, i have a 7 inch angle grinder that blew a bearing on the rear of the shaft. My problem is that when the bear...
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posted by dontsend
6 comments posted 20yrs posted by dontsend

Another Bridgeport sighting in a Hollywood movie

This was hard to catch, but in the film _Miami Vice_, about 1/3 the way through, when the good guys raid the warehouse...
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posted by kinch
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OT The dirt-simple DC voltage reducer

This little gadget to drive a 12-volt 50 amp motor from a 24-volt battery source is a very unremarkable design -- but i...
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posted by dforeman
9 comments posted 20yrs posted by dforeman

descaling used galvanized pipe?

I picked up six sticks of 1" galvanized schedule 40, been used above the water table in a water pump for 10 years. The...
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posted by grant
7 comments posted 20yrs posted by grant