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Disassembly of Large Butterfly-Type Water Valve

I'm trying to disassemble a large (20" diameter) water valve, so that I can separately scrap the steel housing and the...
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posted by funkychateauSPAM
1 comments posted 20yrs posted by funkychateauSPAM

Craftsman riding lawnmower odd problem

x-no-archive:yes I have a 5 or so year old craftsman riding lawn mower 48 inch cut. It seems to run fine while mowing i...
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posted by stryped
9 comments posted 20yrs posted by stryped

Brazing Torch

Does anyone know if I can still get hold of a carbon brazing torch? I saw one a few years ago. It had two carbon electr...
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posted by steve.steel
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by steve.steel

FS-Bandsaw Blades

I recently bought a quantity of bandsaw blades on ebay, figuring that I could use some of them in my home shop..and all...
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posted by gunner
10 comments posted 20yrs posted by gunner

Variable Capacitors used in a phase converter

On eBay I noticed a Vacuum Variable Capacitor rated at 20-1000pf 10kV 50A http://cgi.ebay.com/VACUUM-Variable-CAPACITOR...
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posted by email
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HTS-528 Brazing Alloy

Don Foreman and I are going to go in on some of this brazing alloy I believe. Right now with shipping it will cost Don...
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posted by Sierevello
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by Sierevello

Portass Lathe

I have recently obtained a badged Portass lathe, unfortunately it was completely disassembled. To add more confusion th...
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posted by divadr
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by divadr

Presidential workshop

I think former Yugoslav president and dictator Josip Broz TITO was the only world leader who like to relax and enjoy yo...
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posted by hrvojekl
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by hrvojekl

Bandsaw blades arrived

I just found a box on my front porch filled with the bandsaw blades I won on Ebay. The seller quoted $24 in shipping co...
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posted by gunner
1 comments posted 20yrs posted by gunner

Second opinion

The doctor said, "Bill, the good news is I can cure your headaches. The bad news is that it will require castration. Yo...
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posted by boozoochavez
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by boozoochavez

Archiving an author's postings

The archive to which Gunner referred in his post,"Re: Trouble with cut-off operation on lathe" got me thinking. This ar...
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posted by smerrill19
7 comments posted 20yrs posted by smerrill19

propane torch conversion to natural gas?

I have some propane/air torches I want to convert to natural gas (methane). Can I just swap the jets - and should they b...
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posted by zenadsl6186
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by zenadsl6186

OT proper way to kill a chicken

One of my hens startted eating eggs, and I finally caught one (and marked her), now I would like to know the proper way...
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posted by ignoramus7121
35 comments posted 20yrs posted by ignoramus7121