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Ford F250 Starter problem

My roommate has a '97 F250 7.2L gas, XLT 4 door pickup with a starter problem. She hits start..the starter solenoid on...
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posted by gunnerasch
139 comments posted 13yrs posted by gunnerasch

COst of steel at metal suppliers

If I was to buy steel at a metal supplier, in the quantity of a ton or so, how much would it cost per lb? I mean metal...
52 comments posted 13yrs
posted by ignoramus19809
52 comments posted 13yrs posted by ignoramus19809

Fabricating with cold rolled

I am going to take some 1/2" and 3/4" cold rolled rod, and basically make it up into a catcher's mask configuration, ju...
5 comments posted 13yrs
posted by steveb
5 comments posted 13yrs posted by steveb

Repeatability of box break?

Forgive me if don't do a good job painting this picture in words: Picture a piece of 18- or 16-gauge aluminum, bent in...
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posted by tim
7 comments posted 13yrs posted by tim

Keeping cats off wife's car in garage

My wife has an 07 escape. We have cats that stay in the garage. They always get on the hood of the car, especially it s...
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posted by stryped1
32 comments posted 13yrs posted by stryped1

What is it? Set 479

http://55tools.blogspot.com/ Rob
11 comments posted 13yrs
posted by rhvp65
11 comments posted 13yrs posted by rhvp65

Welding a Bike Frame

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT108iL-vMw
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posted by jonbanquer
5 comments posted 13yrs posted by jonbanquer

Electric cars head toward another dead end

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/04/us-autos-electric-hydrogen-idUSBR E91304Z20130204 "Vice Chairman Takeshi Uchi...
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posted by jonbanquer
52 comments posted 13yrs posted by jonbanquer

Small glory hole

Kt, I gave the small glory hole a coating of Zircon before I left so hopefully dry and ready to go tomorrow. The heat l...
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posted by djb
4 comments posted 13yrs posted by djb

heavy duty whip air hose

When I first got my Fairmont limb lopper air pruners twenty years ago, they came with a heavy duty swivel air whip hose...
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posted by karltownsend.NOT
5 comments posted 13yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

OT: CAD station or Usenet outpost?

http://www.gizmag.com/emperor-1510-workstation-mwe/21412/
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posted by ljaques
18 comments posted 13yrs posted by ljaques

Dimensionally Stable Metal

I haven't gottena all of the particulars worked out yet, but I am working on designing a camera stand and trying to dec...
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posted by Searcher7
27 comments posted 13yrs posted by Searcher7

Windfarms break energy record in Spain

Windfarms break energy record in Spain http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/feb/04/windfarms-break-energy-record-...
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posted by Desertphile
8 comments posted 13yrs posted by Desertphile