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A long serendipitous tractor story

Back in 1996 my wife and I bought the acreage on Whidbey Island that we now live on. Soon after the purchase a guy at w...
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posted by etpm
6 comments posted 12yrs posted by etpm

Printing decals with alps

I am looking for someone that can print in white. I have my own graphics but I need to print on clear water slide paper...
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posted by Diecastfromthepast
4 comments posted 12yrs posted by Diecastfromthepast

meta working will change

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posted by billybugs01
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Tractor Tales

The patient will live ! I've been working on his thing all week , today I fired it up and checked out the transmission...
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posted by snag_one
19 comments posted 12yrs posted by snag_one

Arduino and Windows Update

Hi, I know there are several people here that work with Arduino microcontrollers. Just a heads up to a potential headac...
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posted by lfisk
3 comments posted 12yrs posted by lfisk

Skunk Works Reveals Compact Fusion Reactor Details

We have been seeing little detail-free teasers that Lockheed-Martin's Skunk Works had come up with a new approach to hy...
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posted by joegwinn
9 comments posted 12yrs posted by joegwinn

Anybody know Victor flowmeters?

The flowmeter I'm curious about, the HRV2380, has inside it a device called a "cartridge". This is apparently the probl...
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posted by etpm
0 comments posted 12yrs posted by etpm

stainless steel questions

1948 Pontiac All the trim is supposed to be stainless, not chrome. Does this mean that the tarnish and rust can simply...
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posted by ivanvegvary
9 comments posted 12yrs posted by ivanvegvary

Calibrate a flowmeter?

One of my flowmeters needs to be rebuilt. It is a Victor, the kit is available, and I know which part needs replacing....
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posted by etpm
4 comments posted 12yrs posted by etpm

Actual metalworking question

I just scored an older JD model 317 tractor with a mower deck and front blade with hydraulic raise/lower , and it needs...
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posted by snag_one
11 comments posted 12yrs posted by snag_one

Actual Metalworking Project in Use

These are pics of the sail line reel I built a couple years ago and a recent fishing trip to the west end of Christmas...
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posted by Pete.Keillor
13 comments posted 12yrs posted by Pete.Keillor

Bayonet Based Bulbs?

Does the word "bayonet" as used in describing things like bayonet based light bulbs or "push and turn" electrical conne...
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posted by jwisniaDUMPTHIS
6 comments posted 12yrs posted by jwisniaDUMPTHIS

Lockheed fusion reactor

Does anyone know anything about this? Normally I'd just turn the page, but this is the Skunk Works they're talking abou...
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posted by huntres23
27 comments posted 12yrs posted by huntres23

Do I have any hope of selling those huge CNC machines

This is the latest adventure. I bought two Cat 50 CNC machines: https://www.proxibid.com/asp/LotDetail.asp?ahid=4007&ai...
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posted by ignoramus20341
65 comments posted 12yrs posted by ignoramus20341