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As it seems that the web is moving away from Usenet toward forum type stuff, I'm looking for offline reader software th...
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posted by vrgolf
0 comments posted 16yrs posted by vrgolf

Energy revolution is coming?

Apparently, a reactor is being developed, that can burn depleted uranium, with fuel elements able to last 60 years befo...
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posted by ignoramus4212
18 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus4212

#OT# fuel cells

As a follow-up to information on the Bloom Cell http://green.venturebeat.com/2009/03/24/fuel-cell-maker-bloom-stores-aw...
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posted by gmcduffee
0 comments posted 16yrs posted by gmcduffee

Source for 4340 bar stock?

Looking for 4340, annealed, in 1" x 2" size. Length is 4" minimum. Speedy, Metal Express, and others do rounds, and I'm...
32 comments posted 16yrs
posted by ohland
32 comments posted 16yrs posted by ohland

What sort of surface plate is this?

I've just posted a picture in http://www.metalworking.com/Dropbox called "stusplate"(is it the done thing to put a dire...
30 comments posted 16yrs
posted by no where just yet
30 comments posted 16yrs posted by no where just yet

Shop Humor: You're Fired!

Here's a story I wrote back in jan'06. I'll bet some of you can relate, eih? phil ;>)) Yup, you're fired! That's what h...
14 comments posted 16yrs
posted by pkangas
14 comments posted 16yrs posted by pkangas

brakes controller 103 or circuit 101

I've got a system to lock up the brakes if the trailer comes off. It calls for a separate charge wire to the tiny batte...
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posted by karltownsend.NOT
10 comments posted 16yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

brake controller 102

I found the problem with the old brake control. I'm surprised to learn it just hooks to the brake light signal and come...
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posted by karltownsend.NOT
15 comments posted 16yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

fs/fa/free? for those of you with older computers

clearing out stuff, near los angeles Dell Pent II, working with XP - must be worth a cutoff blade for my BXA holder Del...
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posted by nobody
3 comments posted 16yrs posted by nobody

Hydraulic press Q's

I'm doing a project where I could use a hydraulic press - things with press fits on a Clausing 5900 series lathe. It's...
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posted by GeoLane at PTD dot NET
12 comments posted 16yrs posted by GeoLane at PTD dot NET

magnetic chuck control

have an Electro-Matic magnetic chuck control that I plan to sell. It is rated at 115 volts AC in and 115 volts DC out a...
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posted by engineman1
35 comments posted 16yrs posted by engineman1

Physics laws update

In order to make my new feed mechanism work as intended and eliminate the over-run of the feed gears we took this path....
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posted by buerste
4 comments posted 16yrs posted by buerste

Crappy tools

My wife and daughters bought me a 1/2 hammerdrill for my birthday/fathers day last June. I used it a couple times last...
23 comments posted 16yrs
posted by clare
23 comments posted 16yrs posted by clare