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How to tell wniter diesel from summer diesel

At an auction, I purchased a 400 gallon diesel fuel tank for $150. I thought that it was empty, but turns out that it w...

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posted by ignoramus24757

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Shelf life of fuels

I want to get some 55 gal barrels of gas and diesel to stock up. What are the shelf life on these, and what treatment d...

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posted by steveb

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Do I have wye or delta?

Now that I'm getting some transformers to buck the voltage from my phase converter I need to determine whether the outp...

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posted by etpm

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boooooo II

This was posted to RCM newsgroup http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/incredible-pictures-of-hurricane-sandys-new-jerse

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posted by welder

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Austrailian view of Red Cross

A good survivalist comments on Red Cross. From another list. Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org ....

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posted by cayoung61***spamblock

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How does gasoline go "bad"? When?

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2668/why-does-gasoline-go-stale-so-quickly Basically answered all my questions...

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posted by fitcat

28 comments posted 13yrs posted by fitcat

UAW Charges Romney With Profiteering From Auto Bailout

In 2009, Ann Romney partnered with her husband's key donor, billionaire Paul Singer, who secretly bought a controlling...

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posted by precisionmachinist123

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Unusual welding (YouTube videos)

Title "railroad thermite welding". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uxsFglz2ig Title "The Power of Friction", not sure w...

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posted by jdoe

9 comments posted 13yrs posted by jdoe

What is it? Set 465

I need some help with the second and fourth items this week: http://55tools.blogspot.com/ Rob

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posted by rhvp65

35 comments posted 13yrs posted by rhvp65

Mach 3 CNC question

I finally got out to the Green Monster today and started feeding in soft limits, home offsets, and auto zeroes. Before...

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posted by ljaques

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Typical charging rate of a car battery (from alternator)

Toward the end of determining how many "external" car batteries can I put in parallel with the car battery, without ove...

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posted by fitcat

60 comments posted 13yrs posted by fitcat

Crippled NYC Subways Could Hamper Storm Recovery

http://news.yahoo.com/crippled-nyc-subways-could-hamper-storm-recovery-213709153.html "Experts suggested that the cost...

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posted by jonbanquer

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Why Manufacturers Can?t Find The Workforce They Ne ed

"This skills gap has been widening for decades, but trends are converging to make the crunch especially severe. Technol...

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posted by jonbanquer

20 comments posted 13yrs posted by jonbanquer

Mike Henry - Neise Easy-Angle tool

Mike, I saw an earlier post saying you have the original pin chart for the Neise Easy-Angle tool. I would like a copy if...

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posted by gjrepesh

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A question about heat/flame and melting lead

I picked up a homemade lead melter. Its nothing more than a 12" bit of pipe with a nice larger burner in it, hooked to...

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posted by gunnerasch

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