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Backpedaling Electric Bicycle Hub
I preemptively publish and establish a 1-year deadline for my own patent application in the USA thusly: I spoke about my MOEPED series of ultracapacitor electric bicycles with a friend--my boss from...
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HF 21/2 ton long frame jack
Had this about 5 years. The pump got extremely hard to move, so the pedal stayed down, and hardly any pump action from the handle. Tore it apart, and found the pump piston seal rock hard. It shattered...
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Straightening bent windmill vanes
I have an old windmill whose vanes are bent up and creased and with bullet holes- some fairly minor but some with some pretty big bends and creases. Sorry, don't know the metal gauge but its fairly...
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metal for moulding toys and the like
I have a few old French ocarinas (see the ocarina page on my site for a picture of one) which seem to be moulded out of a similar metal to that used for toys. Whatever it is, it's not ferromagnetic....
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Dial Indicator crystal: How to replace?
What is the easiest way to replace the broken plastic crystal on a dial indicator? I'm sure I could attach an oversize crystal to a temporary arbor and trim it to size on the lathe. But I would bet...
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Stainless braided hose suppliers
I am looking for made up hoses that are stainless steel braid 22" in length with straight stainless steel 3/16" inverted flare male ends (common automotive brake line fitting) on both ends. They are...
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OT: "The Taming of the Screw"
[crossposted: please manage followups intelligently.] Today's "fortune": "We ought to be very grateful that we have tools. Millions of years ago people did not have them, and home projects were...
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Help with mounting light on metal building
I planned to use a motion detector with the two flood lights centered above my garage door. I started cutting thinking I would put a plastic box behind the metal siding inside the garage. However,...
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Tool gloat!
I found a contractor grade air compressor in the Salvation army Thrift Store. The motor, and air filter was clogged with sawdust. Blew it out with the old oilless compressor, and away it went! It's a...
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1950s Model train questions
I uncovered my Lionel train set in my recent move. It's a Lionel 736 "O" gauge made in '53 or '54 from my best guess. I have absolutely no use for it and plan to sell it. It has 5 cars other than the...
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Bridgeport milling machine - $1400 - NoCal craigslist
Some goodies for sale... http://redding.craigslist.org/tls/1395360130.html
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Why is this so hard? (bearing seals question)
Old Monkey Wards boat trailer, doing the bearings. Found the bearings, need a seal with 1-3/8" ID, 2.3/8" OD. Checked northerntool, mcmaster, msc, and grainger. Stupid search functions are WORTHLESS!!...
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Good Woodworking Group?
What's a good woodworking group? I'm doing a lot of model airplane work these days. It's driving me to build my own tools, as well maintaining my chisels to a higher level of keenness than I've ever...
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Chlordane container
I was looking at the labeling on my container the other day, and noticed Chlordane was used on it. How concerned should I be, and what are my alternatives? Steve
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fa: cole type drill anyone?
there was a lot of discussion about these drills recently, and then by magic one showed up - so if you are interested, it's available here: don't think this is a COLE brand drill - it doesn't say COLE...
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