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OT: Visit to grief support group

This is a note to a grief counsellor I consulted with a week or two ago, friend of a friend sort of thing.
11 comments posted 15yrs
posted by dforeman
11 comments posted 15yrs posted by dforeman

threaded grease/dustcaps

I have a trailer that I think uses very old truck or automotive axles. It is 6 bolt on 5.5 pattern. One set of axles ha...
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posted by stryped1
7 comments posted 15yrs posted by stryped1

Casting pewter and making molds

At a garage sale, I acquired three pewter plates. It is some kind of commemorative memorabilia, but they say PEW-TA-REX...
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posted by ignoramus21268
16 comments posted 15yrs posted by ignoramus21268

OT: Laptop PCB repair?

This Dell D600 laptop had a funky power jack. It was given to me with two others with "issues". I get a lot of used lap...
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posted by kl57ytr
22 comments posted 15yrs posted by kl57ytr

Small Gear Puller?

I just acquired a Servo small drill press. These are really nice variable speed precision drills, with a dila indicator...
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posted by gwhite
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by gwhite

Aloris adjustment height?

I'm about to take the plunge, but the Aloris catalog only lists specific lathes, not a way to calculate which toolholde...
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posted by lloydspinsidemindspring.com
9 comments posted 15yrs posted by lloydspinsidemindspring.com

Concrete tamper

How do I get the residual concrete to release from my yard sale concrete tamper? One of those two handled things with t...
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posted by pittmanpirate
13 comments posted 15yrs posted by pittmanpirate

More cooking-Garbage Can Ribs

My brother taught me this technique and it is an essentially effortless way to cook really good pork ribs, chickens, an...
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posted by etpm
1 comments posted 15yrs posted by etpm

Propane heater help needed

I have two 30,000 BTU propane heaters that I want to install high in my sho= p. Make is Schwank and they are of no help...
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posted by ivanvegvary
10 comments posted 15yrs posted by ivanvegvary

Exhaust bolt choices

OK right now I am in the process of swapping out a transmission. When was at the wrecking yard, I didn't have the right...
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posted by rogershoaf
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by rogershoaf

[Way OT] Web Store Software

One of my pals put together a web store using Google's 'checkout store gadget': http://groups.google.com/group/checkout...
36 comments posted 15yrs
posted by Winston
36 comments posted 15yrs posted by Winston

Carbon steel taps vs HSS for gunsmithing?

A guy just emailed me to comment on my "taptips" page, http://www.spaco.org/taptips.htm I said that I don't allow any (...
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posted by spaco
7 comments posted 15yrs posted by spaco

Speed Multiplier

I am getting closer to firing up the KMB1 with the new controls. I am getting more and more anxious about whether its g...
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posted by alarm_wizard
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by alarm_wizard

Export Shipper

I may have some parts going to Australia soon. So far it looks like from a purely convenient standpoint is USPS is the...
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posted by alarm_wizard
10 comments posted 15yrs posted by alarm_wizard

The remote valve grabber

http://members.goldengate.net/dforeman/valve_knob_grabber
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posted by dforeman
11 comments posted 15yrs posted by dforeman