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OT: The value saving old Puter hardware

Background: A Puter I bought back in 2000 came with ME, an OEM version. ME doesn't phone home, the OEM version is tagge...
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posted by junkjasonrnorth
1 comments posted 15yrs posted by junkjasonrnorth

One of those days

I go out and I notice that it looks like someone has applied about one ounce of C4 to my trailer tire. Tire is blown to...
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posted by pittmanpirate
9 comments posted 15yrs posted by pittmanpirate

Rigidity

Ok... I really need a high speed spindle machine that is bigger, faster and has better wear characteristics than the Ta...
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posted by none
20 comments posted 15yrs posted by none

Need a pill 'popper'

--I'm getting seriously pissed off at those foil packaged pills that require major surgery to remove. Has anyone come u...
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posted by steamer
7 comments posted 15yrs posted by steamer

Cool new product

This look kinda usefull, a guy walked in to my shop yesterday with one. He was here earlier for me to make a part for h...
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posted by rbraun333
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by rbraun333

What is it? Set 407

I need some help with the unusual metal box in this week's set: http://55tools.blogspot.com/ Rob
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posted by rhvp65
43 comments posted 15yrs posted by rhvp65

Gearing question

OK, this is somewhat on-topic. O own a motorcycle, it has a large gap between the 1st two gears, a popular mod is to re...
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posted by spamTHISbrp
8 comments posted 15yrs posted by spamTHISbrp

Best practices for trailer electrical wiring

The trailer that I bought, has electric brakes and electric lights. The lights worked intermittently, such as worked on...
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posted by ignoramus17765
12 comments posted 15yrs posted by ignoramus17765

Delrin/acetal sheet - cost?

At some point in the future I will need a sheet of delrin/acetal, 4 x 8 feet and 3/16" thick. The color doesn't matter....
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posted by dcimper
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by dcimper

Punch & die question

I want to blank a part that kinda' looks like a butterfly. It's about 7" by 5" and is 16ga CRS. I need about 2,500/mo....
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posted by mars
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by mars

Reno Crash - side story

This from one of our company pilots from Vietnam. He purchased 66-09961 and refurbished it. After 47 years, it is still...
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posted by aasberry
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by aasberry