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origin of odd decimal shaft sizes

Where do shaft sizes like 0.1545" come from? There's a few small diameter ones like this that don't match any fraction I...
13 comments posted 5yrs
posted by presence
13 comments posted 5yrs posted by presence

Toilet designed to fail ?

Have any of you ever seen a toilet that seemed like it was designed to fail ? And it had reduced weight requirements whe...
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posted by mogulah
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Thread Milling

Note: All of the below is in relation to aluminum. Mostly 6061, some 7075, MIC6, ATP-5, and rarely 5052. (All CNC) On t...
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posted by none
2 comments posted 5yrs posted by none

Cable TV Internet Service Problem -- Solved

Recently, I have been bedeviled by unstable Internet service from COMCAST (Xfinity) in the Boston area. The following s...
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posted by joegwinn
20 comments posted 5yrs posted by joegwinn

wrenching

Finally got my Ranger (1996) out of "the hospital" after an 11 day stay. It was pretending to be either British or a Ha...
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posted by clare
2 comments posted 5yrs posted by clare

OT cooling system leakdown rate

Does anybody know a "rule of thumb" for realistic cooling system leak rates on 300-ish CI v8 engines? Tested with compr...
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posted by bp
2 comments posted 5yrs posted by bp

Power Feed Blowup , the Sequel

I just got finished a little bit ago replacing the shorted diodes , and the PF is working just fine again . Cause of th...
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posted by Snag_one
9 comments posted 5yrs posted by Snag_one

Tormek vs. WS3000 vs. 1x30 belt sander

As sharpening systems go how do these three compare? I am really confused. I see that the water-cooled Tormek is really...
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posted by galt_57
11 comments posted 5yrs posted by galt_57

Handle model # HCW-135G

Handle for a WellSetting power feed
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posted by 0f8503901d844703eea1acecb7a4938a_2773
0 comments posted 5yrs posted by 0f8503901d844703eea1acecb7a4938a_2773

restoring a cast iron dutch oven

Got a Dutch oven pot, which has gotten rusty. Not a little spot of rust, nor a bit of rust, but the "got left out in th...
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posted by phamp
6 comments posted 5yrs posted by phamp

Handle model # HCW-135G

Handle for a WellSetting power feed
1 comments posted 5yrs
posted by Steve
1 comments posted 5yrs posted by Steve

Remnants of Jumbo

General Groves spent $12 million on Jumbo, a steel cylinder 10 feet in diameter and 25 feet long. Its walls were 14 inch...
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posted by bl
0 comments posted 5yrs posted by bl