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Sycamore Steam Show

Have any folks here been to the Sycamore Steam Show in Sycamore, Illinois before? http://www.threshingbee.org/ It's not...
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posted by presence
16 comments posted 13yrs posted by presence

ping Gunner

Re: Gimp photo viewer: You might want to have a look at http://blog.meetthegimp.org/yay-mainstream-and-trojaned-gimp-ins...
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posted by slocombjb
0 comments posted 13yrs posted by slocombjb

Racin' Mowers

Anybody here have any experience with hoppin' up the engines ? I've been asked to mill .045" of one from and OHV motor...
4 comments posted 13yrs
posted by snag_one
4 comments posted 13yrs posted by snag_one

Turning rings from a pipe

I was trying to make two rings from copper pipes, 1.625" OD (wall thickness 0.061") and 2.125" OD (wall thickness 0.035...
12 comments posted 13yrs
posted by mkoblic
12 comments posted 13yrs posted by mkoblic

OT-Please recommend stick blender

I'm the cook in my house. I have a couple stick blenders, a Bosch and some other brand I can't remember. Trying to make...
4 comments posted 13yrs
posted by etpm
4 comments posted 13yrs posted by etpm

Help with no spark on old 2n tractor

I have a 2n I use to bushhog a grass field. It has been runing fine for abo ut 3 years. A few weeks ago I started havin...
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posted by stryped1
8 comments posted 13yrs posted by stryped1

Need to duplicate an old flat spring

I need to duplicate an old flat spring but need to match the hardness or flex. The "spring" is just a small flat piece,...
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posted by BQ340
52 comments posted 13yrs posted by BQ340

enerpac puller

"The Kid" borrowed my 20 ton puller: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151740831609647&set=vb.803059646&type=2&thea...
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posted by karltownsend.NOT
7 comments posted 13yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

Sharpen two-piece threading dies

I use these Greenfield "Little Giant" two piece threading die inserts. It says in this catalog I found that they are ea...
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posted by Mars
11 comments posted 13yrs posted by Mars

OT computer help OT

I'm trying to install XP Pro on a Tosh Satellite A215 , keeps shutting itself off half way thru ... this box came with...
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posted by snag_one
10 comments posted 13yrs posted by snag_one

Philips Abistar electronic ballasts

Has anyone had any bad experiences with the Philips RELB-2S40-N ballasts as replacements? I bought four the other day;...
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posted by lloydspinsidemindspring.com
4 comments posted 13yrs posted by lloydspinsidemindspring.com

Spring source

Hi all - I needed few extension springs for a prototype project and didn't find anything that would work in my (admitte...
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posted by carla_xspamx
3 comments posted 13yrs posted by carla_xspamx

Home uses for robotics

Just thinking of potential uses for a small robotic arm, so far I'm coming up with some very needed tasks, thanks to Ob...
19 comments posted 13yrs
posted by regor
19 comments posted 13yrs posted by regor

What is it? Set 504

I need some help with the third and fifth ones this week: http://55tools.blogspot.com/ Rob
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posted by Rob_member
33 comments posted 13yrs posted by Rob_member