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Need screw

I am looking for a large quantity of 8 x 1" #2 tip unslotted self drilling 5/16 head screws with neoprene washer. I had...
4 comments posted 15yrs
posted by pittmanpirate
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by pittmanpirate

Trailer axle update

Well, I am begining to wonder if this is an implement hub. I took the hub off. It is studded with 6 studs on 5.5 simila...
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posted by stryped1
6 comments posted 15yrs posted by stryped1

dry out oil

I had to dump the trans-hydraulic oil out of a tractor today. Its contaminated with water. I've always just replaced it...
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posted by karltownsend.NOT
69 comments posted 15yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

parallel port

I'm needing a parallel port in this computer to hold the hasp or dongle for my CNC control software. The last upgrade f...
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posted by karltownsend.NOT
18 comments posted 15yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

50 mpg air-hybrid

and it is claimed to have the torque of a diesel... http://www.scuderigroup.com/the-scuderi-air-hybrid-system
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posted by mice42
21 comments posted 15yrs posted by mice42

pertaining to electric cars - power

There has been a lot of bad press on electric cars - first - I'd buy one myself when funds come in. Some state the grid...
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posted by lionslair
14 comments posted 15yrs posted by lionslair

Telling die-cast from aliuminum?

Die-cast = zinc, presumably?? Certainly cain't use magnets, eh? Chemical test? Grinder? Melt point -- not so easy, real...
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posted by fitcat
8 comments posted 15yrs posted by fitcat

Mini Lathe To Simplify Quick Thread Removal

When a friend was investigating a fuel leak located at a fuel injector (IH diesel truck engine), he discovered a motor...
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posted by wb_wildbill
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by wb_wildbill

Recomendations for a Good Wire Tracer?

Somewhere in my house, I have a broken electrical connection. This is the second time a circuit has developed a fault i...
14 comments posted 15yrs
posted by gwhite
14 comments posted 15yrs posted by gwhite

De-burring Sheet Metal Edges

I'm scoring and then breaking off strips from sheet metal as opposed to using conventional snips and may have to de-bur...
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posted by Searcher7
37 comments posted 15yrs posted by Searcher7

Mig welded a SS washing drum - how long?!

This is Hoover Electron 1100 washing machine baught 1984 and I mended over the years from reasonable ailments! It start...
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posted by charlie
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by charlie

Bridgeport gib source

Need the short one, for the Y axis. Don't mind finishing a blank, as they come O/S. Seems to be only on non OE supplier...
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posted by fusion640
6 comments posted 15yrs posted by fusion640

Production Q

Awl -- I'm using a 6" piece of 1 3/4 x 3/8 wall round alum tubing in a gusset assembly. Turns out instead of the full 6...
7 comments posted 15yrs
posted by fitcat
7 comments posted 15yrs posted by fitcat

Philips Wood screws

There are two kinds of Philips wood screws. The better ones fit the screwdriver like hand and glove, stay on it and mai...
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posted by ignoramus6479
30 comments posted 15yrs posted by ignoramus6479