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OT: CD versus DVD durability?

I've been using recordable CDs to archive data for a long time. My experience has been that they're very robust. I've b...
49 comments posted 15yrs
posted by cdt22NOSPAM
49 comments posted 15yrs posted by cdt22NOSPAM

Making Tools

Hi all I have a need for this sort of tool; (a 1/2" driver 'speed handle' with a flex-head) I could buy one from Snap-o...
15 comments posted 15yrs
posted by snell-p
15 comments posted 15yrs posted by snell-p

Grease

I am in the process of refurbishing a 1950 Delta-Rockwell drill press.It has an auxiliary speed reducer that has a very...
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posted by pilgrim
9 comments posted 15yrs posted by pilgrim

Anyone Have an Okuma Lathe / Machining Center?

I'm looking for some specs I can't get from them so far or from the web... Specifically, I'm looking for info on the L3...
4 comments posted 15yrs
posted by autodrill
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by autodrill

looking for Myford ML 7 tailstock

A lot of them turn up on ebay but they all seem to be from seller "lathe-parts" in England. Depending on condition, the...
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posted by danieloconnell
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by danieloconnell

What is it? Set 388

I need some help with the fourth and fifth items in this set: http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/05/set-388.html Rob
53 comments posted 15yrs
posted by rhvp65
53 comments posted 15yrs posted by rhvp65

OT: End of forced Child Support

Over 18 years of child support in a stupid libtarded system, and I'm ahead in payments! In less than 2 weeks my last ch...
92 comments posted 15yrs
posted by regor
92 comments posted 15yrs posted by regor

Cutting board to fit kitchen sink

My latest domestic kitchen-support project was to take a very stiff 12"x18" high-density polyethylene (HDPE) cutting bo...
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posted by joegwinn
37 comments posted 15yrs posted by joegwinn

OT an interesting experience

Today was a good day. Yesterday was too. That's two in a row, a first. Both were mostly pain-free with some very enjoya...
8 comments posted 15yrs
posted by dforeman
8 comments posted 15yrs posted by dforeman

Router Air Movement (How Much is for Cooling?)

Ok, as some of you know I am using Bosch Colt Routers as spindles on my Taig and on my MaxNC mills for cutting aluminum...
5 comments posted 15yrs
posted by none
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by none

IT HAS A CLUTCH (Sequel to Tapping Head)

My new elcheapo tapping head arrived yesterday. As is often the case with Chinese tools the instructions appeared to be...
16 comments posted 15yrs
posted by none
16 comments posted 15yrs posted by none

Evil looking metal device

http://www.speff.com/P1000347.jpg Any idea what this thing is? Seen sitting on a railway car outside Hamilton ON.
45 comments posted 15yrs
posted by speffSNIP
45 comments posted 15yrs posted by speffSNIP

OT-Mans best friend

Meet the real dogs of war, complete with titanium-infused teeth. http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/smart-takes/meet-the-us...
4 comments posted 15yrs
posted by H.Beal
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by H.Beal

Bubbles and cavitation

Here is a bit of physics that I am struggling with: I am using an electro-etching process which produces hydrogen gas....
5 comments posted 15yrs
posted by mkoblic
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by mkoblic