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Japan Robotics Problem

How hard and fast could an excavator be hooked up for remote control with a fire hose in Japan? 10 hours? I'd put redund...
8 comments posted 15yrs
posted by SW
8 comments posted 15yrs posted by SW

More japan info

Well got a longer note from the BIL last night. I asked him how the solar and wind units made it through the quake and...
13 comments posted 15yrs
posted by csr684
13 comments posted 15yrs posted by csr684

Sawsall batteries

I'm asking today because the signal/noise ratio has been extremely poor lately. Does anyone still do metal working? Thi...
43 comments posted 15yrs
posted by karltownsend.NOT
43 comments posted 15yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

What is it? Set 380

http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/03/set-380.html Rob
59 comments posted 15yrs
posted by rhvp65
59 comments posted 15yrs posted by rhvp65

Grinding wheel hardness?

What hardness [K,L,M] does everyone recommend for grinding drill bits and HHS lathe tools? Thanks in advance. Chuck P.
5 comments posted 15yrs
posted by pilgrim
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by pilgrim

Marquette Ore Docks and Hulett Oar Unloaders

Videos of loading and unloading some Great Lakes taconite boats. Loading at the Marquette ore dock. I have been out on...
0 comments posted 15yrs
posted by dav1936531
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by dav1936531

OT (as usual) Dogs are OK

Got maxi (aka, Maxine, the NEW DOG) snoring and farting at me feet. (working on stopping the farting bit, shes a WMD at...
12 comments posted 15yrs
posted by VK3BFA
12 comments posted 15yrs posted by VK3BFA

Machines for sale -

http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/antique-machinery-history/sale-older-machines-listed-fs-section-221697/
0 comments posted 15yrs
posted by southside09
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by southside09

Tap shank sizes

I am continuing to think about how to hold taps and I am slightly confused about shank sizes for taps. I saw a table fo...
19 comments posted 15yrs
posted by ignoramus11979
19 comments posted 15yrs posted by ignoramus11979

Criticality

I could not sleep for a while last night and what I was thinking was about criticality. Let's say that you have a pile...
70 comments posted 15yrs
posted by ignoramus11979
70 comments posted 15yrs posted by ignoramus11979

Panic Selling on the Nikkei

Nikkei closed down 10.55 % on panic selling. The Nikkei fell as much as 14 percent at one stage, before closing down 10...
4 comments posted 15yrs
posted by dav1936531
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by dav1936531

Civil defense yellow radiation detector

I have something that is a yellow steel box, called a civil defense radiation detector. http://www.radmeters4u.com/cdv7...
8 comments posted 15yrs
posted by ignoramus1540
8 comments posted 15yrs posted by ignoramus1540

"No risk" from Japanese reactors

Whether you believe this story or not, it has some metal(working) in it. http://www.businessinsider.com/japan-reactors-p...
1 comments posted 15yrs
posted by billy
1 comments posted 15yrs posted by billy

New View of Fukushima 1 and 3

Click on the picture. Then click on the expansion box that will pop up in the lower RH corner. It opens up to be pretty...
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posted by dav1936531
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by dav1936531

Starrett DigiChek Height Gage

I won a used 12" Starrett #258 Digi-Chek on ebay for $200. I've never used on of these, but it looks like it's for doin...
2 comments posted 15yrs
posted by msmith5242
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by msmith5242