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OT-Concealed Carry Victory

CHICAGO (AP) - In a big victory for gun rights advocates, a federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down a ban on carry...
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posted by H.Beal
39 comments posted 13yrs posted by H.Beal

Rusted diesel motor pulleys

We bought two Chevy Kodiak dump trucks, with large stainless salt spreaders, from CTA (Chicago Transit Authority). Both...
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posted by ignoramus26227
23 comments posted 13yrs posted by ignoramus26227

Painting galvanized

I got a lot of steel panels, and constructed a large (32' x 40') structure out of two 40' containers. I used a lot of p...
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posted by steveb
3 comments posted 13yrs posted by steveb

OT google redirect

Posting from winter quarters... Not been here for a while. Hope you folks can help me with a computer problem. I use go...
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posted by karltownsendNOT
4 comments posted 13yrs posted by karltownsendNOT

OT - Airbus A380 parts transport

This link has an article and set of pictures about Airbus A380 parts being transported to their assembly point in Toulo...
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posted by not
0 comments posted 13yrs posted by not

Threadlocking in Plastic?

I need to take the slop out of a couple Delrin devices that are subjest to vibration. They are a bit loose in the hole...
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posted by gwhite
15 comments posted 13yrs posted by gwhite

Heating a pool with an air conditioner

Ask This Old House showed the installation of a system that captures the heat from the AC unit to heat a swimming pool....
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posted by teamarrows
31 comments posted 13yrs posted by teamarrows

Odd thing with PVC tubing

I have a coil of flexible PVC tubing that has sat on a shelf for a few years and I went to cut a piece from it and foun...
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posted by djb
3 comments posted 13yrs posted by djb

Angie's List: Inyone use it?

Good, bad, a con? Couldn't find the subscription price without undue hassle.... They're advertising like crazy, so I fi...
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posted by fitcat
10 comments posted 13yrs posted by fitcat

Ping Leon: Design Q on SawStop

There seems to be two mechanical strategies at work in the SawStop, of translation, and of rotation, ie, retracting the...
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posted by fitcat
5 comments posted 13yrs posted by fitcat

Metal suggestion

I need a good METAL nose hair cutter. I've bought a couple of $10 ones, and they end up in the bottom of the drawer. Wha...
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posted by stevebulicz
23 comments posted 13yrs posted by stevebulicz

Machinable Thermal Insulator Good to > 500F?

I am making an annealing "oven" for nylon rod out of a piece of 4" stove pipe wrapped in fiberglass insulation. The rod...
23 comments posted 13yrs
posted by gwhite
23 comments posted 13yrs posted by gwhite

Will You Hand Over Your Guns?

There is a rumor floating around that Obama is going to outlaw semi- auto guns. WILL YOU HAND OVER YOUR GUNS?
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posted by tracey12email
9 comments posted 13yrs posted by tracey12email

CA accelerator discoloration

I am gluing some copper to wood with CA. Anyone knows how to get rid of the white/blue/green discoloration that develop...
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posted by mkoblic
8 comments posted 13yrs posted by mkoblic

Digital Camera Recommendation

Main purpose for camera will be to take pictures of machinists tools and storage boxes that I have for sale. What do I...
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posted by jonbanquer
87 comments posted 13yrs posted by jonbanquer