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Taxpayer funded nutty professor

Taxpayer funded. http://www.weather.com/news/tornado-central/tornado-wall-break-storms-zany-proposals-20140226 Sounds li...

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posted by H.Beal

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Another battery charger question

Thanks for all the replies and knowledge. My other battery charger is a one pound electronic machine. It works OK, supp...

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posted by Mars

32 comments posted 12yrs posted by Mars

We're smart because we're constantly sniffing gears

I mean -- that is what cognoscenti means, yes?

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posted by tim

6 comments posted 12yrs posted by tim

Commercial water heater in home

I bought a used water heater at an auction (at a defunct Grainger warehouse). Model G91-200-1. Here's a link to this mo...

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posted by ignoramus9393

47 comments posted 12yrs posted by ignoramus9393

Thin walled stainless

Hi guys, I'm looking for some thin wall Stainless (304/316) tubing. 2" OD. (0.035 wall max.) So McMaster-Carr has a nic...

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posted by ggherold

2 comments posted 12yrs posted by ggherold

OT: Electric tank for youse guys in Snow Country

http://tinyurl.com/mvbd82l Too cool!

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posted by ljaques

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Junkyard project

Thought I'd share my current project... My nursery supplier for strawberry plants DROPPED sales of my most important st...

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posted by karltownsend.NOT

11 comments posted 12yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

Replacing Selenium rectifiers

I have an old Craftsman battery charger that the two Selenium Rectifiers are shot. They are available from Craftsman bu...

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posted by Mars

61 comments posted 12yrs posted by Mars

Heat treatment of some small 4140 parts ~ 2" long and 3/4" section

I've made some small shaft parts of 4140. They were heated to 1575F, then q uenched in oil held at 150F, then I put the...

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posted by msmith5242

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What to salvage from a trash compactor

I purchased two trash compactors: http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzY4WDEwMjQ=/z/DokAAMXQlgtS6Wts/$_57.JPG They are both "4 y...

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posted by ignoramus17926

2 comments posted 12yrs posted by ignoramus17926

3D printing questions

To all youse folks doin' tree dee printing- I have been thinking about this technology recently and was wondering about...

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posted by etpm

7 comments posted 12yrs posted by etpm

"free" solid works cad tools

Just hit my inbox -- may be of interest to our cad money players. While the add-ins are for SolidWorks, the utilities a...

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posted by gmcduffee

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Magnesium tubing?

Source of fairly pure magnesium tube 1/4" to 3/8" diameter. For arrow shafts....

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posted by cavelamb

32 comments posted 12yrs posted by cavelamb

Small Diameter Hardfacing Wire

I seem to recall somebody mentioning either here or in SEJW once finding modest size spools of smaller than normal diam...

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posted by none

3 comments posted 12yrs posted by none

Best Bet for Mystery Steel

I've got a piece of mystery steel about 2' x 6' x .78". It was given to me by a friend when he was moving. I have a cou...

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posted by none

9 comments posted 12yrs posted by none