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Gun Parts solvent/cleaning question

There's some gun people here, so thought I'd ask. Also, guns do have a slight metal content. I want to wash some gun pa...
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posted by pittmanpirate
9 comments posted 15yrs posted by pittmanpirate

Type of steel in large auger

I asked this in the welding group, but received zero answers. We have a 2' diameter earth auger that is over 7' long, a...
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posted by dgriff23
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by dgriff23

Ping Gunner: Rainy VietNam?

I thought you might be interested in these videos. Ben Livingston (interviewed in these videos by Alex Jones) was invol...
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posted by dav1936531
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by dav1936531

Weld filler chemical composition

Of inconel and hastelloy, which would be closer to plain ol' ordinary nichrome, like you'd use in a heating element? Tha...
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posted by richg
9 comments posted 15yrs posted by richg

computer terminology question

We went with a different ISP after our previous (current, but not yet disconnected) one had problems with rain, snow, b...
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posted by pittmanpirate
18 comments posted 15yrs posted by pittmanpirate

Started my AMP crimper collection

I wanted to be able to crimp AMP/Tyco Stratotherm connectors correctly but the new price of a 46447 crimper was scary s...
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posted by djb
6 comments posted 15yrs posted by djb

welding 303SS

So I gave it a try today and it worked out better than I had hoped. And I got some pics. Full directory: http://www.gis...
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posted by notme
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by notme

OT-Dead cop still writing tickets

BALTIMORE -- The WBAL-TV 11 News I-Team has learned that Baltimore police and transportation officials are trying to co...
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posted by H.Beal
8 comments posted 15yrs posted by H.Beal

OT Mary update

Finally some good news! Prayer warriors and senders of good vibes, thank you! First some background: Mary's edema has r...
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posted by dforeman
13 comments posted 15yrs posted by dforeman

OT: How does this thing work?

The guy claims this is 'perpetual motion', or is it a hoax? I think the liquid is magnetic and there are magnets at the...
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posted by pkangas
17 comments posted 15yrs posted by pkangas

Update to Remington 788 page

http://ps-2.kev009.com:8081/ohlandl/Rem788/Remington_788.html Got my Williams Foolproof FP-788-TK, checked the links, ad...
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posted by ohland
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Removing Slot Gib Screws

Spent a couple of hours with my almost civil war patented horizontal mill yesterday. Somebody has to take it apart, jus...
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posted by SW
9 comments posted 15yrs posted by SW

What were they thinking?

The biggest mistake people make when talking about the outsourcing of U.S. jobs by U.S. companies is to treat it as a m...
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posted by H.Beal
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by H.Beal

What is it? Set 376

http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/02/set-376.html Rob
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posted by rhvp65
56 comments posted 15yrs posted by rhvp65