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Phantom voltage in a disconnected busbar?

I was recently pulling some extremely small amount of MCM 500 copper cables. Of course, it was legitimately purchased f...
15 comments posted 11yrs
posted by ignoramus22165
15 comments posted 11yrs posted by ignoramus22165

3-flute and 5-flute measuring

I can roughly measure a reground 3-flute or 5-flute cutter using my lathe as a fixture, measuring the shank, then the d...
29 comments posted 11yrs
posted by lloydspinsidemindspring.com
29 comments posted 11yrs posted by lloydspinsidemindspring.com

Repair dent in aluminum MacBook laptop?

I have an old MacBook aluminum laptop that got dropped on a corner. I'd like to beat the dent out of it so the lid will...
23 comments posted 11yrs
posted by ham789
23 comments posted 11yrs posted by ham789

Pulling headstock spindle on lathe

My lathe is throwing oil at me from behind the chuck. I like this lathe a lot. I've been using it for a couple of decad...
22 comments posted 11yrs
posted by dforeman*nospam*
22 comments posted 11yrs posted by dforeman*nospam*

Hi-temp cement advice please

My brother and I are welding up a couple of replicas of a "Klamath Stove" See this link: http://www.foresthistory.org/A...
12 comments posted 11yrs
posted by etpm
12 comments posted 11yrs posted by etpm

charge chest freezer

I'd ask over on the HVAC forum, but I got my head bit off last time. We have a 21 cuft commercial chest freezer. Quit w...
11 comments posted 11yrs
posted by karltownsend.NOT
11 comments posted 11yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

Dilbert

Resemble anyone we know?
3 comments posted 11yrs
posted by janders1957
3 comments posted 11yrs posted by janders1957

Dirt track

Gotta be a few AMA dirt track fans here. 50th running of the Sacramento Mile is not far off. Legends Chris Carr and Jay...
0 comments posted 11yrs
posted by janders1957
0 comments posted 11yrs posted by janders1957

Dennis Hasters and "over-criminalization"

Great article here. https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/05/29/denny-hastert-highly-unsympathetic-face-americas-crim...
10 comments posted 11yrs
posted by ignoramus4936
10 comments posted 11yrs posted by ignoramus4936

OT gloat

This morning I bought a 6 inch Delta Rockwell jointer at the same tag sale. I did not buy it yesterday because (1) it i...
0 comments posted 11yrs
posted by dcaster
0 comments posted 11yrs posted by dcaster

Cute arbor press

I went to a tag sale this morning and among other things I bought an arbor press. It had a bunch of surface rust, but n...
5 comments posted 11yrs
posted by dcaster
5 comments posted 11yrs posted by dcaster

Small eye bolts - M4

Trying to track down a source of small stainless steel eye bolts for use in a product. I need M4 and cannot locate anyt...
2 comments posted 11yrs
posted by justme
2 comments posted 11yrs posted by justme

Dennis Hastert indicted by Feds

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dennis-hastert-us-house-speaker-indicted-feds/story?id=31376076 Without knowing much det...
15 comments posted 11yrs
posted by ignoramus17447
15 comments posted 11yrs posted by ignoramus17447

Installing a ball bearing

I'm making a set of wheels to roll a Harbor Freight electric hoist on an overhead rail of 3" C channels. The wheels are...
22 comments posted 11yrs
posted by muratlanne
22 comments posted 11yrs posted by muratlanne

Who owns service drop copper cables

I am discussing purchase of some amount of copper cable with the owner of a recently closed company and its building. H...
2 comments posted 11yrs
posted by zzz
2 comments posted 11yrs posted by zzz