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How to reset combination for a Mosler bank safe, installed in 1930 approximately

I have a bank vault in my office building that was probably installed in 1930 as that is the corner stone on the buildi...

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posted by Gregory Carman

2 comments posted 5yrs posted by Gregory Carman

Really Stupid Question

At the risk of opening myself up to massive ridicule. Does the "back gear" or low speed gear on your typical manual kne...

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posted by none

2 comments posted 5yrs posted by none

New User - Dalton T-L No 292

Hello - I own a Dalton T-L. The stamped letters and numbers on the right end of the rear way appear to be T-L NO 202 or...

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posted by 0f8503901d844703eea1acecb7a4938a_2762

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New User - Dalton T-L No 292

Hello - I own a Dalton T-L. The stamped letters and numbers on the right end of the rear way appear to be T-L NO 202 or...

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posted by gparment

5 comments posted 5yrs posted by gparment

Charging NiMH battery pack

I bought a $35 pair of replacement battery packs for my 14.4V DeWalt drill that contain NiMH instead of NiCad cells lik...

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posted by muratlanne

26 comments posted 5yrs posted by muratlanne

where's all the political slagging-match gone?!

Hi all I always thought of the political slagging matches on here - the "off-topic" posts - were a nuisance - "signal"...

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posted by null

5 comments posted 5yrs posted by null

Chinese steel ?

Some may recall a few months ago while I was building the rooster weather vane that I had porosity problems while TIG w...

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posted by Snag_one

5 comments posted 5yrs posted by Snag_one

Sheet metal bending question....

Just bought an inexpensive baking pan hoping it would fit an old toaster oven. Only $1, and it seemed decently made so...

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posted by bp

5 comments posted 5yrs posted by bp

hydraulic valve - opens on set pressure, closes no pressure

This is like an "unloader valve" (?) - which does exist - but with additional characteristics(?) The need... I've got a...

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posted by null

53 comments posted 5yrs posted by null

load for steel pipe

I am going to be hanging cast iron skillets from a 1" x 5' black steel pipe (see link from Hope Depot below). It will b...

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posted by londonriver3

9 comments posted 5yrs posted by londonriver3

Small pieces of steel Sheet.

I have a project I am working on that could use a fair number of small pieces of steel sheet. Mild steel is just fine....

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posted by none

21 comments posted 5yrs posted by none

general purpose fill rod for OA

Is RG45 the most generic/general purpose fill rod that can be used on boring low-carbon steels like A36 or rebar? I'd b...

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posted by presence

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Water For Coolant

At no time since I have started using water soluble coolant have I used tap water. I am on a private well here and have...

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posted by none

3 comments posted 5yrs posted by none

aluminm bearing for pivot?

I am making a swing-away bike carrier to fit in trailer hitch reciever. With everything shut down I need to use what I...

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posted by clare

4 comments posted 5yrs posted by clare

Custom seals to keep debris out of linear bearings?

Plastic filament won't work for bearings here, because the bearings must move freely on rods even when twisting pressur...

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posted by always.look

3 comments posted 5yrs posted by always.look