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Kindergarten Shop Class

Here's something encouraging -- teaching kindergarten kids to use power tools: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/31/garden/...
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posted by huntres23
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by huntres23

Taking a pintle ring out of a military trailer

I am trying to flip the lunette ring down on a military generator trailer. I got the nut unscrewed, and I am using the...
3 comments posted 15yrs
posted by ignoramus25197
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by ignoramus25197

Best Wide Crown Manual Staple Gun?

I need to staple thin aluminum flashing to pine. I have an old Arrow T50M gun, which doesn't quite have enough oomph to...
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posted by gwhite
12 comments posted 15yrs posted by gwhite

surface grinding near San Diego?

Hi Group, Want to know if anyone in the San Diego area has a surface grinder big enough to handle a 24x8 inch machine t...
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posted by wwm
13 comments posted 15yrs posted by wwm

Smaller Heli-coils and aluminum

Has anyone had to specify or repair smaller threaded holes (8-32) in aluminum that have been heli-coiled? How about the...
2 comments posted 15yrs
posted by jj
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by jj

Best Bolts for Toilet tank/base

It's about time for me to replace the bolts holding the toilet tank to the bowl. This prompts me to ask which would be...
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posted by jj
10 comments posted 15yrs posted by jj

OT - Tillers

I've been looking into tillers for larger garden this year. Considering a Troy built or a Cub Cadet in the $700-$800 ra...
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posted by regor
9 comments posted 15yrs posted by regor

304 stainless etching

I am trying find the proper method to obtain photo quality acid etchings on stainless steel. I've included an example o...
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posted by shmoeusn_at_gmail_dot_com
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by shmoeusn_at_gmail_dot_com

Buying parts for DIY cheepskate

In the past couple of months I have been plagued with repair necessities. Washing machine, dryer, ice maker, gas oven,...
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posted by rogershoaf
17 comments posted 15yrs posted by rogershoaf

Forming metal caps

Recently I've taken to making fuel tanks for model airplanes out of old Dole pineapple cans (because they're tinned on...
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posted by tim
10 comments posted 15yrs posted by tim

SA-200 video

It welds nicely http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHsjfhoP1cc It is kind of amazing. We just had a toy Chinese tank break...
34 comments posted 15yrs
posted by ignoramus6732
34 comments posted 15yrs posted by ignoramus6732

OT Conservatives are smarter

Attorneys at least "strong evidence of a negative relationship between progressive ideology and intelligence."...
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posted by burkheimer
6 comments posted 15yrs posted by burkheimer