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Clip Bearings Source

I need a few of the 3/16 x 1/16 version: https://sdp-si.com/eStore/GroupHead.asp?GroupID=1089 Stock Drive has 'em for $...
4 comments posted 13yrs
posted by tim
4 comments posted 13yrs posted by tim

did i kill my 'puter

i had a CMOS checksum error on my CNC mill. So, I installed a new motherboard battery. Now the CPU fan just comes on an...
92 comments posted 13yrs
posted by karltownsend.NOT
92 comments posted 13yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

Union kills the twinkie

All Hostess Brands employees will lose their jobs in the coming weeks, some sooner than others, the company announced F...
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posted by H.Beal
78 comments posted 13yrs posted by H.Beal

Gear Project

I want to undertake a gear making project for practice if not nothing else. I figure I'll try something I'll likely nee...
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posted by Searcher7
33 comments posted 13yrs posted by Searcher7

Stolen Copper recovered - 144 tons of it

"U.S. border enforcement agents and the Arizona Department of Public Safety said Tuesday that an investigation into the...
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posted by phamp
0 comments posted 13yrs posted by phamp

Anybody got a time machine?

Set the controls for 1949.. http://books.google.ca/books?id=WCQDAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA9&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false Man...
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posted by speffSNIP
2 comments posted 13yrs posted by speffSNIP

New life for an old lathe

I've got a lathe. An old one. It's a Stark jeweler's lathe, uses #3 (sometimes called 3SS) collets, and it was old when...
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posted by whit3rd
12 comments posted 13yrs posted by whit3rd

Toluene

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toluene "Toluene can be used as an octane booster in gasoline fuels used in internal combu...
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posted by jonbanquer
7 comments posted 13yrs posted by jonbanquer

OT - Jobs lost

Notice the jobs lost before Nov. 6th, at the most 1 place per day. Yesterday, 17 places cutting jobs, many others closi...
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posted by regor
2 comments posted 13yrs posted by regor

What is it? Set 467

I need some help with the third and fifth items this week: http://55tools.blogspot.com/ Rob
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posted by rhvp65
73 comments posted 13yrs posted by rhvp65

Kit Guns

I "assembled" several kit guns when I was younger. Both Navy and Army style revolvers, a couple Kentucky pistols, a Rem...
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posted by none
11 comments posted 13yrs posted by none

Craigslist costs now

I went to put a job offer on Craigslist in Las Vegas. Seems it is now $25 to post a job offer in a list of US cities. St...
2 comments posted 13yrs
posted by steveb
2 comments posted 13yrs posted by steveb

employment chart from the BLS

Here is the latest employment chart from the BLS.... http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/552219_301010529998559_...
5 comments posted 13yrs
posted by precisionmachinist123
5 comments posted 13yrs posted by precisionmachinist123

Mounting Conundrum

So, I'm working on a gizmo to go with a series of control systems training seminars that I'm putting on. The gizmo is b...
22 comments posted 13yrs
posted by tim
22 comments posted 13yrs posted by tim