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That moment

... that moment when you look up at the monitor BEFORE you realize its a spider walking on the lens of the surveillance...
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oil-can for toolbox for air-tool oil

Hello all Ideas for smallish oil-can which can be in a toolbox? - mustn't leak all over - smallish and light - can deli...
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posted by null
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Geometric Self Opening Die Heads

Geometric Self Opening Die Heads I've made simple die heads. Some driven by a tommy bar, others by a pin in the mandrel...
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chainsaw cylinder temperature?

I've been using my late 90's Husqvarna 350 to cut slabs from a large log, to fit it into my sawmill. It's a high end ho...
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posted by muratlanne
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Thunderbird setting change

And I need to type in at least a few lines to see if the line wrap is now going to do what I wish it had been doing for...
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posted by Snag_one
6 comments posted 2yrs posted by Snag_one

Inside micrometer

I scored an older unit complete with all the rods ...but they are not set correctly . The 1.5-2.5" is off by about .009...
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posted by Snag_one
4 comments posted 2yrs posted by Snag_one

Dirty Hands Clean Money

Converted an R8 tool rack into a 4MT tool rack. First ten seconds and last minute is probably all you need to see to ge...
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I Quit

I'm sure you are all tired of the saga of the built to "a" spec Ingersol Rand compressor from Craptor Supply. The one t...
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Another tool ...

A Scherr-Tumico inside micrometer this time . Looks like one of the rods might be missing , hope it's not the one I need...
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posted by Snag_one
2 comments posted 2yrs posted by Snag_one

Auction Metal Stuff

Hey Bob and others, Thought I would share a bit of humor!! Especially Lot's 46 - 47 - 48!!...
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Make it fit ...

I've cut 2 of the depth mike rods so far , easier than I thought it would be to adjust them . I'm getting them close ri...
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posted by Snag_one
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Gauge blocks arrived

Actually yesterday afternoon . A really nice wood case , each block is serialized and has the chart of variances . Not t...
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posted by Snag_one
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Gauge blocks

Am I really going to need to allow for millionths of an inch ? I'm looking at an 81 piece set from Shars , a grade B wi...
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posted by Snag_one
11 comments posted 2yrs posted by Snag_one

Depth mike

I scored a Mitutoyo unit a while back at a yard sale . It only had one rod , 0-1" and I wanted more ... so I bought som...
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posted by Snag_one
10 comments posted 2yrs posted by Snag_one