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Hand Made Mini V12 Engine

Pretty nice bit of machining skill. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=fd8_1321653527 Looks like the engine lacks ignition a...

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posted by dav1936531

3 comments posted 14yrs posted by dav1936531

Advance commercial vacuums

http://www.sweeperland.com/pdf/advance-awd315320.pdf Are those any better than Shop-vacs? thanks

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posted by ignoramus14796

2 comments posted 14yrs posted by ignoramus14796

What is this?

A flatness gauge? http://boss-proxy.chudov.com/tmp/tmp-0477.jpg.html

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posted by ignoramus4881

11 comments posted 14yrs posted by ignoramus4881

No rigid tapping afterall on the Fadal

Oops! I looked inside the Fadal and the spindle drive says on it that it is for rigid tapping. So I asked the guy I'm b...

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posted by etpm

10 comments posted 14yrs posted by etpm

Moon Disks

So, I'm kinda thinking it'd be cool to make some moon disks, like this http://www.mooneyesusa.com/shop/product.php?prod...

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posted by tim

18 comments posted 14yrs posted by tim

Speaking of Snap Rings -- Music Wire

Same reasons as for my annealing post: I'm trying to do a nicer job of mounting wheels on model airplanes. Given a piec...

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posted by tim

20 comments posted 14yrs posted by tim

Annealing music wire

I'm building model airplanes. Nearly everyone bends up their landing gear out of music wire (0.9% carbon, low alloy, ha...

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posted by tim

23 comments posted 14yrs posted by tim

Why does not Machinery's handbook have the little hole specified for snap rings?

It seems like the diagram does not match the charts or text. The holes for the pliers is specified as "P" in the metric...

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posted by clarkmagnuson

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exxon a statement to stockholders?

> http://www.exxonmobilperspectives.com/2011/06/27/the-new-york-> times-and-natural-gas-dont-facts-matter-any-more/ > >...

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posted by columbiaaccidentinvestigation

0 comments posted 14yrs posted by columbiaaccidentinvestigation

The New York Times and natural gas: Don't facts matter any more?

http://www.exxonmobilperspectives.com/2011/06/27/the-new-york-times-and-natural-gas-dont-facts-matter-any-more/ You rea...

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posted by liberals.are

3 comments posted 14yrs posted by liberals.are

What is it? Set 415

http://55tools.blogspot.com/ Rob

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posted by rhvp65

29 comments posted 14yrs posted by rhvp65

REAL purpetual motion If you believe the video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv53K9MnDuM&feature=related

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posted by csr684NOT

6 comments posted 14yrs posted by csr684NOT

Workbench light follow up

The dome light for the work bench is a some what success. I didn't check amp draw. The lamps are dimmer than filament b...

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posted by cayoung61**spamblock##

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Van work bench LED bulb follow up

The dome light for the work bench is a some what success. I didn't check amp draw. The lamps are dimmer than filament b...

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posted by cayoung61**spamblock##

15 comments posted 14yrs posted by cayoung61**spamblock##

OT: Decoding Store Receipts

http://www.upcdatabase.com/ Very useful for confirming that you received what you purchased. Very fast, short, simple lo...

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posted by Winston

7 comments posted 14yrs posted by Winston