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Shop Lights

In my new shop there are 8 foot twin T12 bulb fluorescent fixtures with magnetic ballasts. They all are pretty old and...
11 comments posted 20yrs
posted by joebass1977
11 comments posted 20yrs posted by joebass1977

Ubuntu Live CD

Ive been playing around with the latest version of Ubuntu Linux, via their Live CD. F*ck me running but its good. I sim...
54 comments posted 20yrs
posted by gunner
54 comments posted 20yrs posted by gunner

setup detail for century 125gs

Anyone with one of these units that could help me... I have had it on my bench for several months and finally got aroun...
1 comments posted 20yrs
posted by bgoring
1 comments posted 20yrs posted by bgoring

Need to replace an old 8" bench grinder

I finally decided to dump the 20+ year old 8" Harbor Fright grinder that shakes the whole house every time I turn it on...
5 comments posted 20yrs
posted by ndrez
5 comments posted 20yrs posted by ndrez

How to: Using a Lathe and/or Mill

Is anyone aware of any good DVDs or VHS tapes on the subject of using Lathes and/or Mills? You can't do any better than...
4 comments posted 20yrs
posted by Searcher7
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by Searcher7

Removing 1/2 inch of acrylic

Hello all, Suppose one needs to remove 1/2 inch of acrylic from a 2x1 inch (in cross section) block. The goal is to end...
17 comments posted 20yrs
posted by bschwab
17 comments posted 20yrs posted by bschwab

Rolls-Royce Crecy

Always woundered what whould happened if Rolls-Royce had developed the utterly INSANE crecy engine, and shoehorned it i...
0 comments posted 20yrs
posted by nomail
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by nomail

Hanging parts jars

--I've reached the point where nuts, bolts, etc are so numerous that they no longer fit in those little plastic parts j...
23 comments posted 20yrs
posted by steamer
23 comments posted 20yrs posted by steamer

OT Walmart and you

It has always been my impression that each Walmart store carries what sells in each region. You don't see swamp coolers...
118 comments posted 20yrs
posted by cmciver
118 comments posted 20yrs posted by cmciver

The Rolls-Royce Crecy

Always woundered what whould happened if Rolls-Royce had developed the utterly INSANE crecy engine, and shoehorned it i...
3 comments posted 20yrs
posted by nomail
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by nomail

Index brand mill

Any thoughts out there on Index brand mills from the 1960's? Jeff
4 comments posted 20yrs
posted by jgtr
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by jgtr

Anyone know how to make a soap foam nozzle?

I've used those hand soaps that have close to a 5:1 ratio of water to soap in them and when you press down on the top,...
3 comments posted 20yrs
posted by nolabab
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by nolabab

DoN Nichols

I tried using the AMP hydraulic crimper to crimp some 6 gauge ring terminals to 6 gauge wire. Worked quite beautifully,...
1 comments posted 20yrs
posted by ignoramus14946
1 comments posted 20yrs posted by ignoramus14946