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What is your secret super power?

I used to think that I was "Rain Man" in that I could control the likelyhood of rain by virtue of wether there was a pr...
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posted by jfnewell
17 comments posted 20yrs posted by jfnewell

OT: What a mess!

"Everything is now clear to me. What a mess!" Thomas Friedman New York Times columnist. Yesterday he was interviewed by...
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posted by abrasha
1 comments posted 20yrs posted by abrasha

Looking for 0-80 insert

I am looking for an insert that can be pressed into an Aluminum block that has an 0-80 thread. I've tried most of the m...
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posted by sandman
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by sandman

OT Turning a router table into a jointer

x-no-archive:yes I have read that it may be possible to edge joint wood turnign your router table into a jointer of sor...
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posted by stryped
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by stryped

Big Joe walk behind forklift?

I just loaded a Big Joe walk behind forklift/pallet jack into my trailer. Data plate says its rated for 2000 lbs. Has 4...
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posted by gunnerNOSPAM
12 comments posted 20yrs posted by gunnerNOSPAM

FA: dohikkies and thingamabobs

Somebody take this junk off my hands please, it's taking up room and I don't know what to do with it. One gizmo is a C-...
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posted by kensnews
15 comments posted 20yrs posted by kensnews

Valvoline 85W-140 (SAE) Gear Oil and Clausing 8540

My manual on the 8540 specifies SAE No. 140 Hypoid Extreme Pressure Oil. I picked up the Valvoline 85W-140 SAE gear oil...
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posted by Sierevello
1 comments posted 20yrs posted by Sierevello

This groups will surely know

Is there an official name for the axiom that we all suffer from that goes something like this. I have to fix something...
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posted by surftom
25 comments posted 20yrs posted by surftom

OT: Humour

Some metal content! http://www.trademe.co.nz/Electronics-photography/TVs-projectors/Other/auction-52360702.htmRead the c...
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posted by rnickel
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by rnickel

Mounting 3 digital scales to a 450mm / 105mm lathe

Hi I wanted you to show you how I mounted three digital scales to my EMCO Compact 8 (a 450mm between centers / 105mm ra...
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posted by muellernick
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by muellernick

BS Meter

You might want to bookmark this page for those times when it would be appropriate to just refer someone to it. (Not ori...
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posted by jwisnia
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by jwisnia

Nickle Chrome prep

We use a display cooler to sell strawberries and apple cider. Looks about like what you'd see for a small milk cooler i...
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posted by karltownsend.NOT
10 comments posted 20yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

Safely testing 22 kV capacitors

Got myself some capacitors for $10 apiece. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7603382621 The specs are...
132 comments posted 20yrs
posted by ignoramus27088
132 comments posted 20yrs posted by ignoramus27088

NAMES Expo - NEW VENUE (Updated 20 Sep 2005)

A reminder. The 17th Annual North American Model Engineering Society (NAMES) Exposition When April 22-23, 2006 Hours Sa...
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posted by nobody
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by nobody

OT; $400 question ATV irniter

I tried alt.electronics.repair and didn't gat any good ideas. I don't expect you geniuses to solve my problem but maybe...
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posted by nhull
5 comments posted 20yrs posted by nhull