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How to treat your HVAC tech

1. When it's 105 out and I've just come out of your attic please do not offer me anything to drink. Us heating and air...
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posted by cayoung61**spamblock##
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Harbor Freight Coupons

Great coupons! You can also download & print them at: www.harborfreightusa.com/popmechanic
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posted by cayoung61**spamblock##
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Self-Replicating Hammer

I don't know who wrote this bit, but it goes like this (words spoken by folk singers like me, the world 'round): With a...
1 comments posted 16yrs
posted by dgoncz.703.475.7456
1 comments posted 16yrs posted by dgoncz.703.475.7456

Bowers Boremike zero setting

I have several Bowers Boremikes, on one of them the zero is off by 0.0003". I bought these used and have no manuals. Th...
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posted by msmith5242
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References for Designing a gearbox

Looking for a good book on machine gearboxes. Belts and pulleys are nice, but a tad limited.
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posted by ohland
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building jeep frame

My original jeep CJ-7 frame has rusted out and I was thinking of building a new one from aluminum. Would 2 X 4 X 1/4 wa...
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posted by markhabbi
41 comments posted 16yrs posted by markhabbi

Should there be this much paint?

http://comoxvalley.en.craigslist.ca/tls/1620948721.html Am I right to be cautious about the "restoration"?
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posted by mkoblic
3 comments posted 16yrs posted by mkoblic

Making insert mill adapter?

Has anyone had occasion to make an adapter for a Valenite insert mill? I have a Valenite 539 to adapt to the spindle in...
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posted by mungedkevin
0 comments posted 16yrs posted by mungedkevin

FA: Clausing 5900 12"x24" Lathe Assemblies

I am parting out a Clausing 12" x24" lathe. I am going to convert it to CNC in the hear future so I have listed the ass...
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posted by escarcega
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30 new drones

Very cool drones, many of them new, being built or in development around the world. These are some amazing aircraft, ra...
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posted by huntres23
2 comments posted 16yrs posted by huntres23

New Beyond Belief Crapsman 'Ad's'

What are they thinking? Amazing... I'm considering rounding up all their stuff I own and outright dumping it... just to...
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posted by spam
7 comments posted 16yrs posted by spam

Grizzly G9972Z lathe aging

Finally pulled the gearbox cover plate on my lathe so I could fix the leaking around the gearbox oil sight glass. To my...
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posted by ohland
2 comments posted 16yrs posted by ohland

STP as a general lube?

At work, we have used motor oil for general machine lube. On these machines there are a lot of bronze bushings, cast ir...
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posted by buerste
8 comments posted 16yrs posted by buerste

Ping Don Foreman: ICD Alert

http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/February/10-civ-202.html --Winston
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posted by Winston
44 comments posted 16yrs posted by Winston