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Marker paint that changes colour with heat

Marker paint that changes colour with heat - someone mentioned this to me and I wondered what it is called? - used for...
7 comments posted 16yrs
posted by charlie
7 comments posted 16yrs posted by charlie

Oildorado coming to Taft October 2010!

The town celebrates its birthday once every five years. But what a celebration it is! Ten candidates have so far filed...
2 comments posted 16yrs
posted by fourl
2 comments posted 16yrs posted by fourl

Trailer brakes question

Today, I took a friend's trailer a few miles to pick up some material. It is a tandem axle 16' trailer. I looked back,...
15 comments posted 16yrs
posted by deserttraveler
15 comments posted 16yrs posted by deserttraveler

Bandsaw Revisited

I'm about to throw out an "old" but unused bandsaw that I picked up two years ago. http://s290.photobucket.com/albums/l...
3 comments posted 16yrs
posted by Searcher7
3 comments posted 16yrs posted by Searcher7

Rivett lathe

i guy just called to offer an old Rivett lathe. Looks like a monarch 10EE clone. I see the variable speed drive is way...
4 comments posted 16yrs
posted by karltownsend.NOT
4 comments posted 16yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

Using an old three phase DC welder from single phase?

Let's say I have a big old three phase DC welder that was supposed to have three phase input (and has a three phase tra...
10 comments posted 16yrs
posted by ignoramus3512
10 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus3512

Bridgeport Repair in IL?

Anyone know of a good source for Bridgeport repairs in IL? 630 area code to be specific? Regards, Joe Agro, Jr. (800) 8...
1 comments posted 16yrs
posted by autodrill
1 comments posted 16yrs posted by autodrill

water pipe corrosion

My fittings on the six inch underground irrigation system are rusting out. I'm digging up the third one as soon as part...
23 comments posted 16yrs
posted by karltownsend.NOT
23 comments posted 16yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

Do DC caps have an AC rating?

Awl -- Got some boards with bigazz 350 VDC caps. Don't quite understand the DC rating, as caps don't pass DC, but can b...
10 comments posted 16yrs
posted by UNfitcat
10 comments posted 16yrs posted by UNfitcat

how to clamp pipe vertically to milling table?

Hi. A newbie sort of question here: I want to clamp a sort section of 2" pipe vertically to my milling table, and then...
5 comments posted 16yrs
posted by zeb7k
5 comments posted 16yrs posted by zeb7k

Shrinker/Stretcher

Anyone out there with opinions on quality of different Shrinker/Stretchers?
4 comments posted 16yrs
posted by eh
4 comments posted 16yrs posted by eh

Tin Coating on old meat grinders

Those old cast iron kitchen hand-cranked grinders, sausage stuffers, etc are all silver. I have some that the coating i...
11 comments posted 16yrs
posted by BQ340
11 comments posted 16yrs posted by BQ340

Please do not hate me for this

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280491483823 Pay special attention to the "winning bid" field. It is...
31 comments posted 16yrs
posted by ignoramus9593
31 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus9593

Dos and Donts

--Many moons ago I remember something my old boss said about things he refused to work on. They included rotorcraft and...
7 comments posted 16yrs
posted by steamer
7 comments posted 16yrs posted by steamer