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power supply

Those with incredible memory may know lightening hit the house last summer and took out two computers. Boot SSD drive i...
103 comments posted 11yrs
posted by karltownsend.NOT
103 comments posted 11yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

Home degreaser?

I have a bucket of fasteners that I need to degrease, which may possibly be an ongoing project (we'll see). If I only h...
18 comments posted 11yrs
posted by jonSPAMdanniken
18 comments posted 11yrs posted by jonSPAMdanniken

Movin' on up!

I'm still a bit amazed that at age 57, I moved halfway around the world to a very small rural agricultural community, a...
6 comments posted 11yrs
posted by janders1957
6 comments posted 11yrs posted by janders1957

Clausing drill press followup

I went ahead and grabbed the Clausing 15" drill press. It's an olive green 16VT-1 series one with the variable speed be...
46 comments posted 11yrs
posted by presence
46 comments posted 11yrs posted by presence

Too old to be hired?

I found this to be rather interesting. http://retirementjobs.com/ratings "At the core of liberalism is the spoiled chil...
20 comments posted 11yrs
posted by gunnerasch
20 comments posted 11yrs posted by gunnerasch

Shear color?

Anyone know what color a Buffalo Forge #19 rod and plate shear was originally?
2 comments posted 11yrs
posted by gmasterman
2 comments posted 11yrs posted by gmasterman

aluminium sheet in a ceramics kiln

I want to try to fire ceramic transfers onto sheet metal, aluminium in particular. These normally fire to 600-800 degre...
13 comments posted 11yrs
posted by Diane
13 comments posted 11yrs posted by Diane

Blower/filter on a sandblaster

I have a 48" sandblast cabinet that I only recently put to use (long story). This cabinet has a blower and a filter bag...
10 comments posted 11yrs
posted by ignoramus32591
10 comments posted 11yrs posted by ignoramus32591

Rusty prove it's worth

That's what I call my little JD tractor because , well , it's rusty . Today it proved it's worth , performing one of th...
2 comments posted 11yrs
posted by snag_one
2 comments posted 11yrs posted by snag_one

Anybody got lengths of RG8x or 58A coax?

Im getting ready to install radios (VHF marine and CB) in my sailboats and am needing at least 100-200 feet of the abov...
25 comments posted 11yrs
posted by gunnerasch
25 comments posted 11yrs posted by gunnerasch

GOP - hurt your own and blame it on 0bama

GOP - hurt your own and blame it on 0bama or if you like your subsidy you can't keep your subsidy. At least not in red...
0 comments posted 11yrs
posted by invalid
0 comments posted 11yrs posted by invalid

Julie - Diabetes in the 100 club

Mostly for Ed Huntress here, Milady has had Diabetes for over 20 years. Not the type 2 most everybody thinks of when yo...
1 comments posted 11yrs
posted by karltownsend.NOT
1 comments posted 11yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

Hole at the end of a 6011 weld

Hi folks, I did a fair bit of welding with 6011 electrodes (4 mm diameter) when build ing my new workbench. I noticed t...
2 comments posted 11yrs
posted by christopher.tidy
2 comments posted 11yrs posted by christopher.tidy

Mystery screws

I bought an old lamp and rewired it. Not sure of the age or origin, but it looks Art Deco. Here are some pictures: http...
15 comments posted 11yrs
posted by christopher.tidy
15 comments posted 11yrs posted by christopher.tidy