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Read and read and read. Selected the Tekoshna P3 brake controller. Go to the local NAPA, and they are $243. But you als...
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posted by steveb
1 comments posted 14yrs posted by steveb

Drag Engraving - Diamond VS Carbide

Ok... I have a spring loaded drag engraver I use occasionally for misc jobs. I originally used diamond tipped stylus in...
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posted by none
4 comments posted 14yrs posted by none

Metalliferous question

I want to make some L shaped attachments to secure fish hooks to so that they point upwards, hooking the fish in the ro...
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posted by steveb
4 comments posted 14yrs posted by steveb

FRS walkie talkies

I've got a Micro talk. Runs on four AAA cells. Do you use nicads, or just put in new batteries every morning? My Motoro...
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posted by cayoung61***spamblock
42 comments posted 14yrs posted by cayoung61***spamblock

OT - NASA's Curiosity Rover Lands on Mars

Unbelievable! That landing was so frickin' complicated that I couldn't believe that they would even try it. Especially...
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posted by bobengelhardt
0 comments posted 14yrs posted by bobengelhardt

Factory reconditioned goods

Looking at the Husky 455 chain saw, called the rancher. Lots of sellers have factory reconditioned goods. Or manufactur...
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posted by steveb
7 comments posted 14yrs posted by steveb

Miller Syncrowave 300 ready to weld

https://picasaweb.google.com/104042282269066802602/WelderForSale Located in Southern California, price to the viewers,...
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posted by gunnerasch
1 comments posted 14yrs posted by gunnerasch

Saw Thingy Whatzit

It looks like a "gang saw for scroll sawing", but I doubt that's what it is really to be used for. http://www.spaco.org...
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posted by spaco
6 comments posted 14yrs posted by spaco

OT: Fiberglass Peel Ply

Peel Ply is a fabric that you put on top of the glass after you apply the resin, smooth it out, then peel it off after...
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posted by walter_munney
14 comments posted 14yrs posted by walter_munney

FS -- 50 ton Dake manual hydraulic press

Comes with a lot of bars http://yabe.chudov.com/Dake-50-ton-Hydraulic-H-press-with-various-press-bars-for-straightenin-4...
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posted by ignoramus26830
3 comments posted 14yrs posted by ignoramus26830

How did they make this?

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=96d_1343900392 Regards, Boris Mohar Got Knock? - see: Viatrack Printed Circuit Designs (a...
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posted by borism_void_
2 comments posted 14yrs posted by borism_void_

Trailer brake actuator

What is a good brand of cab operated electric trailer brake actuator, and what is the price range installed? Steve
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posted by steveb
3 comments posted 14yrs posted by steveb

Honda Generators

It would have been about year 2000, give or take a year. We had a winter time power cut. A friend of mine had water in...
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posted by cayoung61***spamblock
438 comments posted 14yrs posted by cayoung61***spamblock

Headband eyeglasses?

I'm assembling a little metal thing under a microscope right now. It's very time-consuming, switching between eyeglasse...
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posted by Winston
12 comments posted 14yrs posted by Winston