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OT-Air America Bankrupt Chap-7

Free-market economics at work. LOS ANGELES -- Air America Radio, a progressive radio network that once aired commentary...
11 comments posted 16yrs
posted by azotic
11 comments posted 16yrs posted by azotic

OT Found a Car

SWMBO and I decided on a car, and purchased it. 2008 Kia Rondo. 37k miles. We have the remainder of the 60K, 5 year war...
8 comments posted 16yrs
posted by ivanvegvary
8 comments posted 16yrs posted by ivanvegvary

Any good metal finishing news groups?

I have an old steel tire rim that will be sandblasted clean and I need suggestions as to the best finish to protect it...
5 comments posted 16yrs
posted by kgsAT
5 comments posted 16yrs posted by kgsAT

China's economy grows by more than 10%

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/jan/21/chinese-economy-grows-10-percent "Experts believe China is likely to leap...
3 comments posted 16yrs
posted by Clhuprichguesswhat
3 comments posted 16yrs posted by Clhuprichguesswhat

Cleaning up the shop

This is what Ive spent the last couple days doing..then it flooded. Shrug. Only a couple inches deep though as it passe...
68 comments posted 16yrs
posted by gunner
68 comments posted 16yrs posted by gunner

Mini Excavator Unload

Pretty impressive job unloading his machine. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e92_1264006249 Dave
1 comments posted 16yrs
posted by dav1936531
1 comments posted 16yrs posted by dav1936531

Sanding Belts / Disc Etc

A couple folks have mentioned using a stationary sander for sharpening lathe bits. Are aluminum oxide belts adequate? Zi...
6 comments posted 16yrs
posted by alarm_wizard
6 comments posted 16yrs posted by alarm_wizard

Rotometals

One supplier that sells casting lead and alloys is Rotometals. They are in California. Anyone know a source in Michigan...
48 comments posted 16yrs
posted by clutch
48 comments posted 16yrs posted by clutch

Transformer for spot-welder buildup

Be much obliged if I could get information and comments about this transformer. I bought this long ago from eBay and ha...
3 comments posted 16yrs
posted by americansun
3 comments posted 16yrs posted by americansun

What kind of metal in a food strainer?

I had a bunch of crud in my muriatic de-rust bucket & I strained it through a (old) kitchen strainer. You know, the wov...
0 comments posted 16yrs
posted by bobengelhardt
0 comments posted 16yrs posted by bobengelhardt

Taper pin vs split pin

A taper pin is so much more work to use - is it that much better than a split pin (aka spring pin)? Or, putting it anot...
0 comments posted 16yrs
posted by bobengelhardt
0 comments posted 16yrs posted by bobengelhardt

Pull studs

Readers, I have no less than (12) new pull studs, still in boxes, that fit Cat40 tooling for a Haas mill. Considering t...
0 comments posted 16yrs
posted by vordos
0 comments posted 16yrs posted by vordos

Using a rotary table to cut an approximate ellipse?

Years ago, Errol Groff posted some pictures of some packaging prototypes he had made. The bottle top was shaped in an e...
17 comments posted 16yrs
posted by mungedkevin
17 comments posted 16yrs posted by mungedkevin

Old 230/440 motor and VFD

What would you say, can one run a 230/440v motor that is 45 years old, from a VFD. I had a bad experience running a 230...
21 comments posted 16yrs
posted by ignoramus8727
21 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus8727

OT-Scientists Admit GW blunders

A WARNING that climate change will melt most of the Himalayan glaciers by 2035 is likely to be retracted after a series...
12 comments posted 16yrs
posted by azotic
12 comments posted 16yrs posted by azotic