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Very OT: a spectacle of snowflakes

I opened the back door to see what was happening in my back yard. Something tripped the passive infrared sensor trigger...
12 comments posted 15yrs
posted by dforeman
12 comments posted 15yrs posted by dforeman

Gears Don't Have to be Round

To All: Had this sent to me and couldn't resist sending it on to my ol' machining buds. http://www.flixxy.com/gears.htm...
10 comments posted 15yrs
posted by bottlbob
10 comments posted 15yrs posted by bottlbob

Is This True

From the Sherline website. "Due to the nature of the design of a 3-jaw chuck, it cannot be expected to run perfectly tr...
18 comments posted 15yrs
posted by onebikenut
18 comments posted 15yrs posted by onebikenut

OT: Irish Ghost Story (humour)

Found in the email: -------------------------------------------------------- This happened a while ago in Belfast. John...
23 comments posted 15yrs
posted by richg
23 comments posted 15yrs posted by richg

World's biggest fixes

Anyone watch that where they raise a three rotor 300' tower in Portsmouth, RI? Very interesting, and I had wondered jus...
9 comments posted 15yrs
posted by pittmanpirate
9 comments posted 15yrs posted by pittmanpirate

Carnival Splendor cruise ship fire

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_Splendor According to Wikipedia, the fire occurred because "crankcase split". I h...
22 comments posted 15yrs
posted by ignoramus4438
22 comments posted 15yrs posted by ignoramus4438

ABB ACS301 repair - progress report

Well, despite the lack of schematic / service manual / help from ABB, I now have a nice new blue-lit LCD (tarty eh?) an...
5 comments posted 15yrs
posted by hopefuldave_doesnt_eat_spiced_
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by hopefuldave_doesnt_eat_spiced_

OT: Ann Coulter is a raving lunatic!

http://townhall.com/columnists/AnnCoulter/2010/11/10/repeal_the_26th_amendment!/page/full/ And I'm one of the ones she...
23 comments posted 15yrs
posted by richg
23 comments posted 15yrs posted by richg

hydraulic queries

The hydraulics came to life on the mill today. Only one leak right at the base of the pump,about 6-10 drips per second....
14 comments posted 15yrs
posted by karltownsend.NOT
14 comments posted 15yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

Veteran's Day!

To my fellow Veterans, I Salute you. :)
6 comments posted 15yrs
posted by mike.terrell
6 comments posted 15yrs posted by mike.terrell

making very very tiny gears

Gratings Lady friend picked up a clock at the thrift store. A very nice little clock, save that it is missing the knob/...
10 comments posted 15yrs
posted by phamp
10 comments posted 15yrs posted by phamp

Automotive (ASA) Adapter Drawings?

I'm looking for CAD (not PDF) drawings of these type of tool holders: http://www.collistoolholder.com/cgi-bin/parts.cgi...
2 comments posted 15yrs
posted by autodrill
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by autodrill

OT: Marine Son Update

My youngest just got his black belt in MCMAP. He's a corporal, but the instructor got permission to train and test him....
7 comments posted 15yrs
posted by keillorp135
7 comments posted 15yrs posted by keillorp135

Center drills

The purpose of center drilling is to start the hole exactly where intended without the drill point wandering all over t...
54 comments posted 15yrs
posted by mkoblic
54 comments posted 15yrs posted by mkoblic