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OT: For you partisans out there

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK3Eo9cScEQ&feature=share
2 comments posted 15yrs
posted by tim
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by tim

Found an American made item

Just got my new cell phone holster. Made in USA. Pennslyyvania even. Very nice spring steel clip, you can flex the heck...
38 comments posted 15yrs
posted by rbraun333
38 comments posted 15yrs posted by rbraun333

OT-Chicago's Top Cop on gun control

The pervasion of illegal guns in America's black and Latino communities is a result of "government-sponsored racism," a...
11 comments posted 15yrs
posted by H.Beal
11 comments posted 15yrs posted by H.Beal

auction day

I spent a day at the online auction. Think I did OK on anything? Karl (Darn they took the pics down already) item2 LEIT...
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posted by karltownsend.NOT
6 comments posted 15yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

DD 3-53 runs GREAT now! "We can do it"!

Great news. I pulled the injector, kept it in a can of carb cleaner for 1.5 hours. Then I could loosen the arm by gentl...
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posted by ignoramus1214
15 comments posted 15yrs posted by ignoramus1214

RC plane motor questions

I've been interested in small brushless motors for some time and it seems like the ones made for RC use are plentiful a...
36 comments posted 15yrs
posted by etpm
36 comments posted 15yrs posted by etpm

OT driver trouble

My new 'puter is 64 bit W7. I just learned the camsoft.dll for VB6 is only good for 32 bit OS. Their tech. support tell...
2 comments posted 15yrs
posted by karltownsend.NOT
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

Rethreading spot welder tongs?

I have an old Dayton 2Z543 hand held 115V spot welder. The tips screw into the tongs, but the threads are stripped. Bee...
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posted by spamme9
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by spamme9

Metal and Energy

I was just looking at an old Sportman's Guide catalog before tossing it in the trash. One item that caught my eye was a...
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posted by onebikenut
9 comments posted 15yrs posted by onebikenut

OT: International Energy Statistics ? ? ?

http://www.eia.gov/cfapps/ipdbproject/IEDIndex3.cfm?tid=50&pid=53&aid=1 DOE is now refusing to update this information...
10 comments posted 15yrs
posted by cavelamb
10 comments posted 15yrs posted by cavelamb

What is it? Set 394

As I also mentioned on the site, I won't be able to post the answers until Saturday. http://55tools.blogspot.com/ Rob
18 comments posted 15yrs
posted by rhvp65
18 comments posted 15yrs posted by rhvp65

The ultimate project

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7QPak4Qw88
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posted by ignoramus31413
19 comments posted 15yrs posted by ignoramus31413

Accuratly bending threaded rod---SOLVED!

Thanks for all the ideas guys! For me, getting ideas out of my box helps a lot to either directly solving the challenge...
19 comments posted 15yrs
posted by kl57ytr
19 comments posted 15yrs posted by kl57ytr