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Died and gone to heaven!

I'm all about organizing small parts. About two years ago, we got heavily into small pneumatics, and we have trays and...
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posted by lloydspinsidemindspring.com
15 comments posted 12yrs posted by lloydspinsidemindspring.com

On topic- Bob Dylan

Kevin Gallimore
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posted by mungedkevin
5 comments posted 12yrs posted by mungedkevin

Fabricating 3-D weapons has come a long way

http://money.msn.com:80/investing/post--company-uses-3-d-printing-to-make-steel-handgun By Geoffrey Ingersoll, Business...
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posted by Leftards
10 comments posted 12yrs posted by Leftards

Thermostat set-back

How low should I set my thermostats at night in the shop? The goal of course is to minimize the gas bill.
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posted by Mars
28 comments posted 12yrs posted by Mars

Are Kobalt tools any good?

Lowes has a sale on Kobalt tools. For $6 you can get a screwdriver kit that has torx bits down to size 4. And they're s...
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posted by ham789
39 comments posted 12yrs posted by ham789

ROFLMAO!!!

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/video/white-guy-wins-leading-voters-002246463.html 1 day 18 hours ago, KHOU 11 News Houston Vi...
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posted by gunnerasch
35 comments posted 12yrs posted by gunnerasch

Reloading

Yesterday I switched my Lee LoadMaster press from 223 to 9MM. After I got it all setup, I ran 239 rounds and things wen...
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posted by regor
5 comments posted 12yrs posted by regor

Round blacksmith tables made from blind pipe flanges

First, a little update on making and selling welding tables. The update is that I have no more welding tables for sale,...
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posted by ignoramus23234
18 comments posted 12yrs posted by ignoramus23234

OT: Explorer (11) upgrade problems with windows 7

Be warned before you download and install the m/s explorer 11 update that it does not work on my computer. Fortunately...
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posted by gmcduffee
1 comments posted 12yrs posted by gmcduffee

What is it? Set 518

I need some help with the first item this week: http://55tools.blogspot.com/ Larger images: http://imgur.com/a/VlL7n Rob
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posted by Rob_member
28 comments posted 12yrs posted by Rob_member

SideWinder Vise Attachment

All: Just saw this just today, they've supposedly been out for about a year or so. Neat idea IMO. A lot of second op wo...
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posted by bottlbob
12 comments posted 13yrs posted by bottlbob

Casting and Cooling Aluminum

From what I have read slow cooling of aluminum allows minerals to precipitate out rather than remain in a more uniform...
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posted by none
7 comments posted 13yrs posted by none