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beam deflection re. stress not force - useful?!

Hello everyone While doing the project "Rectangular Hollow Section beam calculator" 230724_ebbeam_rhs.html (-> 230720_e...
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isn’t just for supercars...

Hi, Interesting article on 3d printing. Especially the shape of the parts they're coming up with: https://arstechnica.c...
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Aluminum Coating

I do a little firearms tinkering, and I am currently in the process of building a 1911-22 with an aluminum frame. I'd l...
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Paging Jim Wilkins

Interesting gizmo for probing circuit boards. Looks a bit clunky for what I used to do but would be nice it you did a l...
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posted by lfiskgr
29 comments posted 3yrs posted by lfiskgr

Magnetic Spring

I was looking at some advertising on Facebook while sitting in a parking lot waiting earlier today. A product that caug...
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Harbor Freight Jack - Blew Out

The other day I was pressing something on the little 12 ton press. Over 20 years ago I swapped the Harbor Freight stock...
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My day off this week - Some metalworking - Sorta

I've been trying to work on an aluminum boat for the last month or so, but its WAY TO FREAKING HOT outside. It used to...
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The Tank returns

When we got this SUV , my wife called it a tank because it is a few inches taller/longer/wider than the Mazda Tribute ....
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posted by Snag_one
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My Next Day Off

Its been over 110F every single day for about 3 weeks now. I tried to work outside on an old boat a couple days, but ev...
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web-based beam calculator - RHS's only

Hi. Been at it again. Having learned some PHP - the web-scripting langugage. My beam calculations written in Lisp - don...
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posted by null
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I'm going to brake the rust

Or de-rust the brakes. Something down there makes scraping sounds when I turn. I began with the brakes because they are...
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posted by muratlanne
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I'm going to break the dash board...

Years ago I opened the dash on my 1978 F250 to fix the dash lights. The plastic back panel that held it all together di...
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I need a project ...

The 4Runner is being repaired (motor swap) by someone else , the truck only needs some minor carb tweaks (until i get t...
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posted by Snag_one
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Lubricants that don't get tacky

I'm looking for some kind of lubricant that doesn't get tacky over time. The application is hand-cranked windows in an...
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posted by bp
20 comments posted 3yrs posted by bp