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Videos of home brew cnc machine

see http://www.ipresources.com/friend.html From the land down under, a small shop made combo horizontal/vertical machin...
3 comments posted 16yrs
posted by gmcduffee
3 comments posted 16yrs posted by gmcduffee

Barbecue Grill burner replacements

I have a stainless steel grill that we bought from Sam's Club. http://igor.chudov.com/misc/ebay/tmp/tmp-6648.jpg After...
52 comments posted 16yrs
posted by ignoramus11443
52 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus11443

So Much For 'Energy Star' Ratings

Always had a feeling 'Energy Star' ratings were a mostly bogus hype... looks like I was right. http://hardware.slashdot....
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posted by spam
17 comments posted 16yrs posted by spam

What material for grill grate

We have a "stainless steel grill" from Sam's club. While the outside is stainless, the burners, as well as the lower gr...
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posted by ignoramus11443
20 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus11443

Anniversary of an amazingly enduring design

Monday, March 29, is the 99th anniversary of the legendary 1911 semiautomatic pistol designed by John Moses Browning. T...
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posted by dforeman
162 comments posted 16yrs posted by dforeman

PICTURES of my wire brushing and polishing setup

Some pictures of my cleaning setup. http://igor.chudov.com/projects/Cleaning-And-Polishing/ I can clean and polish most...
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posted by ignoramus8345
3 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus8345

OT -- off grid power systems

I'd like to chat offline with someone who has installed a solar array system that feeds your load AND backfeeds to the...
26 comments posted 16yrs
posted by wb8foz
26 comments posted 16yrs posted by wb8foz

Abec 9 bearings

Finally came across one. Here's how they look like. http://yabe.algebra.com/~ichudov/misc/ebay/Barden-Precision-Bearings...
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posted by ignoramus8345
0 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus8345

Somewhat OT: Well Wiring

From what I understand of wire insulation codes, ANY TW or THWN wire (or other wire with a W in the type code) is water...
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posted by MyNameForward
9 comments posted 16yrs posted by MyNameForward

Closing aluminium tube ends

I'm working on a little project (a spotlight) that is basically a bit of aluminium tubing, 50mm ID, 5mm wall thickness....
17 comments posted 16yrs
posted by creffield
17 comments posted 16yrs posted by creffield

Hardwood Flooring

Any advantage of one or the other when considering pre-finished VS unfinished wood flooring other than the obvious work...
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posted by autodrill
30 comments posted 16yrs posted by autodrill

Reading RCM via Mac?

--A pal of mine was wondering what other Mac users prefer for reading usenet. I'm on the PC side of the fence using put...
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posted by steamer
8 comments posted 16yrs posted by steamer

Type "J" bushing and Aloris AXA-104

Found that the set screws in my AXA-104 boring bar holder do not match the two holes in the type J bushing. A bit of mi...
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posted by ohland
2 comments posted 16yrs posted by ohland

Some CAD/CAM history

http://www.cadhistory.net/chapters/12_Computervision.pdf
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posted by Clhuprichguesswhat
7 comments posted 16yrs posted by Clhuprichguesswhat