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eye doctor impressed with my Zenni Optical glasses

Bought mine several months back after getting pd from eye doctor and showed him the glasses yesterday. He said what cos...
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posted by frankperiodlogullo
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Caution! Metal content! Looking for 1"-20 die

Looking for a non-chinese hex or round die to chase a 1"-20 thread on a Remington 788 barrel. MSC wants almost $60, IIRC...
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posted by ohland
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by ohland

OT male marriage humor

When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her. David Bissonette After marriage, husb...
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posted by karltownsend.NOT
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Vibration at Part-off

My CNC Cincinnati Hawk 150 started to make a big noise/vibration while Part-off. I make the machine turn counterclockwi...
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posted by rosacer59
12 comments posted 15yrs posted by rosacer59

What is it? Set 409

Back to the usual schedule this week: http://55tools.blogspot.com/ Rob
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posted by rhvp65
28 comments posted 15yrs posted by rhvp65

Made in the USA

I am not the author, I am passing this along without verifying the cites, so it may be bogus... But i did get it in an...
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posted by carla_xspamx
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I highly recommend this shop crane

I highly recommend this shop crane: http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/OTC-Shop-Crane/ Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/OTC-1814-C...
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posted by ignoramus28169
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by ignoramus28169

Astronauts to be renamed to cosmonavts

Sad news. I do not give it as much significance as Fox News, but, here we are. http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/10/05...
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posted by ignoramus28169
35 comments posted 15yrs posted by ignoramus28169

Reno Air Race update

Forwarded to the group... From a friend who flies corporate jets for The Limited Good News for the future of air racing...
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posted by cavelamb
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by cavelamb

lathe leveling

I just moved my Colchester Clausing from one side of the shop to another. Originally I had it leveled so that coolant o...
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posted by soundadv
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by soundadv

Material for hinge pins in aluminum

Hi All, I'm building an aluminum hinged cover for a dry well. The hinge barrels are 1" o.d. aluminim and I had original...
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posted by peekamoose
11 comments posted 15yrs posted by peekamoose

ENCO free shipping code

over $50 use GSSR4 as your code to get fee ups ground shipping. bt ar
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posted by beecrofter
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TSA to speed up screening at airports

http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/04/travel/trusted-traveler-program/index.html What this means in practical terms is that now...
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posted by dcimper
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Drill square holes in metal?

http://www.wimp.com/squareholes/ I'm having trouble wrapping my remaining brain cells around this one. How does it do th...
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posted by cavelamb
17 comments posted 15yrs posted by cavelamb

LED Headlamp Suggestions Sought

Hi, I'm in the market for a good quality LED headlamp. I'm here looking for suggestions as to good build quality, brigh...
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posted by spam
17 comments posted 15yrs posted by spam