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Short John Silver

--Put up a set on Flickr describing a build we started back in '05. Will add more when time permits. A bit of machining...
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posted by steamer
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by steamer

How do you get a keensert out?

There's a bin with some aluminum cutoffs with hard steel bushings and Keenserts inserts in them. I can just press out t...
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posted by richg
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by richg

Snowblower Zaps Owner

Well it didn't happen yet, but a neighbor brought over her 2003 Troybilt 8526 so I could see why it stalls after runnin...
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posted by msmith5242
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by msmith5242

OT: Spacesuit gloves

Well, there is some marginal metal content, and even a little electronics, depending on your POV on waldos or servos. D...
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posted by richg
14 comments posted 15yrs posted by richg

Acorn table clamps

My son scored an Acorn table like this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/5-X-5-ACORN-PLATE-PLATEN-WORKHOLDING-WELDING-TABLE-/110...
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posted by karltownsend.NOT
8 comments posted 15yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

Sources for hook clamps?

Gosh, looking for 3/8 x 16 hook clamps. Jergens has them, but @ $ 24 each. Anyone with lower prices? Perhaps the body a...
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posted by ohland
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Welding job

I have a tile cutter that I have nearly sawn in half on the bottom of the tray. How much should a repair of that cost? S...
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posted by pittmanpirate
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by pittmanpirate

Strictly OT - funny commercials

I stumbled across this commercial on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l38blGqVeHc&NR=1 There's other ones, too. E...
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posted by bobengelhardt
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by bobengelhardt

Fixed the rotary table rotating backwards

I mentioned yesterday that the RT was rotating "backwards". Say, if the pointer arrow was at 20 degrees and I told it t...
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posted by ignoramus31164
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by ignoramus31164

What is it? Set 373

A new set of photos has been added to the web site: http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/01/set-373.html Rob
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posted by rhvp65
60 comments posted 15yrs posted by rhvp65

NOVA show: Making Stuff Smaller

This week=92s NOVA is about micro-technology including something about pill-cameras (recently discussed here). It is th...
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posted by guillemd53228
37 comments posted 15yrs posted by guillemd53228

power tap large tap

I just scored a large tap I've been watching for: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250760489212 Has a...
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posted by karltownsend.NOT
27 comments posted 15yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

Replacing Safe Handle?

I help coach the collegiate pistol team at MIT, and they store their firearms in a number of large safes they've obtain...
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posted by gwhite
17 comments posted 15yrs posted by gwhite

OT: LOTD and a Q for the brainiacs

Today's xkcd made me LOL: http://www.xkcd.com/852/ And "centrifugal" is asterisked, referencing: http://www.xkcd.com/12...
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posted by richg
36 comments posted 15yrs posted by richg

3 phase rotation direction?

I Googled but didn't find anything that would work quickly. Who makes an inexpensive tester that I can plug into 208 V...
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posted by Winston
36 comments posted 15yrs posted by Winston